Stevington Beersellers

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service has records of the following beer retailers. Unfortunately beerhouses| are never named in directories and neither are addresses given for village traders.

Known Beer Retailers

• William Bolton, victualler: buried 20th July 1683;
• William Smith, victualler: buried 1st October 1718;
• John Collop, innholder: buried 8th Mar 1732;
• James Keech: appears in directories: 1854-1871;
• John Poole: appears in directories: 1854-1862;
• Thomas Poole, baker: appears in directories: 1864-1885;
• Joseph Ruffhead: appears in a directory: 1871;
• William Seale: appears in a directory: 1885;
• Thomas Poole, builder: appears in directories: 1890-1898.