Name: The Bell Inn
Address: 33, Main Street, Barton-under-Needwood
Located in the centre of the village the Middle Bell, or Bell Inn as it was originally known was one of the oldest Inns in the village. Pictured above one can see the top of St James' church in the background and probably the landlord and landlady stood posing at the front entrance.
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| Derby Mercury 11 May 1825 |
Listed landlords at the Middle Bell were William Whiting (1818), Mary Whiting (1835), Henry Jones (1841-49), George Anthony Roobottom (1849-61), George Moore (1868-81), Richard Lubbock (1884-88), William Charles Ferneyhough (1891-92), William Hickson (1896), Henry Keaste (1900-01), Rowland Henry Hale (1904-26), Robert Grummett (1932), Herbert Lister (1936-40) and Alan & Hilda Sammons.
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| 1841 Census |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 15 January 1842 |
Celebrations spread far and wide following the birth of Queen Victoria and Albert's first son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales who was later to become King Edward VII.
The early landlady of the Bell, Mary Whiting was still to be found living on Main Street in 1851 when in her 70's and is recorded as a "Retired Innkeeper"...
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| 1851 Census record for Mary Whiting |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 16 January 1847 |
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| 1849 Post office Directory (Yoxall) |
George Roobottom was to take over behind the bar from Henry Jones at the Middle Bell sometime in 1849. The directory cuttings above and below show George being registered at both Yoxall and Barton.
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| 1849 Post Office Directory (Barton) |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 05 January 1850 |
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| 1851 Census |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 23 April 1853 |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 15 July 1854 |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 25 October 1856 |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 12 June 1858 |
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| 1861 Census |
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| Derby Mercury 08 October 1862 |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 12 September 1863 |
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| Staffordshire Advertiser 09 January 1864 |
George Anthony Roobottom, landlord in the 1850's and 60's was originally from Yoxall, previously working as a miller and living at Yoxall Mill; at some time in the mid-1860's he returned to Yoxall where he ran the Crown Inn until his death in 1871.
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| 1868 Post Office Directory |
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| Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 15 January 1869 |
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| Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 19 August 1870 |
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| 1871 Census |
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| Derby Mercury 01 February 1871 |
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| George Roobottom Probate 1871 |
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| Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal 05 May 1871 |
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| Derby Mercury 13 May 1874 |
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| 1881 Census |
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| Lichfield Mercury 18 October 1889 |
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| 1891 Census |
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| Lichfield Mercury 03 April 1891 |
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| 1901 Census |
Following retirement from the pub trade Henry Keaste and wife Hannah moved to nearby Walton-on-Trent where he died in 1925 as the probate record below testifies.
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