Royal Oak

Exact location not yet known but the various addresses recorded for these premises indicate it was situated near to The Green in the centre of Heckmondwike.

30 Mar 1851 - Census entry - Royal Oak (address not specified but between two entries for Green Side).
John B WINN  Head  U  25  Innkeeper  Heckmondwike
George JACKSON  Lodger  U  25  Tailor  Walton?, Durham

1853 - White's Trade Directory - Royal Oak. Landlord recorded as John B Winn.

1857 - Kelly's Post Office Directory lists John Bradfield Winn at the Royal Oak Inn, Northgate.

7 Apr 1861 - Census entry - Royal Oak Inn, Northgate.
John B WINN  Head  M  35  Innkeeper  Heckmondwike
Elizabeth WINN  Wife  M  28
William WINN  Son  6
Louisa WINN  Dau  4
Robert WRIGHT  Lodger  Wid  39  Grocer
Elizabeth HOLMFIELD  Serv  U  22  House servant  Batley

25 Aug 1862 - Licence Transfer - Royal Oak Inn, Heckmondwike from John Bradfield Wynn to Mark Greaves (previously at the Rose & Crown, Gomersal).

18 Jul 1866 - Newspaper Article - Sarah Ann Greaves, daughter of Mark Greaves of the Royal Oak Inn, committed suicide in the house after drinking a phial of bichloride of mercury. She had been an invalid for some years with an often violent temper.

23 Aug 1869 - Brewster Sessions - Annual session for the granting and renewal of licences was held at Dewsbury. It being the first session in which the new Wine and Beer Act was put in force. The licence for Edward Robinson of the Royal Oak Inn, The Green was granted without any objection.

13 Jun 1870 - Court Case - John Senior, landlord of the Royal Oak, Heckmondwike was convicted of permitting drunkenness in his house and was fined 10s and costs.