Hereford Times - 4th August 1877

VALUABLE  FREEHOLD HOTEL, KNIGHTON, RADNORSHIRE.

MESSRS. ROGERS and HAMAR are instructed to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the NORTON ARMS HOTEL, Knighton, On FRIDAY, 24th day of AUGUST, 1877, At 3 o'clock p,m. prompt, in the following or such other Lots as may be determined upon at the time of Sale, and subject to such conditions of Sale as shall then be produced and read .

 

Lot 1—All that newly-erected and full-licensed HOTEL, called "The Red Lion," with Stables and Garden adjoining, in the occupation of Mr. F. Griffiths, and at which capital Town and County Trade has for many years been curried on.

 

Hereford Times - 1st September 1877

KNIGHTON. - Sale of Property. - Mr John Hamar, of the firm Messrs, Roger and Hamar, auctioneers, Bucknell, submitted for public competition a valuable freehold property:-

            Lot 1. Red Lion Hotel, in the occupation of Mr Francis Griffiths, The bidding was started at £1,000, and finally knocked down to Mr John Brown, Llanshay, for £1,550.

              Lot 2. stabling, loose boxes and coach house, in the occupation of Mr. Francis Griffths, was withdrawn, the highest bidder being Mr. John Jones at £510, but we understand that this lot was sold to Mr. John Brown by private contract for £525 by Mr. Geo. Green. the vendor's agent.

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South Wales Daily News - 14th April 1879

KNIGHTON. DISORDERLY - John Thomas Davies, of Leominster, painter, was brought up in custody, on Thursday, charged with refusing to quit the Red Lion Inn, and with assaulting P.O. Jones. Defendant was fined £2 and costs.

 

Wellington Journal - 27th March 1880

FAREWELL DINNER —Mr. Francis Griffiths, who in leaving the Red Lion Inn, gave a farewell dinner on Friday evening week, and 75 of his numerous friends sat down to a most excellent spread.

 

• 1881 James & Annie Burt

 

Wellington Journal - 4th October 1884

TEMPORARY AUTHORITY.-Mr. John Brown, of Llanshay, applied for and obtained a temporary authority to sell intoxicating drinks at the Red Lion Inn, Knighton.

 

• 1884 John Brown

 

Montgomeryshire Express - 30th December 1884

TRANSFERS - The license of the Red Lion Inn was transferred from John Brown, Llanshay, to Emma Gough, of Knighton, widow.

 

• 1884 Emma Jane Gough (widow)

• 1891 Emma Jane Gough (widow)

 

Emma Jane Gough was the daughter of Walter and Jane Haines of the Crown Inn, Broad Street

 

• 1901 Emma Jane Gough (widow) **

 

1903 Elijah and Margaret Gough left the Bridge Inn to run the Red Lion.

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Radnor Express - 2nd April 1903

Transfer of Licence..

Mr Harold Matthews, solicitor, Knighton,  applied for the temporary transfer of the licence of the Red Lion Inn, Knighton, from Mrs Emma Jane Gough to Elijah Gough, who was at present the holder of the licence of the Bridge Inn, Knighton.  To this case the Chief -Constable remarked that there was no objection, and the Bench accordingly granted the application.

 

Margaret Matilda Gough died on 5th December 1908 and was buried on 7th December in Knighton cemetery. She was 34 years old.

 

Wellington Journal - 19th December 1908

GOUGH -  Mr. Elijah Gough and Family Thank all kind sympathy shown in their great bereavement - Red Lion Hotel, Knighton.

 

Elijah Gough married Elizabeth Wozencroft on 18th August 1909 in Whitton Parish Church.

 

• 1911 Elijah & Elizabeth Gough

 

!911 census has Elijah as an innkeeper and mason.

 

• 1918 Elijah & Elizabeth Gough

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Western Mail - 10th December 1921

Messrs. R P Price and Son. Auctioneers, Shrewsbury, offered for sale at the Norton Arms Hotel, Knighton, a freehold and fully licensed hotel known as the Red Lion, situated at the junction of West-street  and Church-street, Knighton, and now in the occupation of Mr E Gough. The hotel, which is built of stone, with a slated roof, contains bar, smoke-room, tap-room, dining-room, hall and scullery, coal cellar, with seven bedrooms, bathroom &c., and the out premises contains brewhouse, motor garage, saddle room, stabling for 40 horses, cowhouse, pigsty, two kitchen gardens, and two yards. Possession was promised at an early date. Bidding started at £1,000 and progressed rapidly to £1,725, at which figure it was sold to Mr H J Brokensha, Swan Hotel, Knighton. The vendor was Mr Elijah Gough (the occupier), and the solicitors for the property were Messrs. Sprott and Morris, Shrewsbury.

 

• 1923 Harold James Trewin & Florence Maria (nee White) Brokensha

 

PROBATE

Brokensha - Harold James, of the Red Lion Hotel, Knighton, Radnorshire. Died 21st May 1929. Probate to Florence Maria Brokensha, widow, and Cyril Brokensha, school teacher.

 

Cyril Brokensha (Arthur Cyril Brokensha) was Harolds' younger brother.

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Florence Maria Brokensha died on 19th July 1968 at Greenwood House, Knighton, and is buried in Knighton Old Cemetery.

 

Kington Times - 25th June 1938

SALE OF IMPORTANT LICENSED PROPERTY.

RED LION HOTEL, KNIGHTON.

Messrs. Morris, Barker and Pool in conjunction with Messrs. Campbell and Edwards offered for sale by auction at the Norton Arms, Knighton, on Thursday last, the free and fully licensed freehold property known as the Red Lion Hotel, Knighton. There was a good company of brewers and others present and bidding started at £1,800 and quickly rose to £3,650 at which figure the hotel was secured by the Alton Court Brewing Company. The solicitors concerned were Messrs. H Oliver and Co., Llandrindod Wells.

 

 

 

Royal Oak Inn, Market Street

 

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Those marked with a ** have photographs of their headstones in the Deaths, Burials and Headstones section