The Bull Public House, Barton-le-Clay

The Bull is an old, oak-beamed free-house pub in the centre of the village on Bedford Road. On 14th March 1975 the pub was Grade II listed. The Bull first appears in the Register of Ale House licences in 1822.

Licensees: note that this is not a complete list and that dates in italics are not necessarily beginning or end dates, merely the first/last date which can be confirmed from sources such as directories and deeds.

Licensees:

• 1847 - 1850 – Thomas Edwards
• 1853 - 1854 – Ann Edwards
• 1864 - 1899 – William Hook
• 1906 – Rebecca Hook
• 1910 - 1924 – Mary Hook
• 1928 - 1931 – Harold S Russell
• 1931 - 1952 – Ada Byford

List of sources at Bedfordshire Archives

• QSR1825/337-338 – Examinations regarding prosecution of Joseph Stapleton, 1825
• Z402/13/1 – Photograph of The Bull, 1894
• WB/Green6/4/1 – Trade Analysis ledger including The Bull, 1936-1947
• WB/Green4/2/20 – List of Buildings of Special Architectural of Historic Interest inc. The Bull, c.1950-1960
• WB/Green4/2/5 – List of licenced houses of J.W Green – includes The Bull, c.1952
• Z402/11/4 – (2) Notes on Barton public houses from CRO source, 1981