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The Coach and Horses Public House, Stotfold

Information taken from Stotfold Pubs and Publicans by Bert Hyde. 

28 Coach and Horses

The Coach and Horses, 2024

The Coach and Horses Public House: 95 The Green, Stotfold

The Coach and Horses was opened by 1841 and is located at 95 The Green. The brewers for the pub were Fordham, J.W Green, Flowers and Whitbread. The pub remains open.

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.

1844 - 1857 – James Cooper
1871 - 1890 – John Cooper
1891 - 1892 – Eliza Triplow
1892 - 1901 – Charles Dean
1901 – Rhoda Annie Dean
1901 - 1907 – Alfred Brown
1907 - 1914 – John James Barker Allen
1920 - 1931 – Harry Dear
1936 – Ben Saggers
1940 – Frederick Lewis Williams
1957 - 1962 – Cyril Leslie Payne
1962 - 1965 – Geoff Mossman
1965 - 1967 – Ralph Wright Stronach 
1967 - 1981 – Douglas Jack Tee
1981 - 1986 – Charles James Newberry
1986 - 1991 – Betty E.M Lambert
1992 - 1993 – Christopher H. Hollyoak
1993 - 1995 – Detlef Ernst Trampenau and Marilyn Trampenau
 

List of sources at Bedfordshire Archives: 

  • WB/Fordham4/1/Stot/CH: Deeds and surrenders for Coach and Horses, 1809-1897
  • HF147/5/891: Occurrence Report of PC George Short, stationed at Stotfold, 1875
  • HF147/42/6: Letter relating to lighting offence at The Coach & Horses, The Green, Stotfold, 1941
  • Z1255/1/72: Photograph of The Green and The Coach and Horses, 2006