List of Higgins & Sons Ltd pubs

LIST OF Higgins & Sons Ltd TIED HOUSES

(List extracted from Bedfordshire & Luton Archives Service file GK 297/1, “Conveyance to Wells & Winch Ltd., Biggleswade, dated 1931)

FREEHOLD PROPERTIES

• 1. Balloon, Albert Street, Bedford
• 2. Commercial tavern, Commercial Road, Bedford
• 3. Compasses, Tavistock Place, Bedford
• 4. Fox & Hounds, Goldington Road, Bedford
• 5. Three Cups, Newnham Street, Bedford
• 6. George & Dragon (formerly Old George), Mill Street, Bedford
• 7. Half Moon, Tavistock Street, Bedford
• 8. Railway Tavern, St John’s Street, Bedford
• 9. Wheatsheaf, 36 Cauldwell Street, Bedford
• 10. Star Inn, Harpur Street, Bedford (and former brewhouse)
• 11. Beerhouse, Odell
• 12. Mad Dog & Bell, Odell
• 13. Blacksmith’s Arms, Ravensden
• 14. Bricklayer’s Arms, Fenlake
• 15. Bell, Woburn
• 16. Royal Oak, Woburn
• 17. Post Boy, Rose Lane, Biggleswade
• 18. The Jury, Colmworth
• 19. Wheatsheaf, Harrold
• 20. Three Horse Shoes, Keysoe
• 21. Gardener’s Arms, Kempston
• 22. Beerhouse, Box End, Kempston
• 23. Swan, Newton Bromswold, Northants
• 24. Chequers, North Crawley, Bucks.
• 25. Polhill Arms, Renhold
• 26. Coach & Horses, Shefford
• 27. White Hart, Shefford
• 28. Railway Inn, Turvey
• 29. White Lion, Wootton
• 30. Fox & Duck, Wootton
• 31. Griffin, Toddington
• 32. Bedford Arms, Souldrop
• 33. George Hotel, Silsoe
• 34. Victoria Arms, Wilden
• 35. Five Bells, Cople

LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES

• 36. Three Cranes, Turvey
• 37. Cat & Custard Pot, Shelton

PROPERTIES OWNED EARLIER

• 38. Carpenter’s Arms, Wilstead (closed c. 1894)
• 39. Silver Grill, High Street, Bedford (1922)
• 40. Bell, Bell Lane, Cotton End, Eastcotts +
• 41. Red Lion, Elstow, near Bedford +
• 42. Black Horse, Ireland, near Shefford +
• 43. Red Lion, Deadman’s Cross, near Shefford +
• 44. Anchor, Fenlake, Bedford +
• 45. King’s Arms, The Green, Cardington +
• 46. White Horse, Southill Road, Broom +
• 47. Chequers, Kempston Hardwick (closed c. 1903) +

+ Leased from the Whitbread Estate, Southill

• 48. Bedford Arms, Ridgmont, near Bedford (leased from the Duke of Bedford)
• 49. Wheatsheaf, Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire (leased to 1948)
• 50. Shepherd & Dog, Cauldwell Street, Bedford (closed before 1928)
• 51. White Hart, Bedford (closed 1928)
• 52. Sun, London Road, Woburn (closed 1929)
• 53. Case is Altered, Ravensden (sold by 1927)
• 54. New George, Cranfield (closed by 1927)
• 55. Embankment Hotel, Embankment, Bedford (sold by 1927)
• 56. Fountain Hotel, St. John’s Street, Bedford (sold c. 1927)
• 57. Cock, Bedford (closed 1928)