Roebuck Tap, 8 Market Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Oxford pub history index

This pub was associated with the Roebuck Hotel in Cornmarket. The Roebuck Vaults in 1891 and 1911 census.  It was rebuilt in 1938 and survived as a pub until recently, trading in its latter years as the City Tavern. Now in restaurant use. ** This was the Roebuck in some form by at least the mid-1990s. *

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Roebuck Tap, 8 Market Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire -  in August 2016

Kindly provided by Tris

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1846/William Paget/../../../Hunt’s Directory **

1852/Rt. Hayward/../../../Gardner’s Directory **

1869/W Allen/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/William Allen/Barman in Tap/44/Attenborough, Nottingham/Census
1871/Preboe Allen/Wife/34/Islip, Oxfordshire/Census
1871/William Allen/Son/4/Oxford/Census
1871/Blanch Allen/Daughter/3/Oxford/Census

1881/Phoebe Allin/Inn Keeper, Widow/45/Islip, Oxford/Census
1881/Blanche Allin/Daughter/13/Oxford/Census
1881/Florence Allin/Daughter/9/OxfordCensus
1881/Albert E Allin/Son/8/Oxford/Census
1881/Alfred Allin/Son/7/Oxford/Census
1881/Mary Coombs/General Servant/18/Long Handboro, Oxford/Census

1891/Louie Alexander/Publican, Widow/42/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Frederick Alexander/Son, Printer & Compositor/19/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Agnes Grace/General Servant/16/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census

1895/Mrs Louie Alexander/../../../Kellys Directory

1901/Louise Alexander/Licensed Victualler, Widow/53/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Alice Alexander/Daughter, Assistant/28/Oxford, Oxon/Census
1901/Elizabeth Antoney/Domestic Servant/23/Liverpool/Census

1903/Mrs Louisa Alexander/Roebuck vaults, 8 Market street/../../Kellys Directory

1907/Mrs Louisa Alexander/../../../Kellys Directory

1911/Mrs Louisa Alexander/../../../Kellys Directory

1939/Mrs Lily B Harvey/../../../Kellys Directory

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** Provided By Stephen Harris