Melksham pub history index
The address in the 1891 census lists the area as Outmarsh. A beer house near to Seemington Halt which had become a farm by 1924 and also a coal yard by the early 1970s. Access to the Tavern was over a drawbridge on the canal.
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Wiltshire. The Wiltshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1891/Frank Gollidge/Farmer & Publican/41/Ditchat, Somerset/Census
1891/Louisa J Gollidge/Wife/36/Derry Hill, Wiltshire/Census
1891/Maud A Gollidge/Daughter/11/Semington, Wiltshire/Census
1891/William Gollidge/Son/8/Semington, Wiltshire/Census
1911/William Wiltshire/Inn Keeper & Farmer/45/Bishops Cannings,
Wiltshire/Census
1911/Grace Wiltshire/Wife/45/Matford, Devon/Census
1911/George Wiltshire/Son, Farm Labourer/26/Bishops Cannings,
Wiltshire/Census
1911/Albert F Wiltshire/Son/13/Enford, Wiltshire/Census