Property: 29 Evesham Street ln year: 1861

Occupant: George Mustin aged:  43  Born:  Redditch

Trade: Beer Retailer –

Notes: Wife Emma (Mogg) (35) plus 6 children + 1 servant at home. (The pub was named after the Warship “The Royal George” which sank at Portsmouth in 1782. There was a picture of the Ship in the window which resulted in the locals referring to the pub as “The Ship”. George Mustin was the licensee 1860-1868 – information from “Old Redditch Pubs” by Alan Foxall) On the 1851 census they lived in Albert Street and George was a Needle Pointer. George died in 1870 and was classed as Victualler and Needle Pointer. Emma was the licensee of the Fountain Inn, 75 Evesham Street, 1871-1872. In the 1855 Post Office Directory of Birmingham George was classed as Beer Retailer in Redditch. In the 1862 Slater’s Royal National Commercial Worcestershire George was classed as being in Evesham Street. In the 1865 Jones’s Mercantile Directory of the Iron District, George was Beer Retailer, Evesham Street. George died 8th September 1870.

Source: JC – Census + AF