The Stag Inn (166 High Street)

The Stag was first licensed as a beerhouse in 1852. It could be the New Inn which was kept in 1852-3 by John Grace (not the schoolmaster) and his wife according to a County Court case reported in the Oxford Chronicle, 1 Oct 1853. By 1854 it was called The Reindeer, but that name didn't last - perhaps it had a sign depicting a reindeer but people didn't know what it was. It was apparently a purpose-built pub like The Swan and the Station Inn which were built at the same time. The BAS Buildings Group described it in 2009 as:

19th century yellow stock brick with red brick dressings and slate roof. 4 bays with cart access in left hand bay, 3 right hand bays with central doorway and ground floor bay windows. Chimneys in gable ends. Lantern bracket on right-hand corner.

Early 20th-century view of The Stag. One of the men is presumably G.H. Hall, who was landlord 1898-1931.

1854: Petty Sessions, 24 Aug
Charles Keys, of the Reindeer beer house, at Winslow, was charged with having had an illegal pint measure in his possession.  No defence was offered, and the accused, who broke the measure in the face of the officers on their visiting the house, was ordered to pay £1 fine, and 12s. costs. 

1851/4-63: Church rate book: Charles Keys             

1857: Bicester Herald, 27 Nov
   BEERHOUSE INFORMATION.- Charles Keyes, of the Reindeer beerhouse, was summoned by Inspector Carruthers for refusing to admit him into his house on the 7th inst.  It appears that the officer called at the house about a quarter before eleven on the night in question, he having heard persons talking, and rapped at the door, the same being locked, for the purpose of seeing what was going forward; but upon the landlady inquiring who was knocking at the door, on receiving a reply that it was a policeman, said that she should not let him in.  The defendant said he was in bed, and had locked the door of the house and the cellar, and that when he heard who it was he gave the key to his wife on purpose to open it, and was very sorry that anything of the kind had happened.  The bench, thinking that a light fine would meet the case, fined the defendant 10s. and 10s. 6d. costs.

1861: Census
Buckingham Road, The Stag

Charles	Keys	Head	mar	49	Cordwainer & farmer	b. Mursley
Eliza	do	Wife	mar	53		b. Winslow
Charles	do	Son	unm	21	Cordwainer	b. Winslow
Harriott	do	Dau	unm	19	Dressmaker	do
Sarah A.	do	Dau	unm	16	Shoe binder	do
Eliza	do	Dau		10	Scholar	do
Thomas	do	Son		8	do	do
Charles	Roads	Lodger	unm	21	Carpenter	do

1871: Census
High Street

Charles	Keys	Head	mar	58	Publican	b. Mursley
Eliza	do	Wife	mar	62		b. Winslow
Eliza	do	Dau	unm	21	Dressmaker	do
Thomas	do	Son	unm	18	Tailor	do
Mary M.	Keys	Granddau	unm	10 wks		do

1872: Return of Public Houses
Stag: licensed 1852; owner & occupier Charles Keys

1876: Harrods Directory
Keys, Charles sen., "Stag Inn", High street

1881: Census
Buckingham Road

Charles	Keys	Head	mar	68	Publican	b. Mursley
Eliza	do	Wife	mar	72		b. Winslow
Thomas	do	Son	unm	29	Tailor	do

1891: Census
Buckingham Road, The Swan

Thomas	Keys	Head	mar	39	Licensed victualler	b. Winslow
Ruth	do	Wife	mar	35		b. Winslow
Henrietta	do	Dau		5	Scholar	b. Winslow
Charles	do	Father	wid	78	Living on own means	b. Mursley
Joanna	Herbert	Mother-in-law	wid	72		b. Little Horwood

1892: probate of will of Charles Keys, farmer and beer retailer and sale of household furniture
Real estate to be sold by his executors. This is probably when The Stag was bought by Phipps Brewery.

1892: Petty Sessions, 22 June
Licence transferred to Mr G. Hitchcock.

1895: Kelly's Directory
Hitchcock George, beer retailer, Buckingham road

1895: death of Thomas Keys

1898: valuation by George Wigley (Centre for Bucks Studies, D/WIG/2/1/32)
Valuation of the Household Furniture, Fixtures & Effects at the Stag Inn Winslow between Mr G Hitchcock the outgoing tenant & Mr George Hall. May 21st 1898 [individual valuations were given in Mr Wigley's code and haven't been reproduced here]
Tap Room
3 wire blinds & iron guard
3 roller blinds & fittings
tap room table with mahogany top
Cupboards as fixed
Blower in grate
Whirler
Clock on bracket
Gas bracket & piping
Gas reflector
8 Spitoons                                                           
[total] £3 10s 6d
[f.78] Parlour
Gas pendant & piping
Table with 2 drawers
small bar table
3 wire window blinds
3 roller blinds & fittings
6 Spitoons
Bar
4-pull Beer Engine & lead piping to cellar
3-pull D(itt)o with D(itt)o
Gas bracket & piping
Shelves and drawers as fitted
4 standard pewter measures
10 pewter stamped pints
5, ½ pint D(itt)o
3 stamped ½ pint glasses
32 beer glasses
23 stamped pints
8 quarts & 6, ½ pints
Licence board over front door
3 quart jugs
Middle Room
Roller blind
2 hat pegs
Back Kitchen
16 gallon Copper. grate lid & brickwork
Deal table
Deal p(ain)t(e)d Dresser with 3 drawers & cupboard & shelves
Saucepan cupboard at side of sink
Shelf over door
brass meat jack crane
Upstairs
3 roller blinds & fittings
[total] £17 17s 6d     
[f.79] Closet
3 shelves & 12 iron pegs
Gas bracket & fireboard
Garden
2 boarded pig styes with corrugated iron roof & brick floor
4 line posts & galv. wire line
boarded & slated tool house
Stable
iron angle hay rack
iron furnace as fixed, brickwork &c.
2 long deal forms
Pooley’s weighing machine
Yard
rain water butt
small Wheelbarrow

p(ain)t(e)d deal meat safe with perforated
zinc sides & door & zinc top
16 rd. ladder
10 trusses Wheat Straw
oak skittle bagatelle board with 1 cue, 2 balls & 9 skittles
A ring board & rings
Dart board with bell & 3 darts
[total] £9 9s 6d

[sum total] £30 17s  6d

1901: Census
Union Street, The Stag Inn

George H.	Hall	Head	mar	50	Licensed victualler & groom (domestic)	b. Barby, Northants
Mary	do	Wife	mar	51		b. Elton, Hunts
Elizabeth L.	do	Dau	unm	25		b. Ashby St Leger, Northants

1902: Buckingham Advertiser, 27 Dec
  PRESENTATION.- On Thursday, December 18th, an interesting event took place at the Stag Inn, Winslow, when Mr. C. Osborn, jeweller, was presented with a handsome cabinet ink stand, with polished platform and ebony handle and two cut glass inks.  Several concerts have been held in the house, at which Mr. Osborn has been chairman on each occasion, and in recognition of his genial services, this presentation was made to him by the working men who attended the smoking concerts.  In accepting the present, Mr. Osborn said it came as somewhat of a surprise.  He should always value it most highly, and when using it he should ever be reminded of the many pleasant hours he had spent amongst them.  His health was then drunk most cordially, and the remainder of the evening was spent in toast and song, the latter being accompanied by the piano, piccolo and bones.  Thanks were also extended to the Host and Hostess for the attention given to the comfort of the company.

1903: Kelly's Directory
Hall George Henry, beer retailer, Union street

This postcard was posted in 1903, although the photo could be earlier. The Stag is on the left.

1905: Petty Sessions, 27 Dec
Plan for alterations submitted by Phipps & Co. and approved

1906: Winslow RDC, 5 Jan
Plans of alterations to the Stag Inn, Winslow, were produced and passed.

1910 Survey:
The Stag: owner Phipps & Co., Northampton; occupier G.H. Hall

1911: Census
Stag Inn (8 rooms)

George H.	Hall	Head	wid	62	Innkeeper for Phipps Brewery Co.	b. Barby, Northants
Elizabeth L.	Clark	Dau	mar	35	married 9 years, 3 children	b. Ashby St Leger, Northants
Emmeline	do	Granddau		8		b. Winslow
Elfreda	do	do		7		do
Frederick	do	Grandson		4		do
Walter	Chamberlain	Boarder	unm	24	Groom	b. Leighton Buzzard

1914: Assessment (TNA, IR58/2347 no.122)
Situation              Buckingham Road “The Stag”
Gross Value: Buildings   £25
Rateable Value: Buildings             £20
Occupier              G.H. Hall
Owner                  Phipps & Co  Northampton
Site Value deductions Claimed  
PV
Copy to Dleck  1/12/14
[stamp] 30 NOV 1914
Particulars, description and note made on inspection     
Brick and Slate Public House
3 Bedrooms & sitting room, smokeroom, taproom, bar & kitchen & hall
WC & barn
Brick and Slate Coach House & stable (2)
Passage at side
31 poles 5 yards                                                                                    
Valuation – Market Value of Fee Simple in possession of whole property in its present condition
[red] L 29408                                     £1400
Deduct Market Value of Site under similar circumstances, but if divested of structures, timber, fruit trees, and other things growing on the land
40’ front         8400 [sq.ft]                                                                                                      £  62
Difference Balance, being portion of market value attributable to structures, timber &c.            £1338

1931: Petty Sessions, Aug
Licence transferred from G.H. Hall to Ewart Vernon Carter

1936: death of George Hall, aged 86, at Bletchley

1939: Hillier's Almanack
166 High Street, Stag Inn - Price, A. [Alfred, son of Jabez Price]

1940: death of Mrs Elizabeth Louisa Clarke, 26 Aug; died at Bletchley, buried at Winslow

1941-42: Farm Survey
Mr Price was also a smallholder with cattle, sheep and pigs on an 18-acre farm.

1946: the full licence of the Chandos Arms was transferred to The Stag

The Stag closed in 1967, when the premises were bought by the last landlord and landlady, Mr and Mrs Nicholas.