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Church Wickets Inn, 16 Old Vicarage Road, Great Dawley


Old Church Wickets Inn Old Church Wickets map

The (Old) Church Wickets stood on the corner of Old Vicarage Road and Southall / Holly road, there is a more modern house there now, see the top photo, to the right of this house was a blacksmith's and on the left was the old Vicarage.

The first time I can find this pub mentioned was in the 1841 census when Richard Summer was the Inn Keeper, but I think it is a much older pub, Richard Summer came from Crowgreaves near Stockton, he married Sarah Tranter from Dawley on the 15 Feb 1827 at Dawley, he died and was buried on the 23 May 1844 at Dawley-Magna, Sarah died on 13 Jun 1845 and was buried at Dawley-Magna.

| 1841 Census | Parish of Dawley | District: 01 | Page: 14 | Schedule: - | Address: Wickets. |

Name Relation Marr Age Sex Birth Profession Birthplace
Richard Summer - - 35 Male 1806 Inn Keeper Shropshire
Sarah Summer - - 35 Female 1806 - Shropshire
Ann Summer - - 13 Female 1828 - Shropshire
William Summer - - 11 Male 1830 - Shropshire
Richard Summer - - 9 Male 1832 - Shropshire
Benjamin Summer - - 7 Male 1834 - Shropshire
Sarah Summer - - 5 Female 1836 - Shropshire
Thomas Summer - - 3 Male 1838 - Shropshire
Elizabeth Summer - - 1 Female 1840 - Shropshire
Edward Colley - - 25 Male 1816 Male Servant -
Elizabeth Powel - - 25 Female 1816 Female Servant -
Sarah Gough - - 21 Female 1820 Female Servant -

In the 1851 census John Parsons aged 57 is the Victualler and in the same year he is advertising it in Samuel Bagshaw’s directory under Taverns & Public Houses, Wickets, John died in February 1855.

| 1851 Census | Parish of Dawley | District: 01 | Page: 08 | Schedule: 31 | Address: Church Wickets Inn. |

Name Relation Marr Age Sex Birth Profession Birthplace
John Parsons Head M 57 M 1794 Victualler Presthope, Shropshire
Elizah Parsons Wife M 48 F 1803 - Bagley, Shropshire
William Parsons Son S 14 M 1837 Scholar Wellington, Shropshire
Ellen Phillips Servant S 19 F 1832 House Servant Dawley, Shropshire
Mary Eaycock Servant W 78 F 1773 House Servant Elsmere, Shropshire

In Slater's directory of 1859 John’s wife Elizabeth Parsons is now the Inn Keeper, she runs the pub an till her death in 1874 age 72.

| 1861 Census | Parish of Dawley | District: 01 | Page: 15 | Schedule: 72 | Address: Wickets public house. |

Name Relation Marr Age Sex Birth Profession Birthplace
Elizabeth Parsons Head W 53 F 1808 Inn Keeper Bagley, Shropshire
William Parsons Son S 24 M 1837 Butcher Wellington, Shropshire
Harriet Woof Servant S 20 F 1841 General Servant Much Wenlock, Shropshire


| 1871 Census | Parish of Dawley | District: 01 | Page: 09 | Schedule: 38 | Address: Church Road, Wicketts Inn. |

Name Relation Marr Age Sex Birth Profession Birthplace
Elizth Parsons Head W 69 F 1802 Licensed Victualler Ellesmere, Shropshire
William Parsons Son M 34 M 1837 Butcher Dawley, Shropshire
Eliza Parsons Daughter-in-law M 24 M 1847 - Dawley, Shropshire
William H Parsons Grandson S 3 M 1868 Scholar Dawley, Shropshire
Charles V Parsons Grandson S 1 M 1870 - Dawley, Shropshire
Rosannah Gorbett Servant S 18 F 1853 General Servant Dawley, Shropshire

Elizabeth Parsons died in December 1874 she was buried on the 30th December 1874 at Dawley.

In the 1881 census it looks like Maria Morgan a Widow aged 68 is living there but there is nothing entered for her Occupation.

The last time I can find this pub is in the 1885 Kelly's directory when Daniel Dangerfield ran it who before running the pub had a baker’s shop in King Street, in the 1891 and 1901 census the pub is uninhabited, in the 1911 census it is described as (ruins)