Dun Cow, 17 New Street, (Dun Cow Bank)

The first Publican I can find is Tryphena Taylor aged 70 in the 1841 census, Tryphena was buried at Dawley Magna Church on the 11th September 1842, I don’t know the relationship between Tryphena and John Joseph, they were not mother and son, Mary Taylor born 1788 at Ryton, Shropshire, was mother to him and Lucy Matilda.

1841 June 6th | Dawley District 03 | Page 01 | Address Dun Cow Inn

John Joseph Taylor tuck over the Dun Cow, he was advertising in the 1851 Samuel Bagshaw’s directory as being the maltster and victualler at the Dun Cow Dawley, and in the 1851 Census (March 30th) aged 37 occupations Inn Keeper & Maltster.

Samuel Bagshaw, 1851, Page 378

1851 March 30th | Dawley District 2C | Page 08 | Schedule 36 | Address Dun Cow Inn

On the 5th of October 1851 John Taylor’s sister Lucy Matilda Taylor married Thomas Garbett, and by 1859 Thomas was advertising in Slater's directory as the publican of the Dun Cow Dawley, Thomas Garbett was still there in the 1861 1871 and 1881 censuses, Lucy Matilda died and was buried at Malinslee on the 21 of March 1876.

Slater's directory 1859, Page 12, Taverns & Public Houses, Dun Cow, Thomas Garbett, Dawley.

From 1860 this add appeared in the Wellington Journal.

PLEASURE VAN
FOR PIC-NICS, PARTIES, &C.
POST HORSES, PHAETONS, GIGS, &C.
FOR HIRE, AT
THOMAS GARBETT'S,
DUN COW INN, DAWLEY-GREEN

1861 April 7th | Dawley District 03 | Page 20 | Schedule: 107 | Address: Dun Cow Inn

Post Office 1863, Page 681, Garbett Thomas, Dun Cow, Dawley
Slater's directory 1868, Page 30, Taverns & Public Houses, Dun Cow, Thomas Garbett, New Street, Dawley.
Kelly's directory 1870, Page 48 Garbett Thomas, Dun Cow, High Street, Dawley.

1871 April 2nd | Dawley District 03 | Page 21 | Schedule 115 | Address Dun Cow Inn

In 1876 Thomas’s wife died, and was burial at Malinslee (Dawley Nova), 21st March 1876.

Edward Cassey 1871, Page 138, Garbett Thomas, Dun Cow Inn, High Street, Dawley.
Slater's directory 1880, Page 38, Taverns & Public Houses, Dun Cow, Thomas Garbett, New Street, Dawley.

Thomas now a widower and is the Licensed Victualler at the Dun Cow.

1881 April 3rd | Dawley District 03 | Page 20 | Schedule 89 | Address Dun Cow Hotel, Dun Cow Bank

Thomas left the Dun Cow just before his death in 1885.

Fatal Accident, Thomas Garbett, Wellington Journal, Saturday 19 September 1885.

FATAL ACCIDENT. —On Tuesday evening, as Mr. Thomas Garbett, who for many years and till recently was landlord of the Dun Cow Inn, was assisting in the harvest, he received injuries in an accident which terminated fatally. It appears that Mr. Garbett was making a stack of wheat in the yard belonging to his brother (Mr. M. Garbett), and when nearing the top, it fell over, throwing him against a thrashing machine which was in the yard, causing serious internal injuries. He was at once conveyed to the residence of his brother, and Dr. Soame was called in, but his services were without avail, for deceased succumbed to the injuries about two hours after the accident. Great sympathy is felt in the neighbourhood, Mr. Garbett being most deservedly respected. An inquest on the body was held on Thuraday at the Elephant and Castle, before R. D. Newill, Esq., coroner, and a respectable jury, of which Mr. James Briscoe was foreman, when the jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death.”

Kelly's directory 1885, Page 840, Bathurst Thomas Kellick, Dun Cow, New Street, Dawley,

By 1887 Eliza Griffin has her name as Licensee, she sold the business to Mr. Thomas Phillips for about £65, he did not have a license to sell alcohol, see below.

Wellington Journal, Saturday 07 May 1887

CONTRAVENTION OF THE LICENING ACT. —Thomas Phillips, formerly a farmer, living at Worfield, was charged with selling spirits without having a license for the same. — Mr. Hazlewood (Bridgnorth) defended. —Sergeant Smith, Dawley, said that on the 23rd ult. He visited the Dun Cow Inn, Dawley, and saw the landlord, Thomas Phillips, behind the counter. A woman came in, and asked to be supplied with three pennyworth of gin. She tendered sixpence in payment for it, and the gin having been drawn, she received 3d. change. He asked him if Mrs. Griffin, the woman from whom he had taken the house, was in, and told him he had no business to sell spirits without a license. On the following Saturday he (Phillips) sent for him, and said he had had a lot of his beer stolen. He went down the cellar with him, and could not see that any had been taken. He noticed that several barrels were consigned to “Thomas Phillips.”—To Mr. Hazlewood: Mrs. Griffin was the landlady before him, and sold the business to Phillips. She had been housekeeper for him since. Phillips did not tell him the house was in Mrs. Griffin’s name; he said it was in his own name. Eliza Griffin name was on the door, but Phillips took the money himself. Since the summons had been taken out he had drawn on more. He (witness) was present in the court on March 7th when a license was refused to Thomas Phillips.—Eliza Griffin said she formerly kept the Dun Cow Inn, Dawley, and turned the business over to Phillips, and since the time he and his son came in she had nothing to do with the business. Phillips took to the things at a valuation, and an arrangement was made that he should pay her 10s. a week. Both spirits and beer were received and sold by him, and the bills were in his name. She had stopped in the house in behalf of Mr. Phillips and the landlord, but she did not stop to keep the license. It was considered by the landlord that if she stopped in the house that would keep the license good, and he had told her and Mr. Phillips so.—Mr. Hazlewood admitted that spirits had been sold without a license by Phillips, but he had not done it wilfully, but in ignorance and mistake, and from being misled. He was a farmer, and had no experience whatever of a publican’s life, and had paid a lot of money for a very little. When he discovered what a bad bargain he had made he advertised the house. He had been told by the landlord that if he kept Mrs. Griffin there her license would hold good, and the thing would be all right, Upon the strength of that he went on selling openly and without the least concealment. The advice given Phillips by the landlord was bad, and ought never to have been given: and the man had sold in ignorance of the law. — The defendant then went in the box, and said he had been a grocer and farmer living at Worfield, where he had lived for 20 years. He was foolish enough to come to Dawley, and had paid about £65 to go into the Dun Cow. It was a bad bargain, and he had since tried to sell it, and get out, as there was no trade at all there. He had seen Mr. Holt, the landlord, of Shifnal, and he told him that the license was good as long as he kept Mrs. Griffin in the house; and he kept her there on purpose to keep the license going. Since he had been told by a lawyer that he had no right to sell without having a license he had shut the place up. He would have been better off if he had not sold at all.— A fine of 1s. and costs was imposed.— Thomas Phillips was then further charged with being drunk at the Dun Cow Inn, on the 28th ult., and was fined 10s. and costs, the case being proved by Police-constable Smith. — Phillips was further charged with using threats to Eliza Griffin.— Complainant said that on Thursday last the defendant was drunk all day. He told her he didn’t want a — like her there, and went to hit her, and afterwards pointed a gun at her, and said he would blow her brains out. When he ran to the door to kiss some girls—(laughter)— she took the gun away, as she was afraid of him. She left the house on Saturday night last.—Defendant was bound over in his own recognisances in the sum of £10, to keep the peace.

In the 1891 census John Clayton is now Inn Keeper at the Dun Cow.

Kelly's directory, 1891, Page 306, Clayton John, Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

1891 April 5th | Dawley District 03 | Page 01 | Schedule 04 | Address New Street, Dun Cow

Kelly's directory 1895, Page 76, Reynolds Richard, Dun Cow hotel,
accommodation for commercials & parties; good bowling green &c Dawley.

In December 1899 George Fletcher was in the Dun Cow, they had a Burglary.
Wellington Journal Saturday 30 December 1899

BURGLARY AT DAWLEY.

A daring burglary was committed at Dawley a few days ago. It appears that after closing time on Christmas Day Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher of the Dun Cow Inn, Dawley, proceeded to Wellington to witness a football match. The servant also went out, and the house was locked up. Owing to an oversight the back kitchen window had not been fastened, and during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher someone entered the house through the window at the back of the premises, searched the house, and took about £60 from a strong oak box which was in one of the bedrooms. Information was given to the police, but so far no arrests have been made.

Kelly's directory 1900, Page 78, Fletcher George, Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

1901 31st March | Dawley District 03 | Page 01 | Schedule 7 | Address Dun Cow Hotel, New Street

Kelly's directory 1909, Page 85, Jones Arthur Thomas Howe, Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

1911 April 2nd | Dawley District 02 | Schedule: 07 | Address: Dun Cow Hotel, New Street, Dawley

Kelly's directory 1913, Page 87, Stead Arthur Price, Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

Kelly's directory 1917, Page 79, Pugh David A, draper, 50 High Street. & Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

David Alfred Pugh outside the Dun Cow circa 1920, by 1926 David was the landlord of the Royal Oak George Street, Dawley.

Kelly's directory 1926, Page 88, Powell William, Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

Kelly's directory 1929, Page 89, Shephard Harry, Dun Cow P.H. New Street, Dawley.

Kelly's directory 1934, Page 90, Parton Albert Edward, Dun Cow Hotel P.H. New Street, Dawley.

Kelly's directory 1937, Page 88, Parton Albert Edward, Dun Cow Hotel P.H. New Street, Dawley.

1939 Register 29th September | District OIDH | Schedule 278 | Address: 17, New Street, Dun Cow

Kelly's directory 1941, Page 87, Dun Cow Hotel (Parton Albert Edward) New Street, Dawley.

Phone directory 1955, Page 139, Turner W. T, Dun Cow Hotel, New Street, Dawley. TN Dawley 475

By the mid sixty’s Norman James Stewart was the licensee, he appeared in a newspaper article showing his large collection of brass, he died on the 1st of April 1968.

Mr. Norman J. Stewart, licensee of The Dun Cow Inn, Dawley — Pictured with part of his large collection of brass. Mr. Stewart has collected 154 pieces over a period of six years.

Norman’s wife Agnes tuck over the Dun Cow, but she died on the 20th March 1972.

Colin Harris and his wife Jacqueline moved to the Dun Cow on April 10th 1972.

In 1978 Mrs. Betty Joan Nind was the new landlady of the Dun Cow, she had a fund-raising scheme with the locals.

Beer is all that is holding a Dawley pub’s fund-raising scheme together. Locals at the Dun Cow began building a pile of money three weeks ago to raise money for the Mator of Shrewsbury’s Cancer Appeal. Licensee Mrs Betty Nind, accepts two and five pence donations from the customers and, after dipping the coins in a saucer of beer. Put them on the pile, Which is solid. The Collection, which is about 16 inches high, has been boosted by three raffles and now totals £40. Mrs Nind hopes to raise more money by having a mechanical smoking man placed on the bar. The customers would then be charged fivepence if they wanted to see the toy work. When the collection is over the pile will be thrown in a bucket of water. The sticky beer will then dissolve so they the money can be counted and handed over.

In 1983 Michael and Pam Beech are the licensees of the Dun Cow.

Some of my photos 24th June 2008.

This one taken 04th of May 2011.