Some history of the New Talbot Hotel on High Street Smethwick in the county of Staffordshire.

More information on the New Talbot Inn at Smethwick to follow. I probably created the page as I had a link to the New Talbot Inn from another page. When building the site it is easier to place links as they crop up rather than go back later on. I realise this is frustrating if you were specifically looking for information on the New Talbot Inn. There is information on Smethwick and Staffordshire dotted around the website - click here for a suitable starting place.

Licensees of the New Talbot Hotel

1903 - 1909 Robert Vernon
1909 - 1910 Elizabeth Slim
1910 - 1911 Benjamin Darby
1911 - 1912 Arthur Box
1912 - 1928 Frederick Hinchley
1928 - 1930 Frederick John Adkins
1930 - 1935 Frederick George Jackson
1935 - 1952 Wilford Henry Shilvock
1952 - 1953 Ronald Henry Allport
1953 - 1956 Albert Edward Franklin
1956 - 1957 John Moseley
1957 - 1957 Frank Humphries
1957 - 1961 Ronald Allansay
1961 - 1962 John Anthony Holloway
1962 - 1962 Raymond John Holdstock
1962 - 1964 Joseph Galliers
1964 - 1965 Raymond Henry Swinson
1965 - William Storey
Note : this is not a complete list of licensees for this pub.

Related Newspaper Articles

"At the West Bromwich Petty Sessions, on Saturday, before R. Heaton and C. Ratcliff, Esq., three brothers, named Henry Sayce, Edward Sayce, Arthur Sayce, and Charles Humphreys were summoned for assaulting Charles Harvest, gardener, Smethwick. According to the evidence of several, the complainant was in the New Talbot Inn, Smethwick, on the 6th inst., when Henry Sayce, without the slightest provocation, struck him. Complainant did not retaliate, but left the inn and went home, when he found that the door had been broken open. A few minutes afterwards a number of bricks and stones were thrown at the door, the principal assailants being the defendants. Upon going out the house to remonstrate, complainant was struck with stones and knocked down. For the defence it was contended that after the assault at the public-house, the complainant went to the house of Henry Sayce and struck him a violent blow with a poker. The magistrates characterised the assault as disgraceful in the extreme, and fined the defendants as follows: - Henry Sayce 20s. and costs; Edward and Arthur Sayce 10s., and Charles Humphreys, 10s. and costs each. A cross-summons against Charles Harvest was dismissed."
"Savage Assault at Smethwick"
Express and Star : February 14th 1876 Page 2