The Stables Publicans and Innkeepers
After his second marriage in 1865, James Stables (b.1827, Newhill) left the coal mining industry and went into the licenced trade, when he took the tenancy of The New Inn on West Street in Wath.
It isn't known whether it was James himself, or his younger brother Charles Stables (b.1830, Newhill), who was the first Stables to turn to the licensing trade but it is apparent that this period saw a fairly general move by the family into this trade.
Three of James's sons: Charles, William and Oswald, became publicans, as did his step-son, Luke Barber, his brother Charles and his nephew Sam. Later his grandson, Albert, became the landlord of The Crown Inn at Newhill.
His daughter Ann, married John Thomas Turner, who was licensee at The Prospect Tavern Beerhouse in 1901.
Premises
Some of the premises they ran between them, during the course of their lives, were:
The New Inn Wath The Star Inn Wath The Cross Keys Hotel Wath The Manvers Main Inn Wath The Beehive Inn Newhill The Crown Inn Newhill The Don Hotel Swinton The Queen's Hotel West Melton The Prospect Tavern Hoyland The Rising Sun Darfield
This information in this section of the web-site was taken from biographies written by Victor Stables and it is with the permission of his cousin, Michael Chance, that I include it here.