Frank operated the York Hotel in Great Yarmouth from 1928 to 1939. In years past, the pub was call Duncans Head, The Drum, Humber Keel, Humber Sloop, Imperial Hotel, and York Tavern.

Frank Horace Oxborough

Born: 24 FEB 1904 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Father: Robert Alan Oxborough (1876 to 1962)
Mother: Mary Sophia Hubbard (1877 to 1962)

Spouse: Mabel Constance Skinner (1904 to 1993)

Married: 1927 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England

Children:

Robert James Oxborough (1930 to 1997)
David John Oxborough (14 MAR 1935 to 21 MAR 2004)

Died: 9 MAY 1980 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England

Timeline:

1911 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1927 Marriage to Mabel
1930 Birth of son, Robert
1933 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1935 Birth of son, David
1939 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England
1962 Death of mother, Mary
1962 Death of father, Robert
1979 Death of brother, George
1980 Death and Burial

Occupation: licensed victualler (1939)

Records:

1911 England Census Record
1939 England and Wales Register
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005
Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940
The UK, City and County Directories, 1766 – 1946
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2014

Variations of Surname: None

The 1939 England and Wales Register listed Frank’s occupation as a licensed victualler manager. The address was given as 48 King Street in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.

The 1933 directory listing confirmed that Frank lived at 48 King Street. There were also the words York P.H. beside his name.

I knew that a licensed victualler operated a business that supplied food and drink. I discovered that the initials P.H. stood for Public House.

I then discovered that the Norfolk Pubs website had an entry for the York Hotel. It shows that Frank received a license to operate the pub in 1928. He ran this business until 1939.

Norfolk Pubs also shows the many changes that occurred through the years.

The building changed names over the years:

1790 The Duncans Head
1800 The Drum
1824 The Humber Keel (until about 1854)
1856 The Humber Sloop

The house was demolished and rebuilt between the years 1856 and 1863.

1863 The York Tavern

Licensees who operated the York Tavern:

1863 John H French
1865 Caroline Hannah French (to 1869)
1871 John Wolsey French (to 1875)
1879 James Garrod
1881 William Snook (to 1883)
1886 T E Butcher
1888 John Godbold Benns (to 1890)
1892 John Hall (to 1896)

1897 The Imperial Hotel

1901 The York Hotel

Licensees who operated the York Hotel:

1901 Walter Mead
1923 James Banham (5 JUN 1923)
1923 Ellen Victoria Ellis (24 JUL 1923)
1924 Cecil Robert Henry Greensides
1928 Frank Horace Oxborough
1940 Harry Burgess
1957 Charles Thomas Banham

The York Hotel closed and became a bicycle shop.

I looked up the address on Google Maps. The photo, taken in 2019, shows a building that looks like an apartment. The number on the door is 48.

Spouse:

Mabel Constance Skinner:

Mabel was born on 17 JUL 1904 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. She died on 27 MAR 1993 in Hemsby, Norfolk County, England.

Mabel’s father was Ernest James Skinner. He was born in 1866 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. He died in 1925 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Mabel’s mother was Sarah Ann Everitt. She was born on 12 FEB 1868 in Norwich, Norfolk County, England. She died in 1957 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England.

Mabel had one sister and one brother:

Hilda Alice Skinner (1894)
William Frederick Skinner (1899)

Notes:

The surname, Oxborough, originated in Norfolk County, England. It appears in church registers as early as the mid-16th Century. As the world population grew, these Oxborough ancestors moved to other counties in England. By the late 19th Century, some had immigrated to Canada and Australia.

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