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1. hi
   I’am currently tracing my family history and have found my great great grandfather thomas boughey who it seems was a brewer/dairyman in mill st nantwich
   Do you know of any history of that street
   Would he of run a pub

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   1. Hi Paul, the following are the names of pubs on Mill Street: Blue Bell, Eagle & Child, Hawk & Buckle, Horse Shoe, King’s Head, Royal Oak, White Bear and of course the Wickstead Arms (which is still there). However, I don’t believe there was ever a pub as far down as 11 Mill Street (where Thomas Boughey is shown in the ).

      There was a Thomas Boughey at the Royal Oak (on Beam Street) in 1844. There was a Peter Boughey there before (in 1828). George Boughey was at the Three Pigeons (on Welsh Row). There’s more about these pubs in the Nnatwich pubs book – have you got a copy?

      In the 1899 Register of Parochial Voters there’s a George Boughey, whose abode is at the Star at Acton. In the description of Qualifying Property for this entry, it says “Mill street, Nantwich”.

      I think your ancestor would keep cows and make beer. There was Malt House very close on Barker Street. A byproduct from making beer is brewers grains – which are a good feed for dairy cows…

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