Diss sign
1912 Public Houses
The Red Lion
(101 Victoria Road)

Background

First known landlord was John Payne in 1836, and the inn was closed in 1857.


Occupants on 2 April 1911, Census day

Jane SQUIRE, widow, 43, innkeeper, living with daughter Ethel Jane (18, at home) and son Stanley George (15, apprentice baker). Address given as Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk. (RG14 PN11446 RD230 SD2 ED4 SN64)


Occupants in the 1912 Electoral Register

Jane SQUIRE - Occupational Voters (other than lodgers) - Division Three : Living in: Diss; Qualification: House; Place: Red Lion Inn


Family facts

1867 : Birth of Jane ROGERS, registered in Bosmere Suffolk. (1867 Q2 Bosmere Suffolk Vol 4A Page 581)

2 April 1871 : Census - Jane ROGERS, 3, living with parents George (37, agricultural labourer) and Emma (37), and siblings Harry (8), Ellen (6), Fanny (5) and Horace (13). Address given as Lodge Road, Ashfield, Suffolk. (RG10 Piece 1742 Folio 23 Page 18 Schedule 68)

5 April 1891 : Census - Jane ROGERS, 23, domestic servant, living in the household of Honor SPINT (24, butcher). Address given as St. Nicholas Street, Diss, Norfolk. (RG12 Piece 1544 Folio 36 Page 3 Schedule 19)

23 August 1891 : Marriage banns read in Roydon for George Robert SQUIRE and Jane Rogers. Other dates were 30 August and 6 September 1891.

9 September 1891 : Jane married George Robert in Roydon, Norfolk. Registered in Guiltcross District. (1891 Q3 Guiltcross Norfolk Vol 4B Page 445)

31 March 1901 : Census - George R Squire. 32, innkeeper, living with wife Jane (32) and children Ethel J (8) and Stanley G (5). Address given as Red Lion Inn, Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk. (RG13 Piece 1863 Folio 49 Page 24 Schedule 157)

2 April 1911 : Census - See above. Hannah, 3 children 2 still living; 8 rooms in dwelling. . Address given as Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk. (RG14 PN11446 RD230 SD2 ED4 SN64)

19 June 1921 : Census - Jane SQUIRE, 54, confectioner, living with Son Stanley George (25, motor driver) and brother Horace ROGERS (52, locomotive engine driver). Address given as 51 Mere Street, Diss, Norfolk. (RG15 Piece 09783 RD 230 RS 2 ED 4)


In the newspapers:*
Diss Express, Friday, March 4, 1904, page 5

DEATHS.

SQUIRE. - Feb. 22nd, at the Red Lion, Diss, George Robert, the beloved husband of Jane Squire, aged 35 years. Much respected.


Diss Express, Friday, April 15, 1904, page 4

DISS PETTY SESSIONS - (WEDNESDAY).

Before John Tudor Frere, Esq. (chairman), Francis Taylor, S. L. Cocks, and T. Keppel, Esqs.

LICENSING.

The license of the Red Lion Inn, Victoria Road, was transferred from George Squire, deceased, to his widow, Jane Squire. The license of the Crown Hotel, Diss, was transferred from Edgar Spanton Wright to Sidney William Buckle, Messrs Lacon and Co’s local manager.



Miscellaneous

Family:

  • Father - George SQUIRE, 1842 -1916
  • Mother - Hester Maria THOMPSON, 1843 - 1926.
  • Husband - George Robert SQUIRE, 1869 - ????.
  • Daughter - Ethel J SQUIRE, 1893 - ????.
  • Daughter - Stanley G SQUIRE, 1896 - ????.


Notes:

Page last updated: 3 Mar 2025
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