The Murderers Since 1841
Over the past 180 years, the landlords and landladies of The Gardeners Arms / Murderers, have created a diverse, and fascinating history. Click through the links, to discover more about many of them, their family's, as well as events that influenced the operation of the pub. From fairground owners with direct links to 'Buffalo Bill', a one thumbed barman & a World War I hero. From births, deaths, and to the now infamous 1895 murder!
1841 John Savory
1850 William Bales
25.12.1853 Thomas Cooper Licence refused 1867 granted on appeal
16.10.1867 Thomas Cooper
24.02.1874 Maria Cooper
02.04.1878 Samuel and Maria Lowe
06.08.1878 Maria Lowe
30.09.1881 William Walker Cooper
08.09.1884 Frederick Field
28.02.1887 John Ellis
25.06.1889 Charles Sands
26.11.1889 George Shemming
29.03.1892 Henry Wilby - Henry Wilby died 16/1/1895 on the premises leaving his wife to run the pub.
10.02.1895 Maria Wilby
19.11.1895 Edward Wickham
04.02.1902 George James Johnson
19.01.1904 Alfred James Parfitt
08.10.1912 Walter Spatchett
17.08.1915 Ernest William Crisp
03.10.1916 Sarah Crisp
13.05.1919 Ernest William Crisp
09.02.1926 James Howes - James Howes convicted 02.03.1927 of permitting drunkeness. Fine £1 or 13 days detention.
10.05.1927 Edwin Thomas Elliott
05.04.1932 Douglas Arthur Oliver Baker
24.05.1932 Arthur Herbert Lister
05.03.1935 Francis Albert Bloom Cooper
28.12.1938 James Robert Parker
03.01.1956 Cyril William Robert Bush
11.03.1958 Walter Clifford George
09.10.1962 Arthur & Margaret Bird
08.02.1977 Douro Potter & Raymond John Lince
17.11.1977 Douro Potter
16.07.1984 Ivan Brown
2003 -2023 Ivan Brown & Philip Cutter
2023 - Present - Philp and Sherie Cutter