Map 1 - Section D
The information in these reports provides a timeline of occurrences for each property up to 1919, including details such as conveyances and occupancy. Compiled from records at the Tasmanian Archives, the Land Titles Office, Hobart Town Gazette Valuation Rolls, and newspaper articles, this is a work in progress and will be continually updated.
All map sections below have been modified from the Tasmanian Archives: Map - Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26
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[D.1] Patrick Street
Hotel Licence: 3 Oct 1828, John Vincent, granted.
Advertisement: 11 Oct 1828, "Norwood Inn" Opening.
Article: 28 Mar 1829, "The Country Post."
Hotel Licence: 20 Nov 1829, Norwood Inn, John Vincent, granted.
Advertisement: 30 Jan 1830, "Eligible Opportunity" Bothwell Castle, To be Sold or Let.
Advertisement: 11 Sep 1830, "Eligible Opportunity" To be Sold or Let.
Hotel Licence: 1 Oct 1830, John Vincent, granted.
Hotel Licence: 21 Sep 1831, James Babtie, granted.
Advertisement: 15 Oct 1831, "Bothwell Castle Inn."
Advertisement: 8 Dec 1835, "Brandy, Wines, &c."
Hotel Licence: 7 Oct 1836, Henry Mylam Cockerill, granted.
Hotel Licence: 20 Oct 1837, Henry Mylam Cockerill.
Advertisement: 16 Jul 1839, "Wanted" Female servant.
Advertisement: 26 Jun 1840, "Wanted" Female house servant.
Land Grant: 2 Sep 1840, [D], John Vincent, granted.
Hotel Licence: 2 Oct 1840, Henry Mylam Cockerill, granted.
Advertisement: 8 Dec 1840, "To Be Sold or Exchanged" Old Established Inn.
Land Grant: 15 Dec 1840, [D], John Vincent, enrolled.
Hotel Licence: 8 Oct 1841, Henry Mylam Cockerill, granted.
Advertisement: 19 Dec 1841, "To Let."
Census: 1 Jan 1842, Henry Mylam Cockerill (owner, occupier), brick, completed, inhabited.
Hotel Licence: 11 May 1847, Henry Mylam Cockerill to Robert Beech.
Advertisement: 10 Jun 1847, "Bothwell Castle Inn."
Article: 4 Mar 1851, "Well Conducted Inn," Mrs Beech.
Hotel Licence: 29 Sep 1851, Robert Beech, granted.
Hotel Licence: 29 Sep 1852, Susannah (Tyrell) Beech, granted.
Advertisement: 25 Dec 1852, "To Be Let."
Hotel Licence: 16 Feb 1853, Robert Beech to James Warren.
Article: 16 Apr 1853, "Grand Skittle Match."
Hotel Licence: 26 Dec 1854, Edward Bowden Jnr, granted.
Advertisement: 29 Feb 1856, "Auction," Lot 1.
Hotel Licence: 23 Dec 1856, Edward Bowden Jnr, granted.
Advertisement: 27 Nov 1857, "Bothwell Castle Inn" Auction.
Residence: 18 May 1858, Edward Bowden Jnr.
Conveyed: 31 May 1858, [D], Henry Mylam Cockerill to Edward Bowden Jnr for £1100.
Residence: 20 Nov 1860, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), public-house, out-buildings, annual rateable value £60.
Advertisement: 7 Nov 1862, "Bothwell Castle" Musical entertainment.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), public-house, out-buildings, annual rateable value £55.
Residence: 1 Mar 1870, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), public-house, out-buildings, annual rateable value £50.
Residence: 7 Feb 1871, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), public-house, out-buildings, annual rateable value £52.
Advertisement: 9 Mar 1872, "To Let or Sell."
Residence: 11 Mar 1873, Richard Allen Jnr (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, annual rateable value £60.
Hotel Licence: 4 Dec 1876, William North, granted.
Residence: 30 Jan 1877, William North (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, annual rateable value £60.
Advertisement: 27 Mar 1879, "South Western Railway Association."
Residence: 17 Feb 1885, William North (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, annual rateable value £60.
Residence: 16 Feb 1886, James Moyes (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, assembly room, annual rateable value £80.
Hotel Licence: 22 Nov 1889, James Moyes, granted.
Residence: 14 Jan 1890, James Moyes (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), public-house, annual rateable value £85.
Hotel Licence: 6 Nov 1891, James Moyes, granted.
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, Richard Bowden (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), hotel, public hall, 2½ acres, capital value £1285, annual rateable value £84 .
[D.2] Patrick Street
Land Grant: 2 Sep 1840, [D], John Vincent.
Land Grant: 15 Dec 1840, [D], John Vincent, enrolled.
Advertisement: 15 Oct 1831, "Bothwell Castle Inn" Hotel & Store.
Advertisement: 16 Oct 1838, "New Store."
Advertisement: 28 Dec 1838, "Ten Pounds Reward."
Land Grant: 2 Sep 1840, [D], John Vincent.
Advertisement: 13 Oct 1840, "A Sure Independence" To Let.
Land Grant: 15 Dec 1840, [D], John Vincent, enrolled.
Advertisement: 21 Jul 1843, "Cheap Goods."
Advertisement: 3 Mar 1856, "Insolvent" James Warren.
Conveyed: 31 May 1858, [D], Henry Mylam Cockerill to Edward Bowden Jnr for £1100.
Shop: 19 Mar 1878, Richard Allen Jnr (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), butcher's shop, annual rateable value £2.
Shop: 16 Feb 1886, Richard Allen & John Allen White (occupiers), Edward Bowden (owner), shop, annual rateable value £2.
Shop: 28 Mar 1899, William Bowden (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), butcher's shop, slaughter-house, capital value £30, annual rateable value £2.
Shop: 4 Mar 1919, William Bowden (occupier), executors of Edward Bowden (owners), butcher's shop, ¼ acre, annual rateable value £5.
[D.3] Corner of Patrick Street & Arthur Crescent
Land Grant: 2 Sep 1840, [D], John Vincent.
Land Grant: 15 Dec 1840, [D], John Vincent, enrolled.
Advertisement: 29 Feb 1856, "Bothwell. Auction," Lot 3, Allotment of Half an Acre.
Conveyed: 31 May 1858, [D], Henry Mylam Cockerill to Edward Bowden Jnr for £1100.
Residence: 15 Nov 1864, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £25.
Residence: 26 Feb 1867, Matthew Robinson (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, garden, annual rateable value £26.
Residence: 30 Jan 1877, Matthew Robinson (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, garden, annual rateable value £25.
Residence: 16 Feb 1886, George Frederick Hallett (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, 1 acre, annual rateable value £20.
Residence: 14 Jan 1890, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), house, annual rateable value £26.
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, Edward Bowden (owner, occupier), house, garden, capital value £600, annual rateable value £30.
Electoral Roll: 1914, James Reardon, police officer; Elizabeth Reardon, domestic duties.
Residence: 3 Nov 1914, James Reardon (occupier), executors of Edward Bowden (owners), cottage, ¼ acre, annual rateable value £20.
Electoral Roll: 1919, William Bowden, butcher; Adelaide Edith Bowden, domestic duties.
Residence: 4 Mar 1919, William Bowden (occupier), executors of Edward Bowden (owners), house, annual rateable value £30.
[D.4] Corner of Arthur Crescent & High Street
Land Grant: 2 Sep 1840, [D], John Vincent.
Land Grant: 15 Dec 1840, [D], John Vincent, enrolled.
Advertisement: 29 Feb 1856, "Bothwell. Auction," Lot 2, Handsome Brick Cottage.
Residence: 18 May 1858, William Edmund Strong (occupier), Edward Bowden Jnr (owner), house, ground, annual rateable value £20.
Conveyed: 31 May 1858, [D], Henry Mylam Cockerill to Edward Bowden Jnr for £1100.
Residence: 20 Nov 1860, John Napper (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £10.
Residence: 19 Nov 1861, Henry George Quodling (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £20.
Residence: 7 Feb 1871, Henry George Quodling (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £25.
Residence: 20 Feb 1872, Empty, Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £25.
Residence: 30 Jan 1877, Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £20.
Residence: 14 Jan 1890, William Bowden (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, annual rateable value £20.
Residence: 28 Mar 1899, Edwin John Allison (occupier), Edward Bowden (owner), house, garden, capital value £240, annual rateable value £20.
Resources Used:
Ancestry: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903–1980
Libraries Tasmania: Census Returns for Various Districts, Tasmania; Copies of Wills Granting Probate; Deeds of Land Grants 1832–1935
FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833–1925
TROVE: Various newspapers
The LIST: Historic Deeds, Grants and Titles