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Royal Oak on the right	Picture source: www.woolley.info
The Royal Oak was situated at 67 High Street, Boston. Built sometime before 1784 it was demolished in the 1960's to make way for the Haven Bridge Road. Owned by the Miskin family during the early part of the 20th century, who also owned the Old Crown, Doncaster and the Horse & Jockey, Gainsborough.
This was a Soames Brewery pub from 1922 to 1949, when it was sold to Steward & Patteson. It closed on the 30th April 1958 and was subsequently demolished.
Adam Cartwright (July 2012)
From Lincolnshire Heritage.
Site of a former 19th century public house, known as The Royal Oak, which had previously been the site of an 18th century inn. The public house was first licensed in 1856 and the the three-storey building was constructed of red/brown brick with a pitched roof and brick stacks. The façade was divided in four bays; on the ground floor the left to right the bays contained a window, the entry door, another window and a garriage entrance, this fourth bay being wider overall than the other three bays. To the first floor there were four six-over-six sash windows and to the second floor smaller three-over-three sash wndows, all with splayed heads. The Royal Oak was adjacent to the Lord Nelson and were both probably constructed around the same time with a similar design after the previous inn on the site was demolished. The public house was probably demolished by 1967 when the Haven Bridge was officially opened and John Adams Way constructed.
Publicans:
1828 Jonathan Atking
1856 Benjamin Rippin (blacksmith & whitesmith)
1868 J C Leak
1885-1889 James & James Leak Chiles
1896 J Chiles
1905 George Elsom
1909 John Thurston
1911 Edmund Anderson Miskin
1919 Herbert Strickland
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