Billericay pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
An agreement of 1647 with a John Thresher agreed to pay an annual rent of £6 to John Kirkwood is in the Essex Record Office. It has been suggested that it was in the triangle of land formed by Stock Road, Norsey Road and the Crownby-pass. It is not mentioned in the 1706 survey of Billericay.
The second Fox Inn is mentioned in the 1765 Billericay Survey. At that date it was situated between what is now Kitts and the Bull (Speeds cafe). It is also mentioned in alehouse recognizances from 1769 to 1783, when it apparently closed. Later, this building became to be called the Old Fox, to distinguish from a Third Fox.
The Third Fox was a beerhouse, which was open on the site of the Co-operative Stores until the early years of the 20th century.
Alehouse Recognizances held by the Essex Record Office list Licensees of the Old Fox, as Phillip Mead in 1769 and 1770; John Mumford from 1772 to 1775; Joseph Strutt in 1777; Robert Barker from 1778 to 1783.
The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Philip Mead, at the Fox.
The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Mumford, at the Fox.