Billericay pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
The Hare and Hounds, High street, is mentioned in the Survey of Billericay in 1765. It was situated mear the White Lyon (now Shelleys in 1962). It is also mentioned in the alehouse recognizances returns for 1769, but not at any later dates. The Licensee in 1765 and 1769 was Weston Cokeham or Cocum Weston.
This is the Ask restaurant in 2025 with a commemorative plaque outside - “This house was the original meeting place of the Billericay independent protestant dissenters who were licensed to worship here on 28th April 1672 with liberty of conscience”.