Bocking pub history index
Possibly built in 1603 and once boasted a sun dial on the front façade. The 1871 census first refers to the property as the Dial Inn. It was a Raven house until 1901 and then a Greene King house. It ceased trading as a public house in 1973.
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
Residents at this address
1841/Benjamin Harvey/Maltster/44/Essex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Harvey/../42/Essex/Census
1841/Abraham May/Miller j/30/Essex/Census
White’s Directory of 1848 lists Richard Medcalf as a beerseller
1855 Kelly’s Directory lists Richard Medcalf as a beer retailer.
1861/Sarah Metcalf/Beer Seller, widow/56/Stoke, Suffolk/Census
1861/Jane Metcalf/Niece, Dress Maker/24/Cavendish, Suffolk/Census
1861/Ebenezer Hainstead/Lodger, Mat Maker/26/Glemsford, Suffolk/Census
1874/Henry Copsey/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1878/Henry Copsey/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1881/Henry Copsey/Beer Retailer/69/Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1881/Lucy Dawson/Sister in Law, Housekeeper/67/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1882/Henry Copsey/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1886/Henry Copsey/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1890/James Smith/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1891/James Smith/../37/Wethersfield, Essex/Census*
1933/Ernest Clarke/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1937/Ernest Clarke/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by Ann Duncan