White Hart, Bocking End, Bocking CM7 9AB

Bocking pub history index

The White Hart hotel, is an original coaching inn, a hotel rich in long standing history and local tales. It's a timber-framed home of tradition. Dating from the 16th century, the hotel embraces each of its authentic features, complementing them with modern-day comforts for a unique and relaxing stay. With 32 en suite bedrooms, each classically styles, the White Hart is a stately hotel. The refurbished restaurant serves a wide range of traditional English food, while the two bars offer superb character and traditional log fire ambience along with a good selection of real ales. The White Hart is only 20 minutes from Stansted Airport, along with meeting room facilities and free wi-fi for up to 30 people; this hotel makes it the ideal location for your next business meeting. This hotel only accepts guide dogs.
It was a Greene King public house in March 2026. Greene King has announced plans to sell off, or convert 150 pubs into tenanted or franchised locations, as the UK hospitality sector struggles with rising costs.

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White Hart, Bocking End, Bocking, 13th November 1999

Residents at this address

1793/Edward Lee/Victualler/../../Census

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Howard, at the White Hart.

The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Haward, at the Old White Hart.

The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Howard, at the Old White Hart.

The licensee in 1778 and 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Hayward, at the White Hart.

The licensee in 1787 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Michaeol Wood, at the White Hart.

The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Lee, at the White Hart.

The licensee in 1801, 1804 and 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Lee, at the White Hart.

The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Lee, at the White Hart.

The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Frances Lee Widow, at the White Hart.

1822/Edward Lee/../../../Pigots*

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as George Smith, at the White Hart.

1828-9/George Smith/../../../Pigots

1832-3/George A. Whale/../../../Pigots

1839/Thomas Durrant/../../../Pigots

1840/Thomas Durrant/../../../Pigots*

1841/Thomas Durrant/Inn Keeper/30/Essex/Census
1841/Sophia Durrant/../30/../Census
1841/Edward Durrant/../6/Essex/Census
1841/Sophia Durrant/../3/Essex/Census

1845/Thomas Durrant/../../../Post Office

1848/Thomas Durrant/../../../Whites

1851/Thomas Durrant/../../../Post Office

1851/Thomas Durrant/married, innkeeper/43/Chelmsford, Essex/Census **
1851/George Herbert Durrant/son, scholar/05/Bocking, Essex/Census
1851/William Barber/’boots’/22/Faulkbourn, Essex/Census
1851/Joseph Polley/ostler/20/Braintree, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Wheeler/cook/26/Norfolk/Census
1851/Sarah Clip/kitchen maid/19/Panfield, Essex/Census
1851/Eliza Nash/nursemaid/17/Felsted, Essex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Cheverston/barmaid/22/Good Easter, Essex/Census

1852/T. Durrant/../../../Kellys*

1855/T. Durrant/../../../Kellys*

1861/Sophia Durrant/Inn Keeper, widow/52/Tunbridge Wells, Kent/Census
1861/George H Durrant/Son, Assistant Inn Keeper/15/Bocking, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Ann Woodhouse/Barmaid/24/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1861/Harriet Challis/Cook, Domestic servant/22/White Notley, Essex/Census
1861/Emma Lewis/Waitress/20/Stebbing, Essex/Census
1861/Catherine Quack/Chambermaid/42/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1861/Eliza Mason/Kitchen Maid/16/Little Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/William Bradford/Boots/18/Braintree, Essex/Census
1861/William Ling/Ostler/20/Bocking, Essex/Census

1862/Mrs. Sophia Durrant/../../../Kellys

1867/Mrs. Sophia Durrant/../../../Post Office

1870/George Phillips/../../../Kellys

1871/George Phillips/../../../Post Office

1874/Mrs. Eliza Phillips/../../../Kellys

1878/Mrs. Eliza Phillips/../../../Kellys

1881/William Jackson/Hotel Manager/56/Bradwell on Sea/Census
1881/Ada P. Kingwell/Visitor/22/Exeter, Devon/Census
1881/Ellen Bowles/Domestic Servant/19/Ulting, Essex/Census
1881/Lydia Perry/Domestic Servant/20/Braxted, Essex/Census
1881/William Sergeant/Inn Servant/17/Braintree, Essex/Census

1882/John Young/../../../Kellys

1886/Stephen Davey/../../../Kellys

1890/Stephen Davey/../../../Kellys

1894/William Middleton/../../../Kellys

1895/William Middleton/../../../Kellys

1898/William Middleton/../../../Kellys

1899/William Middleton/../../../Kellys

1902/Miss A. M. Sotham/../../../Kellys

1906/William John Taylor/../../../Kellys

1908/William John Taylor/../../../Kellys

1910/William John Taylor/../../../Kellys

1912/William John Taylor/../../../Kellys

1914/F. T. Jealous/Manager/../../Kellys

1917/George Searle/Manager/../../Kellys

1922/A. J. Want/Manager/../../Kellys

1925-6/A. J. Want/Manager/../../Kellys

1929/Trust Houses Limited/Proprietors/../../Kellys

1933/Trust Houses Limited/Proprietors/../../Kellys

1937/Trust Houses Limited/Proprietors/../../Kellys

2026 Greene King, White Hart Hotel, Bocking End, Bocking CM7 9AB


* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900

** Provided by John mead