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Gun, London road, Bowers Gifford, Pitsea SS13 2DU

Bowers Gifford pub history index

The Gun existed in 1769 and was later known as Aunt Fannys Cabin and the Cornhusker

The Gun, Bowers Gifford

The Gun, Bowers Gifford

Kindly provided by Peter Wonnacott

The Gun, Bowers Gifford - circa 2012

The Gun, Bowers Gifford - circa 2012

Kindly provided by Peter Wonnacott

Residents at this address

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Butter at the Gun.

The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Joseph Good, at the Gun.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as James Crush, at the Gun.

1828/William King/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1828-9/William King/../../../Pigots

1832-3/William King/../../../Pigots

1839/William Doe/../../../Pigots

1841/Abraham Bell/Publican/43/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Bell/../32/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Bell/../12/Essex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Bell/../10/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Bell/../9/Essex/Census
1841/Marcia Bell/../7/Essex/Census
1841/Abraham Bell/../5/Essex/Census
1841/Louisa Bell/../4/Essex/Census
1841/Infant Bell/../1 month/Essex/Census

1845/Abraham Bell/../../../Post Office

1848/Thomas Smith/Victualler/../../Whites

1851/Henry Smith/../../../Post Office

1851/John Green/victualler/24/Bowers Gifford, Essex/Census  ***
1851/Rebecca Green/wife/24/South Benfleet, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Jarvis/house servant/17/East Tilbury, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Harrod/lodger, ag lab/73/Nevendon, Essex/Census
1851/Charlotte Steel/lodger, traveller/64/Watton, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/James Green/lodger, ag lab/14/Bowers Gifford, Essex/Census

1862/Charles Ellison/Blacksmith/../../Kellys

1867/Charles Ellison/Blacksmith/../../Post Office

1870/Charles Ellison/Blacksmith/../../Kellys

1871/Charles Ellison/Blacksmith/../../Post Office

1871/Charles Ellison/Blacksmith/55/Shenfield, Essex/Census
1871/Charles Ellison/Son, Farm Labourer/27/Bowers Gifford, Essex/Census
1871/Eliza Ellison/Daughter/19/Bowers Gifford, Essex/Census
1871/Jane Ellison/Daughter/13/Bowers Gifford, Essex/Census
1871/Henry Smith/Lodger, Farm Labourer/42/Rochford, Essex/Census
1871/William Bellaman/Lodger, Farm Labourer/57/Wepstead, Suffolk/Census
1871/Isaac Savall/Lodger, Farm Labourer/45/South Benfleet, Essex/Census
1871/Joseph Bettis/Lodger, Blacksmith/19/Pitsea, Essex/Census

1874/Charles Ellison/../../../Kellys

1878/Charles Ellison/../../../Kellys

1881/Charles Henery Ellison/Publican/66/Hutton, Essex/Census
1881/Mary A. Ellison/Wife/50/Darsham, Suffolk/Census
1881/Charles Ellison/Son/32/Bowers Gifford, Essex/Census
1881/George Saveall/Lodger, Pauper/65/Buttsbury, Essex/Census

1882/Thomas Staines/../../../Kellys

1886/Thomas Staines/../../../Kellys

1894/Thomas Pomfret/../../../Kellys

1895/Thomas Pomfret/../../../Kellys

1898/William Girling/../../../Kellys

1899/William Girling/../../../Kellys

1902/William Girling/../../../Kellys

1908/Edward Henry Hambling/../../../Kellys

1912/William Girling/../../../Kellys

1917/William Girling/../../../Kellys

1925/Arthur James White/../../../Kellys

1933/George R. Coe/../../../Kellys

May 1942/George J. Coe/../../../Petty Sessions**


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