Brightlingsea pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
Now closed
A brilliant picture from the waterside
Anchor, Brightlingsea - early 1900s
Anchor Hotel, Brightlingsea
Anchor, Brightlingsea - in 1966
Kindly provided by Colleen
Anchor, Waterside, Brightlingsea, 8th April 2001
Taken by Mark Andrew Hanrahan
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Richard Minter, at the Anchor, Brightlingsea.
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Francis, at the Anchor, Brightlingsea.
1828-9/William Francis/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/William Francis/../../../Pigot's
1839/James Harrington/../../../Pigot's
1840/James Harrington/../../../Pigot's*
1845/James Harrington/../../../Post Office
1848/James Harrington/../../../White's
1851/James Harrington/../../../Post Office
1851/James Harrington/innkeeper/40/Burnham, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Harrington/wife/37/West Mersea, Essex/Census
1851/Edward Harrington/son, shipwright/17/Burnham, Essex/Census
1851/Jane Harrington/daughter, barmaid/15/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Harrington/daughter, scholar/08/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Eliza Harrington/daughter, scholar/06/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Lucy Harrington/daughter/02/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Abraham Harrington/son/2m/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/May Hustead/general servant/16/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/William Francis/lodger, fisherman/40/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Francis/lodger, his wife//52/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/Robert Francis/lodger, his son/13/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1851/James Robinson/lodger, porter/51/Layer Marney, Essex/Census
1852/J. Harrington/../../../Kelly's*
1855/W. H. Peggs/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Henry York/../../../Kelly's
1867/Henry York/../../../Post Office
1870/Henry York/../../../Kelly's
1871/Henry York/../../../Post Office
1871/Henry York/Inn Keeper/56/Ardleigh, Essex/Census
1871/Elizabeth York/Wife/50/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1871/Alfred Bragg/Visitor/12/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1874/Henry York/../../../Kelly's
1878/Henry York/../../../Kelly's
1881/Henry York/Innkeeper/66/Layer de la Haye, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth York/Wife/61/Bunyard, Suffolk/Census
1881/Maude March/General Servant/20/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1882/Henry York/../../../Kelly's
1886/William Bacon/../../../Kelly's
1890/William Bacon/../../../Kelly's
1891/William Bacon/Inn Keeper/49/Tendring, Essex/Census
1891/Rosina Bacon/Wife/49/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1891/Minnie Lungley/Domestic Servant/20/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1894/William Bacon/../../../Kelly's
1895/William Bacon/../../../Kelly's
1898/William Bacon/../../../Kelly's
1899/William Bacon/../../../Kelly's
1901/William Bacon/Inn Keeper/59/Tendring, Essex/Census
1901/Agnes G Fisher/Niece, Manageress/23/Tendring, Essex/Census
1901/Mary A Fisher/Niece, Barmaid/17/Tendring, Essex/Census
1901/Benjamin Bacon/Nephew, Ostler/19/Tendring, Essex/Census
1901/Mary A Bacon/Sister/64/Tendring, Essex/Census
1901/H G Woodley/Adopted Son/9/../Census
1902/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1906/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1908/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1910/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1911/Ernest Percival/Hotel Proprietor/42/Great Tey, Essex/Census
1911/Laura Percival/Wife, Assistant/48/Chapple, Essex/Census
1911/Elsie Percival/Daughter/17/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1911/Ida Percival/Daughter/14/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1911/Reginald Percival/Son/11/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1911/Nora Percival/Daughter/8/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1911/William Nice/Hotel Boots/27/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census
1911/Lily Wade/Waitress/20/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1911/Laura Roper/Kitchen Maid/18/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1911/Henry Ashworth Harrison/Boarder, Barrister at
law/43/Worcestershire/Census
1912/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1914/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1917/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1922/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1925/Ernest Percival/../../../Kelly's
1929/Ernest Percival/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1933/Ernest Percival/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1937/Ernest Percival/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead