A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
Chelmsford pub index
1/4/1793 Let to Joseph Woodcock and William Johnstone, Chelmsford aforesaid common brewers -Cricketers, Moulsham now in the tenure of Robert Daniel for 7 years, yearly rent of 12 pounds. Listed as the Bakers Arms for a period in the 1840s***
15th July 2001
Cricketers, 143 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford CM2 - in July 2020
Residents at this address
The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Chalk, at the Cricketer.
The licensee in 1772 was also recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Clarke, at the Cricketers.
1770/Robert Daniels/Licensee, Cricketers/../../Essex Record Office ***
The licensee in 1784 was also recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Joseph Budd, at the Cricketers.
1791/Robert Daniel/Victualler/../../Universal British
1793/Robert Daniel/../../ERO **
The licensee in 1800 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Robert Daniels, at the Cricketers.
Also see the Lord Nelson or Nelsons Head, between 1806 and 1840
See the Bakers Arms in the 1840s
1855/J. Nevill/../../../Kelly's*
1862/William Gregory/../../../Kelly's
1867/John Carey/../../../Post Office
1870/John Carey/../../../Kelly's
1871/John Carey/../../../Post Office
1874/Charles Guiver/../../../Kelly's
1878/Charles Guiver/../../../Kelly's
1881/Harvey W. J. South/Inkeeper & Wheelwright/27/Witham, Essex/Census
1881/Jane South/Wife/31/Great Totham, Essex/Census
1881/Robert Broomfield/Lodger, Journeyman Butcher/38/Colchester,
Essex/Census
1881/Laura Broomfield/Lodger/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/William Gordon Bennett/../../../Kelly's
1886/William Gordon Bennett/../../../Kelly's
1890/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1891/Robert Layton/Engine Fitter & Licensed Victualler/41/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1891/Elizabeth Layton/Wife/37/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1891/Stella Layton/Daughter, Barmaid/18/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1891/Arthur Layton/Son, Engine Fitter/16/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1891/Gertrude Layton/Daughter/13/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1891/Ernest Layton/Son/?/Battersea, London/Census
1894/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1895/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1898/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1899/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1901/Robert Layton/Publican & Coal Merhcnat/50/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Elizabeth Layton/Wife/47/Greensted Green, Essex/Census
1902/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1906/Robert Layton/../../../Kelly's
1908/Frank T. S. Hardman/../../../Kelly's
1910/Frank T. S. Hardman/../../../Kelly's
1911/Frank Hardman/Licensed Victualler/58/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1911/Elizabeth Hardman/Wife/53/Leyton, Essex/Census
1911/Ivy Hardman/Daughter, Typist/20/Hertford/Census
1911/Archibald Telford/Boarder, Electrical Engineer/28/London/Census
1912/Edgar James Went/../../../Kelly's
1914/Edgar James Went/../../../Kelly's
1917/Edgar James Went/../../../Kelly's
1922/William A. Perry/../../../Kelly's
1925/William A. Perry/../../../Kelly's
1929/William A. Perry/../../../Kelly's
1933/William A. Perry/../../../Kelly's
1937/Mrs. Edith Maud Perry/../../../Kelly's
1943/Mrs. Edith Maud Perry/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** ERO D/DDw/T176/2
*** Provided by David Meadows