Chelmsford pub index
After the Cross Keys is demolished circa 1913, this becomes Prince Regent Theatre, and latterly a modern bar called Bar and Beyond,
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
Cross Keys Inn, 6 Moulsham Street, Chelmsford - demolished in 1915
Kindly provided by David meadows
Residents at this address
28 Sept. 1781 : Lease for one year to precede release [lacking]. - see Essex
SEAX
Daniel Alger gentleman of Great Waltham to Frances Shippee widow of Moulsham.
Two messuages or tenements in Moulsham [Chelmsford] abutting to east on
the yard of the messuage formerly called the Katharine ('Katherine')
Wheel and now called the Cross Keys [Inn], to west on highway from
Moulsham to London [Moulsham Street], to north on a little tenement
adjoining the Cross Keys, and to south on 'the corner house' formerly
called the Nags Head but now called the White Hart [Inn], occupied
formerly by John Little and Richard Britton, afterwards by James Shippee
and Thomas Cooke, and now by said Frances Shippee and William Stokes.
[According to Hilda Grieve The Sleepers and the Shadows. Chelmsford: a
town, its people, and its past volume 2 (E.R.O. 1994) p.108 the
Katharine Wheel took over the sign of the Cross Keys after its original
holder - on the opposite side of Moulsham Street - was converted into a
gaol in 1665-1666. Grieve does not suggest a date for the transfer of the sign.]
Signed and sealed by Daniel Alger; seal of classical head in right profile. ***
1822/Zachariah Read/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/Zachariah Read/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/Zachariah Read/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Zachariah Read/../../../Pigot's
1839/Zachariah Read/../../../Pigot's
1840/Zachariah Read/../../../Pigot's*
1841/Zachariah Read/Publican/49/../Census
1841/Robert Poll/../20/Essex/Census
1841/George Poll/../12/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Willson/../40/Essex/Census
1841/Caroline Hawks/Female Servant/15/Essex/Census
1845/Zachariah Read/../../../Post Office
1848/Zachariah Read/../../../White's
1851/Zachariah Read/../../../Post Office
1851/Zachariah Read/victualler/59/Suffolk/Census **
1851/Mary Read/wife/64/Blackmore, Essex/Census **
1851/Maria Wilson/sister in law, house servant/52/Blackmore, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary A Watts/servant/21/Wickford, Essex/Census **
1851/James Hunt/ostler/21/Badwell Ash, Suffolk/Census **
1852/Z. Read/../../../Kelly's*
1855/Z. Read/../../../Kelly's*
1861/Zachariah Read/Victualler, widow/69/St James, Suffolk/Census
1861/Thomas Franklin/Ostler/51/Writtle, Essex/Census
1861/Maria Wilson/House Keeper/62/Blackmore, Essex/Census
1861/Jane Johnson/Charwoman/57/High Roothing, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Dodd/General Servant/19/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1862/Zachariah Read/../../../Kelly's
1867/Zachariah Read/../../../Post Office
1870/Joseph Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1871/Joseph Osborne/../../../Post Office
1871/Joseph Osborne/Licensed Victualler/52/Leigh, Essex/Census
1871/Mary A Osborne/Wife/46/Eastwood, Essex/Census
1871/Alice Osborne/Daughter/25 ?/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1871/Eliza Tyler/General Servant/16/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1871/Emily Carter/General Servant/14/Purleigh, Essex/Census
1874/Joseph Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1878/Joseph Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1881/Jonathan Smee/Licensed Victualler/41/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Smee/Wife/32/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/Alfred Smee/Son/7/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/William Smee/Son/6/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/Edward Smee/Son/5/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/Fred Smee/Son/3/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/Louisa Smee/Daughter/7m/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/Emily Scott/General Domestic Servant/19/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1881/Emily Collis/General Domestic Servant/18/Woodham, Essex/Census
1881/William Byford/Visitor, Bricklayer/30/Leigh, Essex/Census
1881/Robert Osborne/Visitor, Telegraph Operator/29/Devon/Census
1881/Arthur Smith/Ostler/23/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/James Smith/Ostler/25/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas Wash/Lodger,Journeyman Painter/59/Danbury, Essex/Census
1882/Jonathan Alfred Smee/../../../Kelly's
1890/Mrs. Elizabeth Humberstone/../../../Kelly's
1891/Alfred Lane/Licensed Victualler/38/St. Georges, London/Census
1891/Susannah Lane/Wife/40/St. Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/George William Lane/Son/8/Paddington, London/Census
1891/James Edward Lane/Son/7/St. John's, Battersea, London/Census
1891/Frederick Charles Lane/Son/6/St. Paul's, London/Census
1891/John Alfred Lane/Son/5/Portsmouth, Hants/Census
1894/John Bateman/../../../Kelly's
1895/John Bateman/../../../Kelly's
1898/Joseph Farrow/../../../Kelly's
1899/Joseph Farrow/../../../Kelly's
1901/Alice Hood/Hotel Proprietor, Widow/45/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1901/James Thomas Hood/Son, Barman/23/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1901/Joseph West/Visitor/32/../Census
1901/Bessie Esling/Barmaid/23/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/George Goodenough/Visitor/28/Winchester, hampshire/Census
1901/Millie Goodenough/Visitor/26/Yorkshire/Census
1902/Mrs. Charlotte Wiblin/../../../Kelly's
1906/Edward John Clarkson/../../../Kelly's
1908/Edward John Clarkson/../../../Kelly's
1911/not occupied////Census
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by David Meadows