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Plough, 28 Duke Street, Chelmsford CM1 1HY

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Now known as the Original Plough

Plough, Duke Street/King Street, Chelmsford, December 2000

Plough, Duke Street/King Street, Chelmsford, December 2000

Taken by Stephen Parker

Residents at this address

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Francis Millbank, at the Plough.

The licensee in 1772 was also recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Francis Millbank, at the Plough.

The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Halls, at the Plough.

1822/Thomas Kinch/../../../Pigots*

1823-4/Thomas Kinch/../../../Pigots

1828-9/Thomas Kinch/../../../Pigots

1832-3/Gainsford Dixon/../../../Pigots

1839/George King/../../../Pigots

1840/George King/../../../Pigots*

1841/George King/Publican/30/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah King/../30/Essex/Census
1841/George King/../5/Essex/Census
1841/Frederick King/../5/Essex/Census
1841/Emma King/../5/Essex/Census
1841/Martha King/../3/Essex/Census
1841/Albert King/../1/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Marsden/../10/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Allen/Female Servant/20/Essex/Census
1841/William Broom/Jobbing Porter/30/Essex/Census
1841/John Becks/Brick maker/60/Essex/Census
1841/Thomas Smith/Excavator/20/Essex/Census
1841/William Smith/Excavator/20/Essex/Census

1845/Charles Jacups/../../../Post Office

1848/Charles Jacups/../../../Whites

1851/Mrs. Sarah Jacups/../../../Post Office

1851/Sarah Jacups/widow, innkeeper/44/Buttsbury, Essex/Census **
1851/George King/son/18/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Frederick King/son/16/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Emma King/daughter/14/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Martha King/daughter/13/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Albert King/son, scholar/11/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Alfred Jacups/son, scholar/06/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah E Thompson/niece/25/Bishopsgate, Middlesex/Census
1851/Thomas Raisen/ostler/30/not known/Census
1851/James W Steele/lodger, railway clerk/26/Wickham Bishops, Essex/Census
1851/Joseph Marsden/son, policeman B Dividion/21/Chelmsford, Essex/Census

1855/Mrs. S. Jacups/../../../Kellys*

1861/Sarah Jacups/Victualler, Widow/55/Braintree, Essex/Census
1861/Frederick King/Son, Cab proprietor/27/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1861/Albert King/Son, Cabinet Maker/21/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1861/Frederick King/Visitor, Commercial Clerk/21/Homerton, Middx/Census
1861/Hannah Shedd/Visitor/8/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1861/Alfred Shedd/Visitor/7/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1861/Eliza Ellis/House Servant/16/Chignal, Essex/Census

1862/George King/../../../Kellys

1867/George King/../../../Post Office

1870/George King/../../../Kellys

1871/George King/../../../Post Office

1871/George King/Inn Keeper, Widow/38/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1871/Marcia Gooch/House Keeper, Widow/53/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1871/Emily G Watkinson/BarMaid/23/Writtle, Essex/Census
1871/Harriet E Olive/BarMaid/19/Great Waltham, Essex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Sorrell/General servant/25/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1871/William P Hasler/Waiter/17/Wethersfield, Essex/Census

1874/George King/../../../Kellys

1878/Jesse Ambrose Brown/Posting House/../../Post Office

1881/Izaac A. Brown/Innkeeper/34/Stock, Essex/Census
1881/Marion B. Brown/Wife/35/Newark, Nottingham/Census
1881/Anne E. Brown/Daughter/11/Rawreth, Essex/Census
1881/Gertrude E. Brown/Daughter/10/Rawreth, Essex/Census
1881/Eleanor Howers/Barmaid/16/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Bessie Rofe/General Servant/76/Aythorpe Roding, Essex/Census
1881/George Passfield/Bootsboy/15/Romford, Essex/Census

1882/Jesse Ambrose Brown/Livery Stable Keeper & Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Kellys

1886/Jesse Ambrose Brown/Posting House/../../Kellys

1890/Solomon Young/../../../Kellys

1891/Ardley J. Humphreys/Hotel Manager/41/Rivenhall, Essex/Census
1891/Jane Humphreys/Wife/38/Faulkbourne, Essex/Census
1891/Alice Humphreys/Daughter/12/Rainham, Essex/Census
1891/Humphrey J. Humphreys/Son/8/Rainham, Essex/Census
1891/Ellen Brown/Barmaid/32/Stock, Essex/Census
1891/Frederick Young/Visitor, Farmer/31/Felstead, Essex/Census
1891/Ada Swallow/General Servant/18/Great Waltham, Essex/Census
1891/Arthur Matthams/House Boy/17/Little Waltham, Essex/Census

Note: Premises not named in 1891

1894/Solomon Young/../../../Kellys

1895/Solomon Young/../../../Kellys

1898/Solomon Young/../../../Kellys

1899/Solomon Young/../../../Kellys

1902/Frederick Young/Jobmaster/../../Kellys

1906/Frederick Young/Jobmaster/../../Kellys

1908/Fred Young/Jobmaster & Funeral Carriage Proprietor/../../Kellys

1910/Fred Young/Jobmaster & Funeral Carriage Proprietor/../../Kellys

1911/Fred Young/Licensed Victualler, Job Master/50/London/Census
1911/Flora Hellena/Wife/42/London/Census
1911/Dora Cook/Help House/22/Chigwell/Census
1911/Julia Clook/Help House/17/Maplestead/Census

1912/Fred Young/Jobmaster & Funeral Carriage Proprietor/../../Kellys

1914/Fred Young/Livery Stables/../../Kellys

1917/Fred Young/Livery Stables/../../Kellys

Plough Hotel Advert from the 1917 Kelly's Directory of Essex

Plough Hotel Advert from the 1917 Kelly's Directory of Essex

1922/George Henry Bower/../../../Kellys

1925/Fred Mark Livermore/../../../Kellys

1925-6/Fred Mark Livermore/../../../Kellys

1929/W. W. Sansom/../../../Kellys

1933/W. W. Sansom/../../../Kellys

1937/W. W. Sansom/../../../Kellys


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

** Provided by John Mead


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