Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
Chelmsford pub index
Also known as the Old White Hart. It finally closed by the compensation authority in 1912.
Residents at this address
28 Sept. 1781 : Lease for one year to precede release [lacking]. - see Essex Record Office SEAX 69717
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. *+
The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Abraham Brown, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
The licensee in 1800 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Abraham Brown, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
The licensee in 1801 and 1804 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Abraham Brown, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Charles Wade, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Charles Wade, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
1823-4/C. Wade/../../../Pigot's
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Charles Wade, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
1828-9/C. Wade/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Charles Wade/../../../Pigot's
The licensee in 1834 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as James Swain, at the White Hart [Moulsham].
1839/James Swain/../../../Pigot's
1841/James Swain/Publican/37/Essex/Census
1841/Sarahs Swain/../40/Essex/Census
1841/Henry Swain/../16/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Emery/Female Servant/22/Essex/Census
1841/William Green/Male Servant/45/Essex/Census
1841/Emma Woodcock/../12/Essex/Census
1841/John Smith/Officer of Excise/20/../Census
1841/Edmund Francis/Labourer/25/Essex/Census
1841/James Wilson/Tea Dealer/25/Scotland/Census
1841/James McFarlin/Tea Dealer/20/Scotland/Census
1845/James Swain/../../../Post Office
1848/James Swain/../../../White's
1851/James Swain/../../../Post Office
1851/James Swain/innkeeper/47/Langford, Essex/Census **
1851/Sarah Swain/wife/50/East Hanningfield, Essex/Census **
1851/Sarah Phipps/house servant/38/Willingale, Essex/Census **
1851/Frederick Kettle/ostler/19/Chelmsford, Essex/Census **
1851/Samuel Colley/lodger, skinner/48/Worcester/Census **
1851/William Green/lodger, skinner/58/York/Census **
1851/John Raynham/lodger, exciseman/30/Chelsworth, Suffolk/Census **
1855/J. Swain/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Samuel Ely/../../../Kelly's
1867/Cornelius Wetherall/../../../Post Office
1861/Samuel Ely/victualler/67/Birch, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Ely/Wife/60/Southminster, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Ely/Daughter/36/Great Tay, Essex/Census
1861/John Ely/Son, Miller/26/Messing, Essex/Census
1861/Harrie Elyt/Daughter/20/Messing, Essex/Census
1861/Jane Ely/Daughter/17/Messing, Essex/Census
1861/George H Ely/Son/6/Brompton, Middlesex/Census
1861/David Dollimore/Lodger, Groom/21/Hadley, Middlesex/Census
1861/Charles Darley/Lodger, Bricklayer/24/Masley, Cambridgeshire/Census
1874/John William Pittaway/../../../Kelly's
1878/James Loveday/../../../Kelly's
1881/Henry Haynes/Innkeeper/41/Chalfont St. Giles, Buckingham/Census
1881/Hannah Haynes/Wife/46/Woodham Walter, Essex/Census
1881/Hannah Haynes/Daughter, Apprentice Dressmaker/17/Lower Tooting,
Surrey/Census
1881/Ellen Haynes/Daughter/11/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1882/Henry Haynes/../../../Kelly's
1886/Thomas Puncher Beckett/../../../Kelly's
1890/William Maskell/../../../Kelly's
1891/William Edwards/Licensed Victualler/36/Islington, London/Census
1891/Frances Edwards/Wife/34/Toxteth Park, Liverpool/Census
1894/Arthur May/../../../Kelly's
1895/Arthur May/../../../Kelly's
1898/Mrs. Caroline Anne Keane/../../../Kelly's
1899/Mrs. Caroline Anne Keane/../../../Kelly's
My Grandfather, Peter Niven was the pub keeper at the
Railway Tavern in Otford in 1899. He was born in Greenock, Scotland. In 1900, he was the pub
keeper in Chelmsford at the Old White Hart Inn. The sources are Birth Certificates of his children born in those pubs. Both pubs have been demolished. The Railway Tavern location is now a Mercedes Benz dealership. ***
1901/Peter Niven/Licensed Victualler/40/Sunnock, Scotland/Census ***
1901/Annie Niven/Wife/35/Windsor, Berkshire/Census
1901/Cecil Niven/Son/4/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1901/Donald Niven/Son/2/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1901/Stanley Niven/Son/3 months/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Ellen Bridger/General Servant/40/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1901/Singulah O Gallehawk/Boarder, Engineer Mechanical/45/Faversham,
Kent/Census
1901/Robert W Yems/Boarder/32/St Lukes, London/Census
1902/Alfred Craddock Marks/../../../Kelly's
1906/Albert Harry Saward/../../../Kelly's
1908/Albert Harry Saward/../../../Kelly's
1910/Albert Harry Saward/../../../Kelly's
1911/Albert Harry Saward/Licensed Victualler/40/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1911/Alice Saward/Wife, Assistant/39/../Census
1911/Cyril Albert Saward/Son/2/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
Essex Times. 24 June 1911 - Licensing Consolidatiuon Act (1910)
The Compensation Authority refusing the renewal of the following licenses and deciding upon a fair compensation for :
Barking Cross Tavern, Fisher street, Barking, Alehouse, Licensee Ellen Maud Holland, owners, Smith, Garrett and Co, Bow, London East and Fairbrother, Ellis and Co, 29 Fleet street, London EC, Agents for Freeholders
Blue Anchor, Heath street, Barking, Alehouse, Licensee Robert Barnard, owner Charrington and Co, Mile End, london E
Old White Hart, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Licensee Albert Harry Saward, owner The Writtle Brewery Co Ltd, Writtle
Royal Oak, High street, Ingatestone, Alehouse, Licensee George John Thomas Goodman, owner The Chelmsford Brewery (Wells and Perry) Ltd, Chelmsford
Black Boy, Danbury, Beerhouse, Licensee Thomas Ewers, owner Gray and Sons, Chelmsford
Lord Cardigan, Butt road, Colchester, Beer and Wine on, Licensee George Wright, owner Greene King and Sons Ltd, Bury St Edmunds
Crown and Sceptre, Artillery Barracks Folley, Colchester, Alehouse, Licensee Harry Scott, owner Daniel and Sons Breweries Ltd, Colchester
Bull, Smiths Green, Takeley, Beerhouse, Licensee John Henry Clapton, owner John Clapton, Takeley
Royal Oak, Epping, Alehouse, Licensee Thomas Hirons, owner Buskins Watford Brewery Ltd, Watford
Compasses, Dedham, Alehouse, Licensee, George Henry Minter, owner Cobbold and Co, Ipswich
Greyhound, Langham, Alehouse, Licensee, Cator Watson, owner Colchester Brewing Co Ltd, Colchester
Anchor, Wivenhoe, Alehouse, Licensee, Isaac James Hook, owner Daniel and Sons Breweries Ltd, Colchester
Walnut Tree, Little Horkesley, Beerhouse, Licensee Owen White Osborn, owner Daniel and Sons Breweries Ltd, Colchester
Earl Cowper, Ardleigh, Beerhouse, Licensee Nathan Southgate, owner Daniel and Sons Breweries Ltd, Colchester
Royal Oak, Clavering, Beerhouse, Licensee Catherine Barker, owner James Turner, Basinghall Avenue, London EC
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*+ Provided by David Meadows
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by Bruce Niven