Colchester pub history index
This pub was present by the eighteenth century, possibly originally as the Blue Anchor. It was renamed the Boar’s Head in 1894 and closed in 1910. The premises are now demolished. **
Residents at this address
1822/Charles Inman/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/Charles Inman/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/Charles Inman/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/William Cant/../../../Pigot's
1839/Mark Munson/../../../Pigot's
1845/Joseph Wenden/../../../Post Office
1848/Joseph Wenden/../../../White's
1851/Joseph Wenden/licensed victualler/58/Earls Colne, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Ann Wenden/wife/51/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1851/Caroline Ann Wenden/daughter, scholar/09/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Letitia Smith/niece, domestic/24/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1851/Joseph Wenden/nephew, servant/23/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1855/J. Wendon/../../../Kelly's*
1855/Joseph Wenden/../../../Post Office Directory **
1862/John Kennedy/../../../Kelly's
1867/Charles Webb/../../../Post Office
1870/Charles Webb/Bricklayer/../../Kelly's
1871/Charles Webb/Bricklayer/../../Post Office
1874/Mrs. Eliza Norris/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Collins/../../../Kelly's
1881/William Collings/Licensed Victualler/37/Aylesbury, Buckingham/Census
1881/Henrietta Collings/Wife/39/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1882/William Collings/../../../Kelly's
1886/Walter William Collings/../../../Kelly's
1894/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's
1895/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's
Known as the Boar's Head from 1898 to 1908
1898/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's
1899/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's
1902/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's
1908/Richard Harding/../../../Kelly's
** Provided by Stephen Harris