This pub was present by the late-seventeenth century. **
Colchester pub history index
26th April 2000
Castle, 92 High Street, Colchester - in May 2010
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1822/Susan Crickmore/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/Susan Crickmore/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/Susan Crickmore/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Susannah Crickmore/../../../Pigot's
1839/Susan Crickmore/../../../Pigot's
1845/Robert Keymer/../../../Post Office
1848/Robert Keymer/../../../White's
1851/Robert Keymer/../../../Post Office
1851/Ann Keymer/widow, innkeeper/36/Colchester, Essex/Census ***
1851/Mark Keymer/son, scholar/06/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Keymer/son/01/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Martha Cook/house servant/24/Kirby, Essex/Census
1851/Emma Cornelius/house servant/22/Frating, Essex/Census
1851/Amelia Bennett/nurse girl/12/Langham, Essex/Census
1851/Edward Rudland/lodger, porter/30/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Samuel Jay/lodger, carpenter/23/Melton, Suffolk/Census
1851/Robert Pitt/lodger, cordwainer/54/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Henry Cole/lodger, stick traveller/27/London St Luke’s,
Middlesex/Census
1851/Maria A Cole/lodger, his wife/27/London St Luke’s, Middlesex/Census
1851/Henry Cole/lodger, their son/3m/London Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1852/R. Keymer/../../../Kelly's*
1855/Mrs. A. Keymer/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Mrs. Ann Keymer/../../../Kelly's
1867/William Smith/../../../Post Office
1870/William Munnings/Fly Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1871/William Munnings/Fly Proprietor/../../Post Office
1874/Mrs. Ann Keymer/../../../Kelly's
1878/Mrs. Ann Keymer/../../../Kelly's
1881/Arthur George Rayner/Licensed Victualler/41/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Rayner/Wife/39/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1881/Arthur George Rayner/Son, Cab Driver/15/Ilford, Essex/Census
1881/Frank Rayner/Son/10/Ilford, Essex/Census
1881/Ernest Edward Rayner/Son/8/Ilford, Essex/Census
1881/Nell Rayner/Daughter/2/Ilford, Essex/Census
1881/Maria Jones/General Domestic Servant/21/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/James Reynolds/Ostler/19/Tillingham, Essex/Census
1882/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1886/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1894/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1895/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1898/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1899/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1901/Arthur G Rayner/Publican Bootmaker/35/Ilford, Essex/Census
1901/Margaret E Rayner/Wife/31/Rochester, Kent/Census
1901/Alice M Balls/General Servant/14/Colchester, Essex/Census
1902/Arthur George Rayner/../../../Kelly's
1907/M. E. Mosley/../../../Benham's
1908/Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Morley/../../../Kelly's
1912/Frederick James Tarrant/../../../Kelly's
1914/Frederick James Tarrant/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1917/Frederick James Tarrant/../../../Kelly's
1925/Frederick James Tarrant/../../../Kelly's
1933/Thomas William Cecil Cocker/../../../Kelly's
1937/Thomas William Cecil Cocker/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Stephen Harris
*** Provided by John Mead