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Duke of York, 18 & 20 Barrack Street, Colchester

Colchester pub history index

Duke of York, Barrack Street, Colchester circa 1935

Duke of York, Barrack Street, Colchester circa 1935

Kindly provided by Jess Jephcott

Latterly known as the Churchill Arms, but now closed

Residents at this address

1822/B. Wade/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/B. Wade/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/John Marriott/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/John Marriott/../../../Pigot's

1839/John Marriott/../../../Pigot's

1845/Rebecca Marriott/../../../Post Office

1848/Rebecca Marriott/../../../White's

1851/Mrs. Rebecca Marriott/../../../Post Office

1851/Rebecca Marriot/widow, innkeeper/56/Colchester, Essex/Census **
1851/Sophia Marriot/daughter/26/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Martha A Marriot/daughter, corset maker/22/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Frederick Marriot/son, journeyman brush maker/18/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Rosetta A Marriot/daughter, scholar/14/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Victoria Marriot/daughter, scholar/12/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Rebecca Dale/niece, scholar/04/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Barnes Warren/lodger/journeyman brush maker/50/Salisbury, Wiltshire/Census

1852/Mrs. R. Marriott/../../../Kelly's*

1855/Mrs. R. Marriott/../../../Kelly's*

1862/William Brooker/../../../Kelly's

1867/William Brooker/../../../Post Office

1870/William Troughton Langley/../../../Kelly's

1871/William Troughton Langley/../../../Post Office

1871/William Langley/Inn Keeper/40/Gravesend/Census
1871/Catherine Langley/wife/38/Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1871/Rose Langley/Daughter,Tailoress/16/Bloomsbury, London/Census
1871/Richard Langley/son, Apprentice/14/Bloomsbury, London/Census
1871/Harry Langley/Son/11/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/Charles Langley/Son/9/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/Catherine Langley/Daughter/7/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/James Langley/Son, Smiths Apprentice/5/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/George Langley/Son/3/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/Frederick Langley/Son/1/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/Ralph Halder/Lodger, Army Pensioner/70/WoodmanC?, Sussex/Census
1871/William Traylor/Lodger, Attorney Clerk [out of employ]/44/Colchester, Essex/Census

1874/Mrs. Catherine Langley/../../../Kelly's

1878/Mrs. Catherine Langley/../../../Kelly's

1881/Katherine Langley/Licensed Public House Keeper/50/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Richard Langley/Son, Waiter & Barman/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harry Langley/Son, Carpenter/20/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Kate Langley/Daughter, Dressmaker/17/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/James Langley/Son, Smiths Apprentice/15/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/George Langley/Son/13/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Frederick Langley/Son/11/Colchester, Essex/Census

Note: Premises not named in 1881

1882/Mrs. Catherine Langley/../../../Kelly's

1886/Mrs. Catherine Langley/../../../Kelly's

1894/Mrs. Catherine Langley/../../../Kelly's

1895/Mrs. Catherine Langley/../../../Kelly's

1898/George Langley/../../../Kelly's

1899/George Langley/../../../Kelly's

1902/George Langley/../../../Kelly's

1908/George Langley/../../../Kelly's

1912/Mrs. Kate Langley/../../../Kelly's

1914/Arthur Wood/../../../Kelly's

1917/Edwin Rookes/../../../Kelly's

1925/Frederick Gillespie/../../../Kelly's

1933/Walter Gale/../../../Kelly's

1937/Reginald Ewart Coad/../../../Kelly's

1952/T C Heywood/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***

F C Morgan, of the Duke of York, died October 29th, 1961 - Black Eagle Journal ***

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

** Provided by John Mead

*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson


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