Locomotive, 35 West Stockwell Street, Colchester
This pub was established as the Bishop Blaize before 1764 and was renamed the Locomotive in 1843 to coincide with the arrival in Colchester of the railways. It was further renamed the Victory in 1894 before closing in 1912. It is now a private residence. **
Colchester pub history index
Locomotive, 35 West Stockwell Street, Colchester - in May 2010
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1845/Robert Winning/../../../Post Office
1848/Robert London/../../../White's
1851/Robert London/../../../Post Office
1851/Lucy Payne/(head, married) victualler/36/Wakes Colne, Essex/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Payne/daughter/01/Wakes Colne, Essex/Census
1851/Eliza Potter/visitor/25/Wakes Colne, Essex/Census
1851/Maria Potter/servant/11/Wakes Colne, Essex/Census
1855/W. Cresswell/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Henry Blandon/../../../Kelly's
1867/Henry Blandon/../../../Post Office
1870/Henry Blandon/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
Note: Premises not named in 1870
1874/Samuel Pryke/Coach Builder & Wheelwright/../../Kelly's
1881/Joseph O'Brien/Annuitant & Publican/39/Bristol, Somerset/Census
1881/Mary Ann O'Brien/Wife/33/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Ann O'Brien/Daughter, Barmaid/15/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1881/Henrietta O'Brien/Daughter/10/Kamplie, East Indies/Census
1881/Amy O'Brien/Daughter/7/Wellington, East Indies/Census
1881/Frederick George O'Brien/Son/6/Secunderabad, East Indies/Census
1881/Richard Payne/Boarder, Shoemaker/30/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1882/Thomas O'Brien/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Stephen Harris
*** Provided by John Mead