Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Dedham pub history index
Also known as the Compasses. It finally closed by the compensation authority in 1912.
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1769 and 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jacob Hedge, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
The licensee in 1784 and 1787 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Isaac Ham, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
1791/Isaac Ham/Victualler/../../Universal British
The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Isaac Ham, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
The licensee in 1801, 1804 and 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Jefferies, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Jefferies, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Sarah Jefferies, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Barker, at the Three Compasses, Dedham.
1832-3/John Catchpole/../../../Pigot's
1839/Robert Blundell/../../../Pigot's
1840/Robert Blundell/../../../Pigot's*
1845/Michael Blundell/../../../Post Office
1848/Michael Blundell/../../../White's
1851/Michael Blundell/../../../Post Office
1851/Michael Blundell/innkeeper46/Woolpit, Suffolk/Census ***
181/Mary Blundell/wife/44/Lindsey, Suffolk/Census
1851/Elizabeth Blundell/daughter/26/Dedham, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Blundell/daughter/24/Dedham, Essex/Census
1851/Robert Blundell/son, carpenter/20/Dedham, Essex/Census
1851/John Blundell/son, scholar/08/Dedham, Essex/Census
1851/George Blundell/son, scholar/05/Dedham, Essex/Census
1851/Abraham Cutting/lodger, wheelwright/30/Bradfield, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Jacobs/servant, post lad/30/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/Charlotte Rayner/house servant/15/Dedham, Essex/Census
1852/M. Blundell/../../../Kelly's*
1855/M. Blundel/../../../Kelly's*
1861/John H. Symonds/Innkeeper/33/Suffolk/Census**
1861/Susan Symonds/Wife/22/Naughton, Suffolk/Census
1861/Isaac Gant(?)/Servant, Ostler/69/Manningtree, Essex/Census
1861/James Piper/Lodger/49/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1862/John Hicks Symonds/../../../Kelly's
1867/James Philip Goodwin/../../../Post Office
1870/James Philip Goodwin/../../../Kelly's
1871/James Philip Goodwin/../../../Post Office
1874/James Philip Goodwin/../../../Kelly's
1878/James Philip Goodwin/../../../Kelly's
1881/James P. Goodwin/Licensed Victualler/43/Higham, Suffolk/Census
1881/Emma Goodwin/Wife/38/Essex/Census
1881/George P. W. Goodwin/Son/9/Dedham, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas Turk/Nephew/8/Rotherhithe, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Hubbard/General Domestic Servant/13/Dedham, Essex/Census
1881/Kate Reeman/General Domestic Servant/15/Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk/Census
1882/James Philip Goodwin/../../../Kelly's1894/Cator Watson/../../../Kelly's
1886/James Philip Goodwin/Pork Butcher/../../Kelly's
1890/Richard William Sage/../../../Kelly's
1895/Cator Watson/../../../Kelly's
1898/Cator Watson/../../../Kelly's
1899/Cator Watson/../../../Kelly's
1901/Cator Watson/Publican/43/Wilton, Norfolk/Census
1901/Fanny E Watson/Wife/45/Codicote, Herts/Census
1901/Evelyn E Watson/Daughter/13/14,Seymore Place, London/Census
1901/Wilfrid K Watson/Son/11/Thetford Norfolk/Census
1901/Douglas A Watson/Son/8/Dedham, Essex/Census
1901/Hilda R F Watson/Daughter/../Dedham, Essex/Census
1901/Susan A Watson/Daughter/../Dedham, Essex/Census
1902/Charles Woodward/Pork Butcher/../../Kelly's
1906/Henry Gooch/../../../Kelly's
1908/Frederick W. Wilson/../../../Kelly's
1910/George H. Minter/../../../Kelly's
In 1911 at The Compasses Inn Dedham Essex
G Minter, Publican aged 33 and born in Coggeshall Essex
R Minter, Wife aged 30 and born in Aldham Suffolk
D Minter, Daughter aged 4 and born in Bricet Suffolk
George Minter, Son aged 2 and born in Bricet Suffolk
Ella Minter, Daughter aged 1 and born in Dedham Essex
Mary Steed, Sister in law aged 14 and born in Dedham Essex
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 CG
*** Provided by John Mead
Provided by Rex Watson