Earls Colne pub history index
Gordon has sent me pictures in July 2022 of the Bird in Hand being demolished, after being on the market since 2017. The Bird in Hand is linked to the airmen serving at RAF Earls Colne, a Second World War base which was home to the 9th Air Force.
6th August 2000
Bird in Hand, Earls Colne boarded up before demolition in 2022
Bird in Hand, Earls Colne being demolished in 2022
Both kindly provided by Gordon Brown
Residents at this address.
1862/Daniel Webb/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1867/Daniel Webb/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1871/Daniel Webb/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1874/Daniel Webb/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
Note: Premises not named prior to 1878
1878/Daniel Webb/../../../Kelly's
1881/Benjamin Hull/Woodman/39/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Hull/Wife/36/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Irman Hull/Daughter/13/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Hull/Son/12/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/James Hull/Son/9/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Thirza Hull/Daughter/7/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/William Hull/Son/5/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Kate Hull/Daughter/3/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Walter Hull/Son/1/Earls Colne, Essex/Census
1881/Walter Murrils/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/22/Earls Colne,
Essex/Census
1882/Benjamin Hull/../../../Kelly's
1886/Benjamin Hull/../../../Kelly's
1894/John Hayward/../../../Kelly's
1895/John Hayward/../../../Kelly's
1898/John Hayward/../../../Kelly's
1899/John Hayward/../../../Kelly's
1902/John Hayward/../../../Kelly's
1908/William Harvey/../../../Kelly's
1912/Edmund T. Porter/../../../Kelly's
1917/Edmund T. Porter/../../../Kelly's
1925/Edmund T. Porter/../../../Kelly's
1933/Samuel Turner/../../../Kelly's
1937/Thomas Cutmore/../../../Kelly's
In the 1939 electoral register at the Bird in Hand, are listed:
Thomas Cutmore, Publican, born 06 May 1884
Sarah A P Cutmore, Domestic Duties, born 15 Sep 1888