Great Burstead pub history index
The modern address is at Southend road, Great Burstead, and would appear to be of Tudor origin, but has been som altered over time, it is difficult to say.
The Kings Head is a direct descendant of an Inn called the White Horse, which occupied the same building. This Inn opened shortly after 1750, but by 1760 the name had been changed to the Kings Head.
The Kings Head stood next to the old Sly street Turnpike, and probably the reason the Inn opened in the first place.
Shown on the 1831 Greenwoods Billericay map .
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex .
Kings Head, Slysgate, Great Burstead - in 1955
11th August 2002
Taken by Stephen Parker
Residents at this address
1808-9/Abraham Gowers/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances **
1810-12/William Cross/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances **
1813/Isaac Steel/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances **
1828/John Wright/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*
1841/Elizabeth Wright/publican/47/Essex/Census
1841/John Wright/son/28/Essex/Census
1841/George Wright/son/24/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Wright/daughter/23/Essex/Census
1841/Louisa Wright/daughter/14/Essex/Census
1841/Thomas Wright/son/12/Essex/Census
1841/Emma Wright/daughter/07/Essex/Census
1841/Charles Smith/male servant/14/Essex/Census
1845/Mrs. Elizabeth Wright/Post Office &c./../../Post Office
1851/Mrs. Elizabeth Wright/Post Office &c./../../Post Office
1851/Elizabeth Wright/widower, innkeeper/50/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Wright/son, labourer/21/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/Emma Wright/daughter, servant/17/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/David Ramsey/servant/14/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1855/S. Purkis/../../../Kelly's**
1861/John Clayton/Publican/48/Felstead, Essex/Census***
1861/Martha Clayton/Wife/57/West Hanningfield, Essex/Census
1861/Sophia Clayton/daughter/19/West Hanningfield, Essex/Census
1861/Mahala Ruse/visitor, unemployed servant/19/Billericay, Essex/Census
1862/John Clayton/../../../Kelly's
1867/John Clayton/../../../Post Office
1870/John Clayton/../../../Kelly's
1871/John Clayton/../../../Post Office
1871/John Clayton/licensed victualler/51/Stebbing, Essex/Census
1871/Martha Clayton/wife/65/West Hanningfield, Essex/Census
1871/James Ager/lodger, widower, ag lab/59/Ramsden Bellhouse/Census
1874/John Clayton/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Simmons/Pork Butcher/../../Kelly's
1881/William Simmons/Publican/65/Little Gaddesdon, Hertford/Census
1881/Isabella Simmons/Daughter, Housekeeper/24/Bromley, Kent/Census
1881/Charles Simmons/Son/14/Hertford, Hertford/Census
1881/Emma Thurgood/General Servant/14/Laindon, Essex/Census
1882/William Simmons/Pork Butcher/../../Kelly's
1886/John Hollowbread/../../../Kelly's
1891/James Parker/publican/65/Langdon Hills, Essex/Census
1891/Sarah G Parker/wife/64/Kent/Census
1891/William K Peachey/grandson, scholar/11/Surrey/Census
1891/Arnold Lee/lodger, actor/19/Yorkshire/Census
1894/James McDonald/../../../Kelly's
1895/James McDonald/../../../Kelly's
1898/John T. Hedges/../../../Kelly's
1899/John T. Hedges/../../../Kelly's
1901/Richard Palmer/Dealer Shop/23/Romford, Essex/Census
1901/Lucy Palmer/Wife/24/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1901/Joseph Daniels/Boarder, Plasterer/47/Hawkwell, Essex/Census
1901/Henry Bull/Boarder, Carter/43/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1901/Herbert Marsh/Boarder, Hawker/32/Maldon, Essex/Census
1901/Ada Brockies/General Servant/14/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1902/Sidney R Palmer/../../../Kelly's
1908/Richard Edward Dear/../../../Kelly's
1911/William Henry Thorneycroft/Inn Keeper/61/Northamptonshire/Census
1911/Charlotte Ann Thorneycroft/Wife/56/Boston, Lincolnshire/Census
1911/Olive Thorneycroft/Daughter/19/Workington, Cumberland/Census
1911/Mary Lizzie Thorneycroft/Daughter, Assistant/17/orkington, Cumberland/Census
1911/Frederick Samson Gibson/Boarder, Removal Contractor/17/Stoke Newington/Census
1911/Henry Thomas Hawkins/Boarder, Furniture Remover/25/Hoxton/Census
1911/Fk Henry Allen/Boarder, Traction Engine Driver/31/Bournemouth/Census
1912/William Henry Thorneycroft/../../../Kelly's
1917/Arthur Hoye/../../../Kelly's
1925/Harry Cotton/../../../Kelly's
1929/John Edward Triming/../../../Kelly's
1933/John Edward Triming/../../../Kelly's
1937/John Edward Triming/../../../Kelly's
1939 - 1965/J A Thomson/../../../Freehold
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** Provided by the David
*** Provided by Ron Cox
Provided by John Mead