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Crown & Thistle, High Street, Great Chesterford CB10 1PL

Great Chesterford pub history index

Henry Silcock is licensee at the Chequers in 1769 and the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford in 1776.

Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford

Taken by John Law

Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford

Professionally photographed by Gordon Ridgewell

Residents at this address.

1767 Jonathan Clayden

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Henry Silcock, at the Chequers, Great Chesterford.

The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Henry Silcock, at the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford.

The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Henry Silcock, at the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford.

The licensee in 1801 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Henry Silcock, at the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford.

The licensee in 1804 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Henry Silcock, at the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford.

The licensee in 1810 and 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Deborah Silcock, at the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as James Orbell, at the Crown & Thistle, Great Chesterford.

1828-9/James Orbell/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/James Orbell/../../../Pigot's

1839/James Arbell/../../../Pigot's

1840/James Arbell/../../../Pigot's*

1845/William Spicer/Shopkeeper/../../Post Office

1848/William Spicer/../../../White's

1851/William Gates/../../../Post Office

1852/W. Gates/../../../Kelly's*

1855/Thomas Jowett/../../../Kelly's*

1862/Thomas Jowett/../../../Kelly's

1867/Thomas Jowett/../../../Post Office

1870/Thomas Jowett/../../../Kelly's

1871/Thomas Jowett/../../../Post Office

1874/Thomas Jowett/../../../Kelly's

1878/Thomas Jowett/../../../Kelly's

1881/Thomas Jowett/Innkeeper/63/Brighouse, York/Census
1881/Mary A. Jowett/Wife/69/Lemington, Warwick/Census
1881/Alice Bard/Domestic Servant/20/Great Chesterford, Essex/Census

1882/Thomas Jowett/../../../Kelly's

1886/Henry William Paddison/../../../Kelly's

My great uncle Thomas Symonds was publican of the King William IV, Ickleton Road, Hinxton, Great Chesterford, Cambridgeshire in both the 1891 and 1901 census. *&

My great grandfather Walter Jeffrey Symonds was publican of the Crown and Thistle, Great Chesterford 1891 census. **

My father John Jeffrey Symonds was born in the Tally Ho, Trumpington, Cambridge in 1921 and lived there to about the age of 4-5. His father, also John Jeffrey Symonds was the publican at the time. I can’t prove this item in terms of public records. **

1888/T Symonds/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1891/Walter Symonds/Publican/59/Balsham, Cambridgeshire/Census **
1891/Frederick Morrison/General Servant/13/Notting Hill, London/Census

1894/James Henry Shenstone/../../../Kelly's

1895/James Henry Shenstone/../../../Kelly's

1898/George Phillips/../../../Kelly's

1899/George Phillips/../../../Kelly's

1902/George Buck/../../../Kelly's

1908/Hedley George Barraud(?)/../../../Kelly's

1912/Thomas Bennett Coleman/../../../Kelly's

1917/Thomas Bennett Coleman/../../../Kelly's

In 1921 at High Street, Great Chesterford,
Thomas Bennett Coleman, Licensed Victualler aged 62 years 5 months and born in Hampshire
Emma Comey Kenneth Coleman, Wife aged 56 years 1 month and born in Surbiton, Surrey
Raymond Hugo Kenneth Coleman, Son, Motor Engineer, Recently Discharges From Royal Air Force Out Of Work aged 20 years 6 months and born in Islington, London
Charles Grace, Visitor, House Decorator aged 55 years 1 month and born in Notting Hill, London
Helen Harker, Boarder, Home Duties aged 55 years 4 months and born in Harlow, Essex
Irene Harker, Boarder. Typist Out Of Work Attendant, The Hoffman Marine Co Chelmsford Essex aged 22 years and born in Harlow, Essex
George Harker, Boarder, Platform Porter Great Eastern Railway Co aged 19 years 4 months and born in Harlow, Essex, England

1925/Thomas Bennett Coleman/../../../Kelly's

1933/Henry George Stone/../../../Kelly's


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

** Provided By Richard Symonds


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