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Great Dunmow pub history index
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Also known as the Harp from at least 1804 when Thomas Alliston is the licensee.
25th July 1999
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1787 and 1788 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William White, at the Harp, Great Dunmow.
30 March 1790 - Conveyance (Lease and Release for £220).
Edward Tween late of Great Dunmow, blacksmith, and now of Great Baddow, victualler, and w. Anna, to Thomas Collis, tailor, and William Taylor, glover, and a trustee for Thomas C., both of Great Dunmow.
A messuage commonly called the "Angel and Harp" at Church End in Great Dunmow, between the highway from the market cross towards Bardfield on West and on the river on East, formerly in occupation of Ralph Sandford, then of Sarah Halls, widow, of James Wilson & Elizabeth his widow, then of John Wilson, lately of Henry Stubbing and now of W. White; and the cottage formerly in occupation of Daniel Root, then of Mary his widow, then of Margaret Guy, widow, then of George Gunn & Daniel Wilson, late of Thomas Judd & Joseph Barker and now of Ste. Smith.
[Recites Lease for 7 years, 12 March 1787, to William Woodham of Bishops Stortford (co. Herts)]
The licensee in 1804 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Alliston, at the Harp.
1814/Thomas Osborn/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances***
1815-7/John Bush/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances***
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Bush, at the Harp and Angel.
1822/John Bush/../../../Pigots*
1823-4/John Bush/../../../Pigots
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Bush, at the Harp and Angel.
1826-8/John Bush/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances***
1828-9/John Bush/../../../Pigots
1832-3/John Bush/../../../Pigots
1839/Sarah Bush/../../../Pigots
1840/Sarah Bush/../../../Pigots*
1845/Sarah Bush/../../../Post Office
1848/Sarah Bush/../../../Whites
1851/Mrs. Sarah Bush/../../../Post Office
1855/Mrs. S. Bush/../../../Kellys
1861/Sarah Lacey/Victualler, Widow/64/Stisted, Essex/Census *
1861/Sarah Bradley/Niece,Married, Dress Maker/21/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Eliza L Bradley/Niece/8 months/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Miren Johnson/Visitor, Silk Weaver/16/Braintree, Essex/Census
1861/William Greenleaf/Lodger, Labourer/70/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/James Chiles/Lodger, Shoe Maker/48/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Ezra Chiles/Lodger/17/Great Waltham, Essex/Census
1861/William Monk/Lodger, Labourer/21/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Arthur Monk/Lodger, Labourer/19/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1862/Mrs. Sarah Lacey/../../../Kellys
1867/Mrs. Sarah Lacey/../../../Post Office
1870/Mrs. Sarah Lacey/../../../Kellys
1871/Mrs. Sarah Lacey/../../../Post Office
[This entry for 1871 may not be correct - pub not named] *
1871/Henry Grout/Inn Keeper/49/Dunmow, Essex/Census *
1871/Lydia Grout/Wife/48/Wallingworth, Suffolk/Census
1871/Harry Grout/Son, Smith/22/Dunmow, Essex/Census
1871/Herbert Grout/Son, Grocers assistant/18/Dunmow, Essex/Census
1871/Alice Grout/Daughter/11/Dunmow, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah Perry/Domestic Servant/17/Great Easton, Essex/Census
1874/Thomas R. Savill/../../../Kellys
1878/Walter Edwards/../../../Kellys
1881/Henry Grout/Blacksmith & Innkeeper/59/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1881/Lydia Grout/Wife/58/Warlingworth, Suffolk/Census
1881/Thomas Francis/Boarder, Blacksmith/25/Thaxted, Essex/Census
1881/Sarah Legerton/General Domestic Servant/18/Great Easton, Essex/Census
1882/Henry Grout/Blacksmith/../../../Kellys
1886/Ebenzer King/../../../Kellys
1890/John Freestone/../../../Kellys
1894/John Freestone/../../../Kellys
1895/John Freestone/../../../Kellys
1898/Frederick Hipgrave/../../../Kellys
1899/Frederick Hipgrave/../../../Kellys
1902/John Fillingham Lister/../../../Kellys
1906/John Fillingham Lister/../../../Kellys
1908/James Field/../../../Kellys
1910/James Field/../../../Kellys
1912/David Shelcott/../../../Kellys
1914/Samuel Cecil Newell/../../../Kellys
1917/Samuel Cecil Newell/../../../Kellys
1922/Samuel Cecil Newell/../../../Kellys
1925/Samuel Cecil Newell/../../../Kellys
1929/Samuel Cecil Newell/../../../Kellys
1933/George William Baines/../../../Kellys
1937/George William Baines/../../../Kellys
1939/George William Baines/Landlord/../../Petty Sessions**
Herts and Essex Observer. 25 October 1947 Transfers
The Angel and Harp, Church end, Dunmow, from Margaret Eleanor Baines to Samuel George Bamford
1952/J. Farrand/Landlord/../../Notebook of a Director of Dunmow Brewery 1957-1967
April 1959/G. W. Prail/Landlord/../../Notebook of a Director of Dunmow Brewery 1957-1967
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Jill & Brian Fleming
*** Provided by Mike Smith