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The Picture shows J. N. Kemp's name above the door.

White Horse, High Street, Great Dunmow - circa 1900

White Horse, High Street, Great Dunmow - circa 1900

Provided by Steve Steere

White Horse, High Street, Great Dunmow

White Horse, High Street, Great Dunmow

Kindly provided by Colleen

Residents at this address

The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Mary Nye, at the White Horse.

1814-7/Joseph Archer/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**

The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Joseph Archer, at the White Horse.

1822/James Archer/../../../Pigots*

1823-4/James Archer/Tavernkeeper/../../Pigots

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Joseph Archer, at the White Horse.

1826-8/Joseph Archer/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**

1828-9/Joseph Archer/../../../Pigots

1832-3/Samuel Franklin/../../../Pigots

1839/Samuel Franklin//../../../Pigots

1845/Samuel Franklin//../../../Post Office

1848/Samuel Franklin//../../../Whites

1851/Samuel Franklin//../../../Post Office

1852/S. Franklin/../../../Kellys*

1855/S. Franklin/../../../Kellys*

1861/William Franklin/Carpenter employing 12 men & 1 boy/56/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/Ann Franklin/Wife/58/Braxted, Essex/Census
1861/Walter Thorn/Servant, Errand Boy/11/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1861/William Tuttlebury/Lodger, Carpenters journeyman/24/Hatfield B O, Essex/Census
1861/John Stubbings/Lodger, Carpenters journeyman/45/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census

1862/William Franklin/Builder/../../Kellys

1867/William Franklin/../../../Post Office

1870/William Franklin/Timber Merchant/../../Kellys

1871/William Franklin/Timber Merchant/../../Post Office

1871/William Franklin/Victualler/75/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1871/Eliza Woodley/House Keeper/29/Bishops Stortford, Herts/Census
1871/Caroline Clark/General Servant/23/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census

1874/William Franklin/Timber Merchant & Builder/../../Kellys

1878/William Franklin/Timber Merchant & Builder/../../Kellys

1881/William Franklin/Master Carpenter and Publican/76/Great Dunmow, Essex/Census
1881/Ann Franklin/Wife/78/Great Braxted, Essex/Census
1881/Sophia M. Bowtell/Domestic Servant/19/Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex/Census
1881/William Panel/Lodger, Journeyman Carpenter/72/Cavendish, Suffolk/Census
1881/George H. Lee/Lodger, Journeyman Painter/42/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Mason/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/50/Little Saling, Essex/Census

1882/William Franklin/Timber Merchant & Builder/../../Kellys

1886/Joseph Bartrop/../../../Kellys

1890/William Appleton/../../../Kellys

The Kemp family were resident in Dunmow from 1890 when they moved into the White Horse PH, in the High Street. They were there until about 1905 before they moved to the Royal Oak PH, in Stortford Road. They were with the Brewers Webb & Gibbons, but changed to another brewer around c1909. This explains why I have postcards 1909 & 1910 where it looks like a normal house. They left Dunmow in October 1911 to live in a grocers shop, in Ilford, Essex, Kemp taking up a political position with an Association. They left c1915 when they moved to Great Yarmouth to run another PH. Whilst in Dunmow Kemp was an Overseer of the Poor, on the local Council and involved in other activities. An encyclopaedia Britannica was kept in the Royal Oak for people to come in and look at. ***

1898/James Nelson Kemp/../../../Kellys

White Horse, High Street, Dunmow 1898 Kellys entry

From Kellys Directory of Essex, 1898

White Horse, High Street, Dunmow 1898 Kellys entry

From Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1898

1899/James Nelson Kemp/../../../Kellys

1902/James Nelson Kemp/../../../Kellys

James went on to run the Royal Oak in Dunmow***

1906/Charles Boon/../../../Kellys

1908/Charles Boon/../../../Kellys

1910/William James Ayton/../../../Kellys

1912/Frank Martin Harris/../../../Kellys

1914/Frank Martin Harris/../../../Kellys

1917/Edgar John Andress/../../../Kellys

1922/Edgar John Andres/../../../Kellys

1925/Joseph Burles/../../../Kellys

1929/Joseph Burles/../../../Kellys

1933/Joseph Burles/../../../Kellys

1937/Arthur T. Smith/../../../Kellys

1949-50/H. V. Clark/Landlord/../../Notebook of a Director of Dunmow Brewery 1957-1967

1952/Mrs. Tredgett/Landlord/../../Notebook of a Director of Dunmow Brewery 1957-1967

December 1957/Roger Redfern/Landlord/../../Notebook of a Director of Dunmow Brewery 1957-1967


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

** Provided by Mike Smith

*** Provided by Steve Steere who relates the following: "The family were resident in Dunmow from 1890 when they moved into the White Horse PH, in the High Street. They were there until about 1905 before they moved to the Royal Oak PH, in Stortford Road. They were with the Brewers Webb & Gibbons, but changed to another brewer around c1909. This explains why I have postcards 1909 & 1910 where it looks like a normal house. They left Dunmow in October 1911 to live in a grocers shop, in Ilford, Essex, Kemp taking up a political position with an Association. They left c1915 when they moved to Great Yarmouth to run another PH. Whilst in Dunmow, Kemp was an Overseer of the Poor, on the local Council and involved in other activities. An encyclopaedia Britannica was kept in the Royal Oak for people to come in and look at."

Provided by Kevan


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