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White Hart, Great Yeldham

Great Yeldham pub history index

Built in the 16th century.

This is the White Hart at the start of the Bentley Golden Jubilee' Start

White Hart, Great Yeldham

White Hart, Great Yeldham

Kindly donated by Colleen

White Hart, Great Yeldham, 12th March 2000

White Hart, Great Yeldham, 12th March 2000

Residents at this address

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Andrews, at the White Hart, Great Yeldham.

1754/Thomas ffrench/Owner/../../Will

Will of Thomas ffrench [written 3-May-1754, proven 28-Jan-1757]

"In the Name of God Amen I Thomas French of Great Yeldham in the County of Essex Yeoman Do make and Declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say. First I Give and Devise to my Beloved Wife Ann ffrench... And Also All that my Messuage Tenement or Inn commonly called or known by the Name of the White Hart in Great Yeldham aforesaid with all and Singular the Houses Outhouses Lands Meadows and Pasture Grounds with their and Every of their Appurtenances to the Lands belonging To Hold to my Said Wife during her Natural Life and after her Descendants I Give and Devise the Said Messuage Tenements or Inn Lands and all and Singular the Appurtenances herein before mentioned <use> to my Son John ffrench and his Heirs for Ever."***

The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Scutt Cooper, at the White Hart, Great Yeldham.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Henry Unwin, at the White Hart.

1832-3/William Gooch/../../../Pigots

1839/William Gooch/../../../Pigots

1841/William Gooch/publican/45/not Essex/Census (pub not named)
1841/Ann Gooch/wife/45/not Essex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Gooch/daughter/08/Essex/Census
1841/William Gooch/son/10/Essex/Census
1841/George Gooch/son/06/Essex/Census
1841/Charlotte Gooch/04/daughter/Essex/Census
1841/Eliza Butcher/female servant/30/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Wilkin/female servant/15/Essex/Census

1848/William Gooch/Victualler/../../Pigots

1851/William Gooch/../../../Post Office

1851/William Gooch/innkeeper and farmer (16 acres)/58/Rougham, Suffolk/Census
1851/Ann Gooch/wife/55/Letchworth, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Elizabeth Gooch/daughter, employed at home/17/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1851/George Gooch/son/16/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1851/Charlotte Gooch/daughter, scholar/13/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1851/Robert Pitts/visitor, commercial traveller (wine)/49/Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk/Census
1851/Lucy Bocking/house servant/25/Ballingdon, Essex/Census
1851/Henry Bearman/lodger, straw plait dealer/Bocking, Essex/Census

1852/W. Gooch/../../../Kellys*

1855/W. Gooch/../../Kellys*

1861/John Sephton/innkeeper/46/Uffington, Lincolnshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Sephton/wife/48/Berkshire/Census
1861/Emily Frances Sephton/daughter/17/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1861/Edwin James Sephton/son, scholar/11/Orton Longueville, Huntingdonshire/Census
1861/Emily Laver/house servant/17/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1861/John Westwood/visitor, traveller in drapery/40/Romford, Essex/Census
1861/Maria Westwood/visitor/43/Hasketon, Suffolk/Census
1861/George Westwood/visitor/18/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1861/Priscilla Westwood/visitor, tailoress/17/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census

1862/John Sefton/../../../Kellys

1867/John Sefton/../../../Post Office

1871/John Sefton/../../../Post Office

1871/John Sephton/farmer and innkeeper/57/Uffington, Lincolnshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Sephton/wife/58/Broad Oak, Hampshire/Census
1871/Herbert Sidle/grandson/03/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/Caroline Rulton/servant/28/Yeldham, Essex/Census

1874/John Sefton/Farmer/../../Kellys

1878/Stannard Boreham/../../../Post Office

1881/Mira Boreham/Innkeeper/55/Glemsford, Suffolk/Census
1881/Jane Wilson/Daughter/24/Glemsford, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Wilson/Son in Law, Farmer/25/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1881/Stanley Wilson/Grandson/1m/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census

1882/Mrs. Mira Boreham/../../../Kellys

1886/William Linsell/../../../Kellys

1890/William Linsell/../../../Kellys

1891/William Linsell/innkeeper and farmer/44/Wixoe, Essex/Census
1891/Anna A Linsell/wife/47/Germany/Census
1891/James L Linsell/son/19/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1891/Ernest W Linsell/son/, coachbuilder’s assistant/16/London, Middlesex/Census
1891/Grace A Linsell/daughter, scholar/08/illegible/Census

1895/William Linsell/Brewer/../../Kellys

1898/William Linsell/Brewer/../../Kellys

1899/William Linsell/Brewer/../../Kellys

1902/Arthur Hitchcock/Brewer/../../Kellys

1906/William Pearl/../../../Kellys

1908/William Pearl/../../../Kellys

1910/William Pearl/../../../Kellys

1912/William Pearl/../../../Kellys

1914/William Pearl/../../../Kellys

1917/William Pearl/../../../Kellys

1922/Joseph Samuel Jones/../../../Kellys

1925/Walter Ratcliff/../../../Kellys

1929/Reginald Charles Beckett/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1933/C. F. Armstrong/../../../Kellys

1937/Mrs. Moyra Martin/Proprietress/../../Kellys

1939/Mr. C. E. Nankivell/Landlord/../../Petty Sessions**

1940/Charles Edmund Nankivell/Proprietor/../../Petty Sessions**

1941/Charles E. Nankivell/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

1941/Mrs. Barbara Nankivell/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**


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

** Provided by Jill Fleming

*** Provided by Chris N. French

Provided by John Mead


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