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Bull, Bridge Street, Halstead

The Bull Hotel, Halstead

The Bull Hotel, Halstead

Kindly provided by Colleen

Bull, Bridge Street, Halstead, 23rd April 2000

Bull, Bridge Street, Halstead, 23rd April 2000

Taken by Stephen Parker

Residents at this address

1807/Samual Bowyer/Proprietor/../../Will***
1807/Bridget (Hatton) Bowyer/Proprietress/../../Will***

1822/Thomas Edwards/../../../Pigots*

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Edwards, at the Bull.

1823-4/Thomas Edwards/Tavern Keeper/../../Pigots

1828-9/Thomas Edwards/../../../Pigots

1832-3/Joseph Ward/../../../Pigots

1839/Joseph Ward/../../../Pigots

1845/John Elsdon/../../../Post Office

1848/John Elsdon/../../../Whites

1851/John Elsdon/../../../Post Office

1851/John Elsdon/innkeeper/53/South Ockendon, Essex/Census *
1851/Mary Elsdon/wife/44/South Ockendon, Essex/Census *
1851/Molly Elsdon/daughter, barmaid/18/Orsett, Essex/Census *
1851/Ann Farmer Elsdon/daughter, scholar/13/South Ockendon, Essex/Census *
1851/Clara Elsdon/daughter, scholar/11/South Ockendon, Essex/Census *
1851/Edward Elsdon/son, scholar/09/South Ockendon, Essex/Census *
1851/David Ludlow/visitor, hosier/39/Norwich, Norfolk/Census *

1852/J. Elsdon/../../../Kellys*

1855/J. Elsdon/../../../Kellys*

1862/Henry Cressall/Carrier/../../Kellys

1867/Henry Cressall/Carrier/../../Post Office

1870/Henry Cressall/Carrier/../../Kellys

1871/Henry Cressall/Carrier/../../Post Office

1871/Henry Cressall/Carrier & Inn Keeper/50/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Rebecca Cressall/Wife/50/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Mary Cressall/Daughter, Barmaid/23/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Arthur Cressall/Son, Auctioneers clerk/21/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Willie Cressall/Son, Parcel Delivery clerk//Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Frederick Cressall/Son/13/Halstead, Essex/Census


1874/Henry Cressall/Carrier & Furniture Van Proprietor/../../Kellys

1878/Henry Cressall/Carrier/../../Kellys

1881/Rebecca Cressall/Licensed Victualler & Carrier/60/Halstead, Essex/Census
1881/William Cressall/Son, Carrier/28/Halstead, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Cressall/Daughter, Schoolmistress/24/Halstead, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Cressall/Daughter, Barmaid/22/Halstead, Essex/Census
1881/Sarah Butcher/General Servant/15/Toppesfield, Essex/Census

1882/Mrs. Rebecca Cressall/Carrier/../../Kellys

1886/Mrs. Rebecca Cressall/Carrier/../../Kellys

1890/Mrs. Rebecca Cressall/Carrier/../../Kellys

1891/Rebecca Cressall/Hotel Keeper/71/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/Emma Cressall/Daughter, Waitress/43/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/Mary E. Cressall/Daughter, Barmaid/43/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/William Cressall/Son, Carrier/36/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/Ann Tarbin/General Servant/23/Toppesfield, Essex/Census

1894/George Cressall/../../../Kellys

1895/George Cressall/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1898/Walter Hart/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1899/Walter Hart/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1902/Arthur William Hollis/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1906/William A. Stevens/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1908/William A. Stevens/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1910/William A. Stevens/../../../Kellys

1912/John Cleminson/../../../Kellys

1914/George J. Lee/../../../Kellys

1917/George J. Lee/../../../Kellys

1922/Frederick James Hopkins/../../../Kellys

1929/George Ernest Kefford/Proprietor/../../Kellys

1933/Crocker & Webber/Proprietors/../../Kellys

1937/John Hamilton/Proprietor/../../Kellys

March 1940/Herbert Joseph Picton/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

March 1940/Walter Turner/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

June 1940/Walter Turner/Licensed Victualler/../../Petty Sessions**

July 1940/W. Turner/Landlord/../../Petty Sessions**

January 1941/W. Turner/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

September 1942/W. Turner/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

September 1942/Mrs. Mabel Ellen Ward/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

October 1942/Mrs. Mabel Ellen Ward/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**

1946/Archie Wilson/../../../BT Telephone Directory

1948/Archie Wilson/../../../BT Telephone Directory


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

** Provided by Jill Fleming

*** Provided by B. Bowyer : "My ancestor, Samuel Bowyer, was proprietor of the Bull in Halstead, as mentioned in his will of 1807 (probated 1808) which left it to his second wife, Bridget Hatton, from whom he may have got it in the first place when he married her in 1790. He also had 2 smithies, one in Halstead, and one in Hedingham, and left one of these to each of his two sons.

Provided by Kevan

* Provided by John Mead


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