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Royal Oak, High Street, Halstead

Also known as the Oak

Royal Oak, High Street, Halstead, 23rd April 2000

Royal Oak, High Street, Halstead, 23rd April 2000

Taken by Stephen Parker

Residents at this address.

1822/Thomas Davey/../../../Pigots*

1823-4/Thomas Davey/Public House Keeper/../../Pigots

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Davey, at the Royal Oak.

1828-9/Thomas Davey/../../../Pigots

1932-3/Thomas Davey/../../../Pigots

1839/Charles Colebrook/../../../Pigots

1845/Joseph Ward/../../../Post Office

1848/Joseph Ward/../../../Whites

1851/Joseph Ward/../../../Post Office

1851/Joseph Ward/married, innkeeper/60/Hadleigh, Suffolk/Census ***
1851/Maria Ward/daughter, barmaid/28/Halstead, Essex/Census ***
1851/Susanna Ward/daughter, domestic duty/19/Halstead, Essex/Census ***
1851/Henry Ward/son, free school scholar/16/Halstead, Essex/Census ***
1851/William Brown/servant, Groom/27/not known/Census ***
1851/Henry Edward Pashley/lodger, grocer and draper/Great Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census ***
(1851/+ 2 Polish hawkers from Kracow – names uncertain)

1852/J. Ward/../../../Kellys*

1862/John Clark/../../../Kellys

1867/John Clark/../../../Post Office

1870/John Clark/../../../Kellys

1871/John Clark/Inn Keeper/64/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1871/Alice Clark/Wife/62/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Hannah Clark/Daughter, School Mistress/36/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/John J Clark/Son, Coal Merchant/26/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1871/Henrietta Clark/Daughter/23/Coggeshall, Essex/Census

1871/John Clark/../../../Post Office

1874/John Clark/Brewer/../../Kellys

1878/John Clark Jun./Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1881/John James Clarke/Brewer & Coal Merchant/36/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Elizabeth Clarke/Wife/42/Bocking, Essex/Census
1881/Alice Clarke/Mother, Retired on Income from Property/72/Halstead, Essex/Census

1882/John Clark Jun./Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1886/John Clark/ Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1890/Robert Herbert Skitter/../../../Kellys

1891/Robert H. Skitter/Licensed Victualler/40?/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/Mary A. Skitter/Wife/33/Farnham, Kent/Census
1891/Gertrude Baldwin/General Servant/18/Greenwich, Kent/Census

1894/Robert Herbert Skitter/Brewer/../../Kellys

1895/Robert Herbert Skitter/Brewer/../../Kellys

1898/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1899/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1902/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1906/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1908/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1910/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1912/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1914/Arthur Gray/../../../Kellys

1917/Charles Cousins/../../../Kellys

1922/Edward Albert Starkey/../../../Kellys

1925-6/William Wright/../../../Kellys

1929/Captain William Edwards/../../../Kellys

1933/John G. Nicholls/../../../Kellys

1937/John G. Nicholls/../../../Kellys

February 1941/John Gordon Nicholls/Landlord/../../Petty Sessions**

March 1943/John Gordon Nicholls/Landlord/56/../Petty Sessions**

May 1943/Mrs. Nicholls/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**


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

** Provided by Jill Fleming

*** Provided by John Mead


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