Also known as the Oak
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