Provided by Mary Pattle Hover, the great grandaughter of Samuel Cropley (on the right)
King's Arms, Wignall Street, Lawford - 25th June 2000
Residents at this address
1839/Jonathan Bull/../../../Pigots
1840/Jonathan Bull/../../../Pigots*
1845/Richard Abraham Cooper/../../../Post Office
1848/Abraham Richardson Cooper/Victualler/../../Whites
1851/Abraham Cooper Richardson/../../../Post Office
1851/Abraham Richardson/innkeeper/37/East Bergholt, Suffolk/Census **
1851/Jane Richardson/wife/45/Milden, Suffolk/Census **
1851/Jane Richardson/daughter, scholar at home/07/Lawford, Essex/Census **
1851/Susanna Hervey/house servant/15/Lawford, Essex/Census **
1855/A. C. Richardson/../../../Kellys*
Note: There seems so be some confusion over the above!
1862/Henry Daniels/../../../Kellys
1867/Henry Daniels/../../../Post Office
1870/Robert Powell/../../../Kellys
1871/Robert Powell/../../../Post Office
1874/Samuel Cropley/Cattle Dealer/../../Kellys
1878/Samuel Cropley/../../../Kellys
1881/Samuel Cropley/Dealer & Innkeeper/44/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/Jemima Cropley/Wife/44/Tendring, Essex/Census
1881/Topsy Cropley/Daughter/14/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/William G. Cropley/Son/6/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/Frank Cropley/Son/3/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/Rosa Cropley/Daughter/5m/Lawford, Essex/Census
1882/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1886/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1890/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1894/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1895/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1898/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1899/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1902/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1906/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kellys
1908/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly
1910/Aaron Durrant/../../../Kellys
1912/Aaron Durrant/../../../Kellys
1914/Aaron Durrant/../../../Kellys
1917/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kellys
1922/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kellys
1925/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kellys
1929/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kellys
Nov 24th 1932 - Alston obit - Essex and Suffolk.
By direction of A E Alston, Esq, who approaching 90 years of age, and retiring from the business, which has been in the same family for many generations under the name of "Alston & Sons", The Stour Brewery, Manningtree, Essex - together with 21 Fully Licensed Houses and Beerhouses which are all freehold, viz :
In Essex :
The White Hart Hotel, Manningtree
The Thorn, Mistley
The Waggon and Horses, Mistley
The Horsley Cross Inn, Mistley
The Kings Arms, Lawford
The Village Maid, Bradfield
The Wheatsheaf, Wrabness
The Cross Inn, Grea Bromley (Beerhouse)
The Waggon and Horses, Wix
The White Hart, Wix
The Castle, Ramsey
The Royal Oak, Dovercourt
The Coach and Horses and The Packet, Harwich
The Swan, Stones Green, Great Oakley
The Hare and Hounds, Upper Kirby
The Red Lion, Lower Kirby
The Red Lion, Great Holland, Clacton on Sea
The Red Lion, Great Bentley
The Bowling Green, Elmstead Market
In Suffolk :
The Hare and Hounds, East Bergholt
The Kings Head, Higham
The Brewery and Licensed Houses will first be offered in one lot, and , if not so sold, then in separate lots.
1933/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kellys
1937/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kellys
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England,1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead