Leigh pub history index
Samuel Preston was licensee at the Crooked Billet, Leigh in 1772 and 1776.
Crooked Billet, High Street, Leigh on Sea - circa early 1900s
Kindly provided by Colleen
Crooked Billet, High Street, Leigh inn sign 2001
Taken by Michael Bundock
Crooked Billet, High Street, Leigh 19th December 1999
Taken by Stephen Parker
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Samuel Preston, at the Crooked Billet, Leigh.
The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Samuel Preston, at the Crooked Billet, Leigh.
The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Morris, at the Billet, Leigh.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Wilkin, at the Crooked Billet, Leigh.
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Wilkin, at the Crooked Billet, Leigh.
1828-9/William Wilkins/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Jane Cook/../../../Pigot's
1839/Henry Frost/../../../Pigot's
1845/Henry Frost/../../../Post Office
1848/William Rolph Hay/../../../White's
1851/William Hay/../../../Post Office
1851/William R Hay/victualler and van proprietor/42/Leigh, Essex/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Hay/wife/40/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1851/Susannah Hay/daughter/19/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1851/Eliza Hay/daughter/16/Shenfield, Essex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Hay/daughter, scholar/12/Shenfield, Essex/Census
1851/Harriet Hay/daughter, scholar/10/Shenfield, Essex/Census
1851/Mary A Hay/widow, mother/64/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1851/William Rod/visitor, shoemaker/30/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Rod/his wife/27/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1851/Daniel Pye/ostler/23/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Wood/house servant/18/Shoebury, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Nave/lodger, labourer/20/Leigh, Essex/Census
1855/I. Watts/../../../Kelly's*
1861/Isaac Watts/Innkeeper/45/Thurdersley, Essex/Census **
1861/Mary A Watts/Wife/35/Rochford, Essex/Census
1861/George Thomas/Wifes Brother, Chelsea Pensioner/33/Rochford, Essex/Census
1861/Emma South/Domestic Servant/16/Rochford, Essex/Census
1861/George Webb/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/16/Batley, Suffolk/Census
1861/Thomas King/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/20/Courgase, Suffolk/Census
1861/Jonathon Going/Lodger, Fisherman/40/Leigh, Essex/Census
1862/Isaac Watts/../../../Kelly's
1867/Mrs. Mary Ann Watts/../../../Post Office
1870/John Bull/../../../Kelly's
1871/John Bull/../../../Post Office
1874/John Bull/../../../Kelly's
1878/Charles Andrews/../../../Kelly's
1881/Robert Noake/Publican/33/Leigh, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Noake/Sister/40/Leigh, Essex/Census
1881/George Osborn/Boarder, Town Crier/53/Leigh, Essex/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/Robert Noakes/../../../Kelly's
1886/Robert Noakes/../../../Kelly's
1890/Mark Osband/../../../Kelly's
1891/Ephraim Williams/Innkeeper/53/Braintree, Essex/Census **
1891/Emma Williams/Wife, Assistant/56/Wickford, Essex/Census
1891/Emily Williams/Daughter, Assistant/27/Black Notley, Essex/Census
1891/Edith Williams/Daughter, Assistant/19/Vange, Essex/Census
1894/Ephraim Williams/../../../Kelly's
1895/Ephraim Williams/../../../Kelly's
1898/Ephraim Williams/../../../Kelly's
1899/Ephraim Williams/../../../Kelly's
1902/Mrs. Ephraim Williams/../../../Kelly's
1906/William Henry Theobald/../../../Kelly's
1908/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1914/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1917/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1922/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1925/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1929/William Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1933/Walter Henry Main. Osborne/../../../Kelly's
1937/Walter Henry Main. Osborne/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by CG
*** Provided by John Mead