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Rodney, North Hill, Little Baddow CM3 4TQ

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The Rodney had been opened as a Pleasure Garden about 1885 and the Danbury Griffin was responding with stabling and garages for cars. First the bicycle, then the bus and ultimately the motorcar were to help change the two parishes between 1900 and 1930. The low population figures for 1901 were dramatically transformed by 1931.

This eighteenth century building was described as a cottage with garden in 1840. It was owned by Thomas Hodge and occupied by James Edwards. By the late 1840s Charles Smith was a baker, grocer and beer seller here, so it was only natural that he took over about 1867 the discarded Rodney sign from up the hill. Charles Smith continued with his trade and even after his death his widow, Mrs. Lois Smith, continued as a baker and publican, but was assisted in 1881 by her brother, Jacob Barnard. Before 1900 her son, Herbert Smith, had taken over the bakery and beer trade which did not cease until the arrival of a new landlord, Sidney Wager, about 1905. Down to 1929 there was a succession of landlords here, including George Collins, Edward Russell and Edward Bickmore. *

Rodney, Middle Mead, Little Baddow

July 2002

Taken by Stephen Parker

Residents at this address

1828-9/John Pullen/../../../Pigots

1839/Mary Pullen/../../../Pigots

1845/Mrs. Mary Pullen/../../../Post Office

1848/Mary Pullen/Victualler/../../Whites

1851/Mrs. Mary Pullen/../../../Post Office

1851/Mary Pullen/widow, victualler/89/Widford, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary White/stepdaughter, assistant publican/48/Maldon, Essex/Census
1851/James White/son in law, ag lab/33/Little Baddow, Essex/Census

1871/Charles Smith/baker and publican/60/Isle of Whight, Hampshire/Census **
1871/Herbert Smith/son/10/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1871/Emma Box/daughter, married, carver and gilder’s wife/../Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1871/James Box/grandson/01/Westminster, London/Census
1871/William Rumsey/boarder, widower, ag lab/60/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1871/John Argent/boarder, cordwainer/[20]/Sudbury, Suffolk Census

1874/Mrs. Lois Smith/Baker/../../Kellys

1878/Mrs. Lois Smith/Baker/../../Kellys

1881/Lois Smith/Publican/65/Great Bursted, Essex/Census
1881/Jacob Barnard/Brother, Assistant/70/Great Bursted, Essex/Census
1881/Herbert Smith/Son, Baker/27/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1881/Hyram Sorrell/Lodger, Jobbing Gardener/50/Little Baddow, Essex/Census

1882/Mrs. Lois Smith/../../../Kellys

1886/Mrs. Lois Smith/Shopkeeper/../../Kellys

1890/Mrs. Lois Smith/Shopkeeper/../../Kellys

1891/Herbert Smith/Baker/39/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1891/Mary L. Smith/Wife/30/South Wales/Census
1891/Lavinia L. Smith/Daughter/7/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1891/Ada M. Smith/Daughter/3/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1891/Pryce C. Smith/Son/1/Little Baddow, Essex/Census
1891/? Amy Russell/18/Housemaid/Terling, Essex/Census
1891/Lois Smith/Innkeeper/76/Great Burstead, Essex/Census

1894/Mrs. Lois Smith/Shopkeeper/../../Kellys

1895/Mrs. Lois Smith/Shopkeeper/../../Kellys

1899/Herbert Smith/Baker & Beer Retailer/../../Kellys

1902/Herbert Smith/Baker/../../Kellys

1906/Sidney Wager/../../../Kellys

1908/Sidney Wager/../../../Kellys

1910/George Praed Collins/../../../Kellys

1912/George Praed Collins/../../../Kellys

1914/Edward Russell/../../../Kellys

1917/Edward Bickmore/../../../Kellys

1922/Edward Bickmore/../../../Kellys

1925/Edward Bickmore/../../../Kellys

1929/Edward Bickmore/../../../Kellys

1933/Edward Bickmore/../../../Kellys

1937/John Vincent Goldsworthy/../../../Kellys

1943/John Vincent Goldsworthy/../../../Kellys




* Chris Day, The Little Baddow History Centre

** Provided by John Mead


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