Orsett pub history index
1823 - Estates of Richard Baker esq, Essex derived by him from Richard Baker & Elizabeth Baker, both deceased. Lesses and occupiers - Joseph Woodcock and Thomas Hodges (Robert Partridge their pub lessee). from Lady Day 1817 for 10 years at £30 per annum. ***
Also know as the Old Cock and the Orsett Cock. House rebuilt and reopened in 1930
Circa
WW1, when Henry (aka Harry) Pettitt was the publican.
Provided by Stephen Poole, a distant relative of Henry Pettitt
Cock, Orsett, Essex - post 1930
27th May 2001
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1823/Robert Partridge/../../../ERO
1828-9/Robert Partridge/../../../Pigot's
1839/Robert Partridge/../../../Pigot's
1845/Lawrence Thurgood/../../../Post Office
1848/Lawrence Thurgood/Victualler/../../White's
1851/Daniel Partridge/../../../Post Office
1851/Daniel Partridge/innkeeper and bricklayer/26/Orsett, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary A Partridge/wife/26/Orsett, Essex/Census **
1851/Annie Partridge/daughter/10m/Orsett, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Thurgood/mother in law/66/Northamptonshire/Census **
1851/Thomas Partridge/brother, master plumber/32/Orsett, Essex/Census **
1851/Henry Gentry/brother in law, carpenter/21/Purleigh, Essex/Census **
1851/Golden Alason/lodger, ag lab/38/Horndon, Essex/Census **
1855/D. Partridge/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Daniel Partridge/../../../Kelly's
1867/Daniel Partridge/../../../Post Office
1870/Daniel Partridge/../../../Kelly's
1871/Daniel Partridge/../../../Post Office
1874/William Stock/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Stock/../../../Kelly's
1881/William Stock/Licensed Victualler/62/Sible Hedingham, Essex/Census
1881/Susannah Stock/Wife/58/Laindon Hills, Essex/Census
1881/Cornelius Hardy/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/62/Fobbing, Essex/Census
1881/George Smith/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/34/Gosfield, Essex/Census
1881/Daniel Hall/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/39/Shoreditch,
Middlesex/Census
1881/William Baldwin/Lodger, Gas Stoker/30/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Stock/../../../Kelly's
1886/Hyam Pierce/../../../Kelly's
1890/Henry Offord/../../../Kelly's
1894/James Pettitt/Bricklayer/../../Kelly's
1895/James Pettitt/Bricklayer/../../Kelly's
1898/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1899/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1901/Henry Pettitt/Licensed Victualler/39/Orsett, Essex/Census
1901/Emma Pettitt/Wife/35/Hartley, Kent/Census
1901/George Pettitt/Son/10/Orsett, Essex/Census
1901/Ellen Martin/Sister in Law, Barmaid/25/Hartley, Kent/Census
1901/Albert Johnson/Cousin, Potman/26/Orsett, Essex/Census
1902/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1906/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1908/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1910/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1912/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1914/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1917/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1922/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1925/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1929/Henry Pettitt/../../../Kelly's
1930 - 1938/J G Jones/../../../Freehold
1933/Gabriel John Jones/../../../Kelly's
1937/Gabriel John Jones/../../../Kelly's
1939/R Childs/../../../Freehold
1940/C Childs/father in law of R Childs/../../Freehold
1941 - 1946/Winterman/../../../Freehold
1947 - 1958/P E Oliver/late of the White Hart, Grays/../../Freehold
1959 - 1964/A Swan/../../../Freehold
1965/A Swan & I A Aylmer/../../../Freehold
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead
*** ERO D/DOp/B73