Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Pleshey pub history index
Leather Bottle, The Street, Pleshey in 1968
Kindly donated by Colleen
Leather Bottle, The Street, Pleshey in 3rd October 1999
Taken by Dawn in Kelvedon
[Click on thumbnails for higher quality photographs]
Recent photo taken in 2000, of the "Leather Bottle" pub in Pleshey , and The Street, Pleshey where one of my ancestors George Bohannon b1862, Pleshey, was publican from the late 1800's. ***
Residents at this address.
1845/John Dowsett/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1848/John Dowsett/Beerhouse Keeper/../../White's
My maternal grandmother, Ellen Brockway nee Saltmash, was born in Pleshey in 1879. Her mother was Susanna Rayment, born 1845.
The father of Susanna and her 5 siblings was a local Farmer and Butcher who died in 1852 and I assume she took on the Pub as a means of supporting the family as a widow. Susanna went on to marry a cousin Rayment Saltmash and my grandmother was one of 8 children. Rayment was a shoemaker. **
1861/Elizabeth Rayment/Beershop Keeper/57/Springfield, Essex/Census*
1861/Susanna Rayment/Daughter/16/../Pleshey, Essex/Census
1861/Mary Rayment/Daughter in Law/23/Nottingham/Census
1861/Mary Elizabeth Rayment/Granddaughter/../4/Nottingham/Census
1862/Mrs. Elizabeth Rayment/Baker & Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1867/Mrs. Elizabeth Rayment/Baker & Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
1870/William Rayment/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1871/William Rayment/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office
In 1871 at the Beer House, Pleshey, Chelmsford
Charles Philpott, Shoe maker & publican aged 40 and born in Pleshey, Essex
Louisa Philpott, Wife aged45 and born in Chignal St James, Essex
Charlotte Philpott, Daughter aged7 and born in Pleshey, Essex
Charles Philpott, Son aged6 and born in Pleshey, Essex
Mary Ann Philpott, Daughter aged1 and born in Pleshey, Essex
Sophia Boreham, Sister-in-law aged48 and born in Chignal St James, Essex
Mary Harman, Nurse aged65 and born in Great Waltham, Essex
1874/Charles Philpott/Shoemaker & Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1878/Charles Philpott/Shoemaker & Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1881/Charles Philpott/Beerhouse Keeper/50/Pleshey, Essex/Census
1881/Louisa Philpott/55/Wife/Suffolk/Census
1881/Mary Ann Philpott/Daughter/11/Pleshey, Essex/Census
1881/Charles Philpott/Son/16/Pleshey, Essex/Census
1881/Sophia Boreham/Visitor, Sister in Law/55/Suffolk/Census
1882/Charles Philpott/Shoemaker & Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1886/Mrs. Charles Philpott/Shoemaker & Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1894/Mrs. Louisa Philpott/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1898/Charles Philpott/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1899/Charles Philpott/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1902/George Portway/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
An extract from "The Pleshey Parish Magazine" October 1902 regarding the outbreak of diphtheria.
And the Pleshey School in 1900. ***
1908/George Bohannan/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
In 1911 at the Leather Bottle Pleshey Chelmsford Essex
George Bohannan, Publican aged 48 and born in Pleshey, Essex
Jane Mary Bohannan, Wife, Assistant bussiness aged 50 and born in Pleshey, Essex
1912/George Bohannan/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1917/George Bohannan/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1925/George Bohannan/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
Obituary for George Bohannon ("Leather Bottle" Inn) : 1862 - 1927
1933/James Reeve/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
Note: Premises only named in 1861
* Provided by Essex Villages
** Provided by Thomas Gilbert
*** Pictures kindly provided by Ken & Bev Shakespeare
*** Information forwarded by Jan MacKinven