Rayleigh pub history index
The Scottish Maps NLS show the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh which is north east of Rayleigh.
John Holmes is at the Drovers Arms in 1772; and Charles Young is licensee at the Drover, Rayleigh in 1776. The census appears to register London road and Watery lane as the probable siting. Closed by 1896.
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Holmes, at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh.
The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Charles Young, at the Drover, Rayleigh.
The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Marshall, at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh.
The licensee in 1801 and 1804 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Law, at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh.
The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Anthony Thatcher, at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Daniel Partner, at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh.
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as George Dowsett, at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh.
1832-3/John Steers/../../../Pigot's
1839/Henry Finch/../../../Pigot's
1848/Isaac Watts/../../../White's
1851/Isaac Watts/../../../Post Office
1851/Isaac Watts/licensed victualler/34/Thundersley, Essex/Census **
1851/Ann Watts/wife/26/Eastwood, Essex/Census
1851/Ann Watts/daughter/[06]/Rayleigh, Essex/Census ** (age on census = 16! – could wife be 36 or daughter 6?)
1852/L. Watts/../../../Kelly's*
1855/L. Davis/../../../Kelly's*
In 1861 at the Drovers Arms Public House, London Road, Rayleigh, Rochford
William Lincoln, Innkeeper aged 54 and born in Moreton, Essex
Ann Lincoln, Wife aged 53 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
Mary Ann Lincoln, Daughter aged 22 and born in Eastwood, Essex
James Lincoln, Bakers Son aged 19 and born in Eastwood, Essex
James Smith, Lodger, Hurdle maker aged 45 and born in Hawkwell, Essex
Thomas White, Lodger aged 11 and born in Thundersley, Essex
Samuel Price, Lodger aged 11 and born in Eastwood, Essex
1862/William Lincoln/../../../Kelly's
1867/William Lincoln/../../../Post Office
1870/William Lincoln/../../../Kelly's
In 1871 at the Drovers Arms, Rayleigh, Rochford, Essex
William Lincoln, Licensed victualler & farmer of 40 acres employing 2 men aged 64 and born in High Ongar, Essex
Ann Lincoln, Wife aged 62 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
James T Lincoln, Son aged 30 and born in Eastwood, Essex
Phoebe A Hitch, General servant aged 16 and born in Hockley, Essex
Samuel Price, Boarder, Agricultural laborer aged 21 and born in Eastwood, Essex
1871/William Lincoln/../../../Post Office
1874/Mrs. Ann Lincoln/../../../Kelly's
1878/James Lincoln/../../../Kelly's
1881/James Thomas Lincoln/Beerhouse Keeper/35/Eastwood, Essex/Census
1881/Phoebe Lincoln/Wife/30/Hockley, Essex/Census
1881/Annie A. Lincoln/Daughter/6/Orsett, Essex/Census
1881/Ellen Lincoln/Daughter/4/Hockley, Essex/Census
1881/William Lincoln/Son/2/Hockley, Essex/Census
1881/Mary J. Lincoln/Daughter/4m/Hockley, Essex/Census
1881/James Flemming/Boarder, Farm Labourer/30/Southminster, Essex/Census
1882/James Lincoln/../../../Kelly's
Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser. 23 June 1882
The Drovers Arms, Rayleigh was transferred from James Lincoln to James Popplewell
1886/Daniel Lown/../../../Kelly's
1890/James Bowen/../../../Kelly's
1894/James Bowen/../../../Kelly's
1895/James Bowen/../../../Kelly's
East Anglian Daily Times. 24 November 1896
The Drovers Arms, Rayleigh, Essex
1 mile from Rayleigh Station
Remarkably Eligible Freehold House and Land (formerly a Public House, but now sold as Private Property)
G B Hilliard & Son
We sell by Auction at the Crown Hotel, Rayleigh, on Tuesday, December 15th, 1896.
The above Unique Property comprising :-
1 A substantial Dwelling house, with stabling, garden and pasture.
2 An Inclosure of Accommodation Pasture Land
3 A Field of Arable Land - All situated by the roadside one mile from Rayleigh town, on high ground, sloping gently towards the south, and possessing a very extensive frontage to the main road leading to Rochford, making it extremely eligible for building purposes.
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead