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Golden Lion, High Street, Rayleigh

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Edward Burton is licensee at the Golden Lyon, Rayleigh in 1776.

Golden Lion, High Street, Rayleigh

Golden Lion, High Street, Rayleigh

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Residents at this address.

The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Burton, at the Golden Lyon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Burton, at the Golden Lyon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Witham, at the Golden Lion, Rayleigh.

1826/John Witham/../../../Essex Recognizances

1828-9/John Witham/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/John Witham/../../../Pigot's

From the Chelmsford Chronicle 20-Mar-1835:

11th March inst. after a short illness aged 74 years, Mr John Witham of the Lion Inn, Rayleigh, deeply lamented by his large family and numerous circle of friends, as a tender and affectionate father and husband, and as a sincerely esteemed neighbour for his ready generous acts of liberality and kindness, his loss will be sincerely regretted by very many persons who knew him. Forty years since he was the highly respectable landlord of the Bull Inn, Rochester, Kent. ***

1839/Neville Syer/../../../White's

1845/Mrs. Charlotte Syer/../../../Post Office

1851/John Ivory/../../../Post Office

1851/John Ivory/innkeeper/48/Middlesex/Census **
1851/Maria Ivory/wife/44/France (British Subject)/Census
1851/George Ivory/son, scholar/08/St George, Middlesex/Census
1851/Eliza Cockley/house servant/21/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1851/John Saward/ostler/22/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1851/William Lodge/lodger, widower, decayed farmer/65/Hockley, Essex/Census
1851/George Hart/lodger, marine drummer/28/Chatham, Kent/Census

1855/R Mountain/../../../Post Office

1856/Nicoll Syer/../../../Post Office

1862/Neville Syer/../../../Kelly's

1867/Neville Syer/../../../Post Office

1870/Mrs. Fanny Syer/../../../Kelly's

1871/Mrs. Fanny Syer/../../../Post Office

1874/Mrs. Fanny Syer/../../../Kelly's

1878/George Deadman/../../../Kelly's

1882/William Hudson/../../../Kelly's

1886/John Francis Tucker/../../../Kelly's

1890/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1894/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1895/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1898/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1899/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1902/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1906/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1908/William Page/../../../Kelly's

1910/Mrs. Eliza Page/../../../Kelly's

1912/Mrs. Eliza Page/../../../Kelly's

1914/Mrs. Eliza Page/../../../Kelly's

1917/Joseph Howard O'Toole/../../../Kelly's

1922/Joseph Howard O'Toole/../../../Kelly's

1925-6/Douglas Francis White/../../../Kelly's

1929/Thomas L. Hardy/../../../Kelly's


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