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Half Moon, 5 High Street, Rayleigh SS6 7EW

Rayleigh pub history index

Dianah Ward was licensee at the Half Moon, Rayleigh in 1769.

Half Moon, High Street, Rayleigh, 8th August 1999

Half Moon, High Street, Rayleigh, 8th August 1999

Taken by Stephen Parker

Residents at this address.

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Dianah Ward, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Dianah Ward Widow, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1776 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Dianah Ward, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Stephen Ward, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1801 and 1804 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Alabaster, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Saward, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Alabaster, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Alabaster, at the Half Moon, Rayleigh.

1832-3/James Yell/../../../Pigot's

1839/Mary Yell/../../../Pigot's

1841/Mary Yell/Innkeeper/40/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Merryfield/Female servant/20/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Wale/Female servant/18/Essex/Census
1841/John Savall/Male servant/30/Essex/Census
1841/John Mountain/../40/Essex/Census
1841/John Mountain/../9/Essex/Census

1845/John Bishop Mountain/../../../Post Office

1848/John Bishop Mountain/../../../White's

1851/John Bishop Mountain/../../../Post Office

1851/William Finch/innkeeper/39/Downham, Essex/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Finch/wife/39/Wickford, Essex/Census ***
1851/Fanny Finch/daughter, scholar/08/Ramsden, Essex/Census ***
1851/Isabella Finch/daughter, scholar/07/Ramsden, Essex/Census ***
1851/Catherine Brown/innkeeper’s servant/20/Hawkwell, Essex/Census ***
1851/George Battle/groom/25/Billericay, Essex/Census ***
1851/William Green/lodger, blacksmith/40/Woodham, Essex/Census ***
1851/Joseph Saveall/lodger, drover/50/Hockley, Essex/Census ***

1855/W. Finch/../../../Kelly's*

In 1861 at the Half Moon, Street, Rayleigh,
Edward Bright, Inn keeper aged 25 and born in Ashingdon, Essex
Eliza Bright, Sister aged 21 and born in Ashingdon, Essex
William Shuttleworth, Waiter aged 18 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
Mary A Tunnage, SHousemaid aged 19 and born in Woodham, Essex
John G Eve, Lodger, Painter aged 25 and born in Hadfield, Essex

1862/Edward Bright/../../../Kelly's

1867/Edward Bright/../../../Post Office

1870/Edward Bright/../../../Kelly's

1871/Edward Bright/../../../Post Office

In 1871 at the Half Moon Inn, High Street, Rayleigh
Edward Bright, Publican aged 35 and born in Ashingdon, Essex
Eliza Bright, Sister, House keeper aged 30 and born in Ashingdon, Essex
Ellen Neal, Servant aged 17 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
Charles Scott, Groom & pot boy aged 15 and born in Foulness Island, Essex

1874/Jesse Ambrose Brown/../../../Kelly's

1878/William Cocks/../../../Kelly's

1881/Thomas Edwards/Publican/41/Cotteshall, Norfolk/Census
1881/Emma Edwards/Wife/39/Horndon, Essex/Census
1881/Florence Edwards/Daughter/2/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1881/Mary A. Cracknell/General Servant/13/Eastwood, Essex/Census

1882/Thomas Edwards/../../../Kelly's

1886/Thomas Edwards/../../../Kelly's

1890/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

In 1891 at the Half Moon, High Street, Rayleigh,
Samuel Franklin, Licensed victualler aged 46 and born in Wickford, Essex
Jane Franklin, Wife aged 40 and born in Maldon, Essex
Herbert Arthur Franklin, Son, Groom aged 20 and born in Cold Norton, Essex
Ernest George Franklin, Son, Groom aged 16 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
Lizzie Miriam Nunn, Niece, Servant aged 13 and born in Southminster, Essex
William Jacob, Boarder, Miller aged 40

1894/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1895/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1898/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1899/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

In 1901 at the Half Moon, High Street, Rayleigh
Samuel Franklin, Proprietor of inn aged 53 and born in Wickford, Essex
Jane Franklin, Wife aged 51 and born in Maldon, Essex
Ernest George Franklin, Son, Assistant at inn aged 25 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
Samuel Franklin, Grand son aged 4 and born in St Pancras, Middlesex

1902/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1906/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1907/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's**

1908/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1910/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

In 1911 at The Half Moon Rayleigh, Rayleigh
Samuel Franklin, Inn keeper aged 63 and born in Wickford, Essex
Hannah Franklin, Wife, Assisting in the busines aged 62 and born in Maldon, Essex
Ernest Franklin, Son, Assisting in the busines aged 33 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
Samuel Franklin, Grandson aged 14 and born in St Giles, London

1912/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1914/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

1917/Samuel Franklin/../../../Kelly's

In 1921 at the Halfmoon Inn, High Street, Rayleigh
Francis William Vickers, Publican aged 51 and born in Cottingham, Northamptonshire
Jane Vickers, House Wife aged 50 and born in Oakham, Rutland
Evelyn Frances Vickers, Daughter, Drapers Assistant aged 17 and born in Northampton, Northamptonshire
Ella Vickers, Daughter, Domestic Duties, Half Moon aged 21 and born in Kettering, Northamptonshire
Henry Bullen, Boarder, Old Age Pensioner aged 73 and born in Rayleigh, Essex
John Elcock, Boarder aged 77 and born in Woking, Surrey
Frank Merryfield, Boarder, Drover aged 47 and born in Hockley, Essex
Frederick Crouch, Boarder, Labourer aged 60 and born in Shoreditch, London
Walter Cooper, Boarder, Clay Worker, Brick Works aged 46 and born in Hampshire

1922/F. W. Vickers/../../../Kelly's

1925/Alfred Walford Munyard/../../../Kelly's

1929/Ernest A. Gilford/../../../Kelly's

1933/Ernest A. Gilford/../../../Kelly's

1937/E. A. Gilford/../../../Kelly's


* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900

** Provided by Jennifer Moulding, the Great, Great Granddaughter of Samuel Franklin

*** Provided by John Mead

Provided by Rex Watson


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