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Half Moon, High Street, Rayleigh

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Dianah Ward was licensee at the Half Moon, Rayleigh in 1776.

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 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 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*

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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