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Hare & Hounds, Bishops Stortford Road, Roxwell CM1 4LU

Later The Hare, Roxwell

Hare, Roxwell, 27 August 2005

Hare, Roxwell, 27 August 2005

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Residents at this address.

The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Pierce, at the Hare & Hounds.

The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Suckling, at the Hare & Hounds.

1832-3/William Cheek/../../../Pigots

1839/Sarah Cheek/../../../Pigots

1845/Mrs. Cheek/../../../Post Office

1848/Sarah Cheek/Victualler/../../Whites

1851/Mrs. Sarah Cheek/../../../Post Office

1851/Sarah Cheek/widow, licensed victualler/60/Roxwell, Essex/Census ***
1851/Maria Cheek/daughter, assistant/29/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/Stephen Cheek/son, ag lab/23/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/George Cheek/son, ag lab/17/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/William Cheek/grandson/09/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/William Halls/lodger, ag lab/60/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/William Halls junior/lodger, ag lab/16/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Halls/lodger, ag lab/10/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/Stephen Gower/lodger, ag lab/23/Margaret Roding, Essex/Census
1851/James Franklin/lodger, bricklayer/57/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1851/John James/lodger, ag lab/41/Good Easter, Essex/Census

1855/Mrs. S. Cheek/../../../Kellys*

My Great Great Grandfather James Emerson, was a Publican from 1861 to 1871 at the Hare & Hounds, Blackwall. He originally came from Alford in Lincolnshire. The 1871 Census confirms that most of his family had moved from the Hare, up the road to Boyton Cross, their occupations then became carpenters/wheelwrights. The family remained in the Chelmsford area for the next 10-15 years.  **
Tracking my Gr Grandfather also a James Emerson, he became the Publican at The Willows or Three Willows Birchanger, circa 1899 for some 8 years and remained in the Bishops Stortford area, where  we still have Jamess extended family living there. **
Jamess brother Frank, also became involved with the Chelmsford Breweries and then moved to Hitchin St, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire to run the Black Bear (shown on Census 1901).
Wherever I track I can find family either working as Master Brewers at Sawbridgeworth/Bishops Stortford or, as my Grandfather Frederick Emerson did in his youth, drive steam engines - up to Bury St Edmunds, also for Taylors.
Frederick Emerson married a daughter Eva, from a very successful Publican family from Sawbridgeworth, who ran the George IV _ James Broad and his eldest daughter ran The Fox. **

1861/James Emerson/Publican/40/Alford, Lincolnshire/Census **
1861/Elizabeth Emerson/Wife/43/Wickenby, Lincolnshire/Census
1861/John Emerson/Son/11/South Wheald, Essex/Census
1861/James Emerson/Son/8/Thorney, Nottinghamshire/Census
1861/Thomas Emerson/Son/6/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1861/Frank Emerson/Son/4/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1861/Edward Emerson/Son/2/Roxwell, Essex/Census

1862/James Emerson/../../../Kellys

1867/James Emerson/Family Brewer & Farmer/../../Post Office

1870/James Emerson/Family Brewer & Farmer/../../Kellys

1871/James Emerson/Family Brewer & Farmer/../../Post Office

1871/Henry Hawkins/Publican & Brewer/25/Great Maplestead, Essex/Census
1871/Hannah Louisa Hawkins/Wife/23/Great Maplestead, Essex/Census
1871/Jessie Louisa Hawkins/Daughter/4/Mallock Bath, Derbyshire/Census
1871/Harry Frank Hawkins/Son/9 months/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1871/Hannah Hawkins/Mother, Tailoress/45/Great Maplestead, Essex/Census
1871/Letitia Hawkins/General Servant/16/Great Maplestead, Essex/Census

1874/Henry Hawkins/Brewer & Farmer/../../Kellys

1878/Robert Dawson/../../../Kellys

1881/William Stokes/Publican/56/Chignall Smealy, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Stokes/Wife/52/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1881/Walter Hare/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/30/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1881/George Mead/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/24/Stanway, Essex/Census

1882/William Stokes/../../../Kellys

1886/William Stokes/../../../Kellys

1890/William Stokes/../../../Kellys

1894/James Page/../../../Kellys

1895/James Page/../../../Kellys

1898/James Page/../../../Kellys

1899/James Page/../../../Kellys

1902/George William Goodchild/../../../Kellys

1906/Herbert Kemp/../../../Kellys

1908/Herbert Kemp/../../../Kellys

1910/Herbert Kemp/../../../Kellys

1912/Herbert Kemp/../../../Kellys

1914/William Bird/../../../Kellys

1917/William Bird/../../../Kellys

1922/William Bird/../../../Kellys

1925/Edward Letts/../../../Kellys

1929/Edward Letts/../../../Kellys

1933/Edward Letts/../../../Kellys

1937-43/Mrs. A. Letts/../../../Kellys

My Grandma Mrs Alice Letts was the landlady of the Hare @ Hounds until September 1943. It was then handed over to my stepfather Jack Reynolds and my mother Doris Reynolds at that date and remained in the family until June 1979 whereon my mother died. The name difference was due to the fact that my father Bernard Mays died in 1937 who was the illegitimate son of Alice Letts and he was born in 1909. Jack and Doris produced two sons Raymond and Richard Reynolds, sadly Richard died in November 2000.

1943/Jack Reynolds/../../../..


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* Provided by Heather Ryman

*** Provided by John Mead

Derek Mays


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