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Hoy & Helmet (Benfleet) 24-32 High Street Benfleet Essex SS7 1NA

The Hoy existed in 1769 and was latterly known as the Hoy & Helmet

Hoy, South Benfleet - 22nd July 2000

Hoy, South Benfleet - 22nd July 2000

Taken by Stephen Parker

The Old Parlour, Hoy Inn, Benfleet

The Old Parlour, Hoy Inn, Benfleet

Kindly provided by Colleen

Residents at this address

The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Stephen Forster, at the Hoy.

The licensee in 1772 was also recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Stephen Forster, at the Hoy.

1797-8/William Croxon/Innkeeper/../../Alehouse Recognizances***

The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Christopher Witton, at the Hoy.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Finch, at the Hoy.

1828/William Finch/Innkeeper/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1828-9/William Finch/../../../Pigots

1832-3/William Finch/../../../Pigots

1839/Mary Potter/../../../Pigots

1840/Mary Potter/../../../Pigots

1841/John Lockwood/innkeeper/30/Essex/Census **
1841/Mather Ann Lockwood/wife/25/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Ann Lockwood/daughter/02/Essex/Census
1841/Mather Ann Lockwood/daughter/7m/Essex/Census
1841/Maria Potter/assistant/15/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Cocks/servant/10/Essex/Census
1841/Bernard Lockwood/lodger, ag lab/35/Essex/Census
1841/John Wheeler/lodger, ag lab/45/Essex/Census
1841/James Luis/lodger, ag lab/35/Essex/Census
1841/William Bush/lodger, ag lab/30/Essex/Census
1841/John Carter/lodger, ag lab/70/Essex/Census
1841/Richard Foster/lodger, ag lab/25/Essex/Census
1841/Nathan Gisby/lodger, ag lab/13/Essex/Census
1841/David Hyman/lodger, ag lab/15/Essex/Census

1845/John Lockwood/../../../Post Office

1848/John Lockwood/Victualler/../../Whites
1848/Charles Bailey/Victualler/../../Whites

1851/James Cheeseman/../../../Post Office

1851/James Cheeseman/victualler/42/Bexley, Kent/Census **
1851/Eliza Cheeseman/wife/37/Leigh, Essex/Census
1851/Daniel Cheeseman/widower, father/servant/74/Eltham, Kent/Census
1951/Hannah Rate/servant/63/Burnham, Essex/Census
1851/James Johnson/lodger, ag lab/46/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1851/Joseph Willis/lodger, ag lab/31/Rochford, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Smith/lodger, ag lab/33/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1851/Henry Sams/lodger, ag lab/26/Hockley, Essex/Census

1855/J. Cheeseman/../../../Kellys

1861/Robert Madgett/publican/38/Broome, Suffolk/Census **
1861/Julia Madgett/wife/42/Hull, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Amy M Madgett/daughter, scholar/04/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1861/Edward Madgett/son/01/South Benfleet, Essex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Burton/servant/19/Hockley, Essex/Census
1861/Henry Young/servant/20/Great Totham, Essex/Census
1861/Hannah Layzell/nursemaid/11/Thundersley, Essex/Census
1861/Edward Mahoney/lodger, hawker/22/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1861/John Barber/lodger, labourer/30/not known/Census
1861/William Norrington/lodger, carrier/34/South Ockendon, Essex/Census
1861/George Mott/lodger, labourer/24/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1861/Samuel Gillman/lodger, fisherman/40/Hadleigh, Essex/Census

1862/James Madgett/../../../Kellys

1867/Isaiah Brown/../../../Post Office

1870/Ambrose Ellis/../../../Kellys

1871/Ambrose Ellis../../../Post Office

1871/Ambrose Ellis/Licensed Victualler/35/ South Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1871/Susanna Ellis/wife/28/ North Benfleet, Essex/Census
1871/James Wright/ostler/14/Pitsea, Essex/Census
1871/Mary A Turner/servant/12/Paglesham, Essex/Census
1871/William Wright/farm labourer/30/Downham, Essex/Census
1871/William Spendlow/farm labourer/21/Rochford, Essex/Census

1874/Ambrose Ellis/../../../Kellys

1878/William Warner/../../../Kellys

1881/William Warner/Innkeeper/44/Felixstow, Suffolk/Census
1881/Mahala Warner/Wife/46/Kingshall, Suffolk/Census
1881/Walter Howe/Nephew, Hostler/19/Bricett, Suffolk/Census
1881/Polly Howe/Niece, Barmaid/17/Bricett, Suffolk/Census
1881/William Davis/Border, Brickmaker/34/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/John Rodgers/Border, Brickmaker/25/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/Fredrick Wildest/Border, Brickmaker/25/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/Richard Rodgers/Border, Brickmaker/18/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/William Rodgers/Border, Brickmaker/17/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/Henry Rodgers/Border, Brickmaker/11/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/William Jarett/Border, Brickmaker/40/Drayton, Middlesex/Census

1882/William Warner/../../../Kellys

1886/Mrs. Mahila Warner/../../../Kellys

1890/Robert Francis/../../../Kellys

1891/Robert Frances/innkeeper/41/Ringshall, Suffolk/Census **
1891/Elizabeth Frances/wife/32/Irchester, Northamptonshire/census
1891/Alfred Mount/groom/31/Needham Market, Suffolk/Census

1894/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1895/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1898/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1899/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kellys

1902/William Lawrence Crow/../../../Kellys

1906/Mrs. Minnie Greig/../../../Kellys

1908/Mrs. Minnie Greig/../../../Kellys

1910/William Lawrence Crow/../../../Kellys

In 1911 census at the Hoy, High Street, South Benfleet James Page, Licensed Victualler, aged 38 years, and born in Hoxton, Middlesex
Maggie Theresa Page, Wife, aged 36 years and born in Ilford, Essex
James Thomas Page, Son, aged 6 years and born in Ilford, Essex
Minnie King, General Servant, aged 26, and born in Romford, Essex
Florrie Warren, Nurse, aged 14, born Grays, Essex
Thomas Leaman, Barman, aged 19, born Southend, Essex
Horace Purser Gripton, Guest, Estate Agent, aged 30, born Tottenham, Middlesex
Annie Frances Gripton, Guest, aged 34, born Waltham Abbey, Essex
Lewis Purser Gripton, Guest, aged 3 months, born Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
Sarah Elizabeth Bacon, Cook, Widow, aged 45, born

1912/James Page/../../../Kellys

James Page moves to the Kings Arms Hotel, in Grays Thuroock by about 1914.

1914/John William Phillips/../../../Kellys

1917/John William Phillips/../../../Kellys

1922/John William Phillips/../../../Kellys

1925/John William Phillips/../../../Kellys

1929/Mrs. Anne Phillips../../../Kellys

1933/Mrs. Anne Phillips/../../../Kellys

1937/Mrs. Anne Phillips/../../../Kellys

In 1939 at the Hoy, High Street, South Benfleet
Annie Phillips, Licensed Victualler, Widowed, born 06 Apr 1871
John G H Phillips, Manager (Licensed Victualler), born 0 Aug 1894
Nellie M Phillips, Unpaid Domestic Duties, born 5 Feb 1905

2017, Hoy & Helmet (Benfleet) 24-32 High Street Benfleet Essex SS7 1NA, Green King



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*** Provided by Maree Croxon

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