Latterly known as the Hoy & Helmet
Hoy, South Benfleet - 22nd July 2000
Taken by Stephen Parker
The Old Parlour, Hoy Inn, Benfleet
Kindly provided by Colleen
Residents at this address
1797-8/William Croxon/Innkeeper/../../Alehouse Recognizances***
1828/William Finch/Innkeeper/../../Alehouse Recognizances*
1828-9/William Finch/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/William Finch/../../../Pigot's
1839/Mary Potter/../../../Pigot's
1840/Mary Potter/../../../Pigot's
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/../../White's
1848/Charles Bailey/Victualler/../../White's
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/../../../Kelly's
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/../../../Kelly's
1867/Isaiah Brown/../../../Post Office
1870/Ambrose Ellis/../../../Kelly's
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/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Warner/../../../Kelly's
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/../../../Kelly's
1886/Mrs. Mahila Warner/../../../Kelly's
1890/Robert Francis/../../../Kelly's
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/../../Kelly's
1895/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kelly's
1898/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kelly's
1899/Robert Francis/Coal Merchant/../../Kelly's
1902/William Lawrence Crow/../../../Kelly's
1906/Mrs. Minnie Greig/../../../Kelly's
1908/Mrs. Minnie Greig/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Lawrence Crow/../../../Kelly's
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/../../../Kelly's
James Page moves to the Kings Arms Hotel, in Grays Thuroock by about 1914.
1914/John William Phillips/../../../Kelly's
1917/John William Phillips/../../../Kelly's
1922/John William Phillips/../../../Kelly's
1925/John William Phillips/../../../Kelly's
1929/Mrs. Anne Phillips../../../Kelly's
1933/Mrs. Anne Phillips/../../../Kelly's
1937/Mrs. Anne Phillips/../../../Kelly's
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
* Provided by Mike Smith
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by Maree Croxon
Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900