Stapleford Tawney pub history index
Ceased being a pub in the early 1870's. It is listed in the 1881 census return as "late Talbott Inn", so must have closed by this point. *+
Talbot, Stapleford Tawney 1863
Provided by George & Caroline Berg. Benjamin Cooper is sitting second right.
The Talbot & the paddocks circa 1950
Pictures kindly provided by Judith Beresford-Clarke
My Grandmother, Bertha Freeman (nee Prescott) from Yorkshire, was married to Dudley Freeman, who was a tenant farmer at Lawns, Murrells and Traceys farms until he died in his sixties. Bertha came to The Talbot as a widow in the late 30's/early 40's, and my parents, Gwendoline and Bernard Botwood, who had lived at Quendon for a short while, moved in with her. I joined them in 1945. There were always 'lodgers' there, as I think that my Grandmother sub-let during the war to make ends meet, and this continued until we all left in 1957. The house as well as the farms all belonged to Sir Drummond, and then to his son Sir Thomas Spencer-Smith, of Suttons. He offered to sell Talbot House to my parents - and here I am relying entirely on memory so don't hold me to it- with a private mortgage for £6,000. My family could not afford this so we moved on to the next rented property, and so on. Sir Thomas was a good landlord, but died in 1959, leaving a wife and one son. ***
Talbot, Stapleford Tawney 2001
Provided by George & Caroline Berg.
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Joseph Cooper, at the Talbot, Stapleford Tawney.
1841/Mary Cooper/Inn Keeper/50/Essex/Census *+
1841/Benjamin Cooper/Brewer/20/Essex/Census
1841/Ann Cooper/../30/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Ann Cooper/../15/Essex/Census
1841/James Ballis/Assistant/25/Essex/Census
1841/Ann Dow/Servant/17/Essex/Census
1841/James Hitchcock/Servant/30/Essex/Census
1841/Samuel Tibbcock/Agricultural Labourer/40/Essex/Census
1841/William Tibbcock/Agricultural Labourer/15/Essex/Census
1841/William Perry/Agricultural Labourer/15/Essex/Census
1841/William Battle/Agricultural Labourer/15/Essex/Census
1841/William Stanner/Agricultural Labourer/17/Essex/Census
1841/John Cracknal/Agricultural Labourer/15/Essex/Census
1841/William Lewis/Agricultural Labourer/17/../Census
1845/Mrs. Mary Cooper/../../../Post Office
1848/Mary Cooper/Victualler/../../White's
1851/Mrs. Mary Cooper/../../../Post Office
1851/Benjamin Cooper/innkeeper/31/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census **
1851/Stephen Cooper/brother, assistant/29/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Champness/visitor, dressmaker/28/Epping, Essex/Census
1851/Charlotte Simons/servant/28/Coopersale, Essex/Census
1851/Susan Marible/servant/25/North Weald, Essex/Census
1851/Adam Bourame/servant/20/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census
1851/James Lees/lodger, horse keeper/31/White Roding, Essex/Census
1851/John Phillips/lodger, ag lab/30/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1851/William Stokes/gardener/68/Stapleford Abbots, Essex/Census
1852/Mrs. M. Cooper/../../../Kelly's*
1855/B. Cooper/../../../Kelly's*
1861/Benjamin Cooper/Victualler/40/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Cooper/Sister, Housekeeper/40/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1861/George Britton/Ostler/28/Bobbingworth, Essex/Census
1861/William Stokes/Servant, Labourer/77/Stapleford Abbotts, Essex/Census
1861/Eliza Britton/Barmaid/18/Epping, Essex/Census
1861/Maria West/Waitress/67/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census
1861/Joseph Salmons/Servant, Labourer/52/Havering Atte Bower,
Essex/Census
1861/William Argent/Lodger, Ag Labourer, Widow/60/Bobbingworth,
Essex/Census
1862/Benjamin Cooper/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1867/Benjamin Cooper/Brewer/../../Post Office
1870/Benjamin Cooper/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1871/Benjamin Cooper/Brewer/../../Post Office
1871/Benjamin Cooper/Victualler/51/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah O Cooper/Wife/29/Epping, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah Cooper/Sister in Law/49/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1871/Martha L Driver/Domestic Servant/18/Stapleford Tawney, Essex/Census
1871/Mary Webb/Domestic Servant/19/Bishops Stortford/Census
1871/Frederick J White/Domestic Servant/20/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1871/James Smith/Domestic Servant/14/Stanford Rivers, Essex/Census
1871/Joseph Salmons/Domestic Servant/63/Havering, Essex/Census
1871/George Baker/Ag Labourer/24/Theydon Bois, Essex/Census
1874/Benjamin Cooper/brewer/../../Post Office Directory *+
1881/Sarah E. Cooper/Annuitant (Widow)/36/Epping, Essex/Census *+
1881/Jane Gould/General Servant Domestic/19/High Beech, Essex/Census
1881/James Smith/Farm Servant/20/Ongar, Essex/Census
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*+ Provided by Ewan
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by Judith Beresford Clarke