Waltham Abbey pub history index
Also known as the Crown
Formerly the Rose & Crown, Copthall Green, Waltham Abbey. About 1903 it changed and became a Temperance Hotel and forest retreat. Today it is Copped Hall Green Farm (2013).
Kindly provided by Dolores Dilley
Residents at this address
The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Benjamin Pryer, at the Rose & Crown, Waltham Holy Cross.
The licensee in 1804, 1806 and 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Benjamin Prior, at the Rose & Crown, Waltham Holy Cross.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Elizah Enever, at the Rose & Crown, Waltham Holy Cross.
1841/John Spurgen/Ag Labourer & Victualler/30/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Spurgen/../20/Essex/Census
1841/Arthur Spurgen/../60/Essex/Census
1848/John Spurgen/../../../Whites
1862/? Osborne/../../../Kellys
1865/J. Osborne/../../../Kellys*
1867/John Osborne/../../../Post Office
1870/Mrs. Mary Osborne/../../../Kellys
1871/Emma Coborn/Licensed Victualler, Widow/51/East Indies, British subject/Census
1871/Maria Nottage/General Servant/22/Epping, Essex/Census
1871/George Wood/Servant, Ag Labourer/24/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
+ Boarders
1874/Mrs. Mary Osborne/../../../Kellys
1876/Mrs. Mary Osborne/../../../Kellys*
1878/Mrs. Mary Osborne/../../../Kellys
1880/William Gregory/../../../Kellys*
1881/William Gregory/Licensed Victualler/60/Epping, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Gregory/Wife/60/Stone, Buckingham/Census
1881/George Gregory/Brother, Agricultural Labourer/46/Epping, Essex/Census
1881/Samuel Hawk/Brother, Agricultural Labourer/24/Essex/Census
1881/William Skinner/Brother, Agricultural Labourer/35/../Census
1881/William Lookhall/Boarder, Labourer/60/Epping, Essex/Census
1881/Ann Gilbert/General Domestic Servant/49/Burnt Pelham, Hertford/Census
1881/Henry Gilbert/Ostler/18/Burnt Pelham, Hertford/Census
1882/William Gregory/../../../Kellys
1885/Frederick Seymour/../../../Kellys*
1886/Frederick Seymour/../../../Kellys
18 October
1889/John Ellis/Outgoing Licensee/../../Chelmsford Chronicle
Oliver Jonathan Webster is earlier at the
Crown, in Harlow.
18 October
1889/Oliver Jonathan Webster/Incoming Licensee/../../Chelmsford Chronicle
1890/Oliver Jonathan Webster/../../../Kellys
1891/Oliver J Webster/Publican/34/Writtle, Essex/Census
1891/Alice Webster/Wife/26/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1891/Henry G Webster/Son/10/Stondon, Essex/Census
1891/Kate Webster/Daughter/11/Stondon, Essex/Census
1891/Rosa Webster/Daughter/8/Stondon, Essex/Census
1891/Frank Webster/Son/7/Ingrebourne, Essex/Census
1891/Henrietta Webster/Daughter/6/Hockley, Essex/Census
1891/Walter F Webster/Son/1/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1891/Alice May Webster/Daughter/4 months/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1891/Allen G Hicks/Brother in Law, Private in Army Reserve/40//Census
1891/Annie G Heathcote/Sister in Law/20/Stratford, Suffolk/Census
1891/Sarah A Page/General Servant/17/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
Oliver Jonathan Webster is next at the
Blacksmiths Arms, Thornwood Common,
North Weald Bassett until about 1899; and then a Licensed victualler
at the Duchess of
Kent, 179 Morning Lane, Hackney by the 1901 census.
1894/William Wederell/../../../Kellys
1895/William Wederell/../../../Kellys
1898/William Wederell/../../../Kellys
1899/W. Wederell/../../../Kellys
1901/James Skennerton 56, licensed victualler, born Wanstead, Essex/Census ***
1901/Mary Ann, wife, 59, born Clerkenwell, London
1901/James Skennerton, son, 26, general labourer, born Woodford, Essex
1901/David Skennerton, son, 19, railway clerk, born Chingford
1901/Steven Skennerton, grandson, 5, born Clerkenwell, London
1901/John Skennerton, grandson, 4, born Clerkenwell, London
1902/Thomas Simmons/../../../Kellys
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*** Provided by Jenny Roberts
**** Provided by Ellen Heaps