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
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