The licensee in 1769 and 1772 was William Freeman, at the Kings Head. The pub closed in 2015. An Asset of Community Value order has been placed on The Kings Head by Thurrock Council, offering protection against any housing development.
Kings Head, West Tilbury - in 1930
Kings Head, West Tilbury - circa 1976
Kindly supplied by Paul Woloschuk
King's Head, West Tilbury, 23rd March 2000
Taken by Ian Rose
Residents at this address.
The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Freeman, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1772 was also recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Freeman, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Kemp, at the Kings Head.
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edward Travis, at the Kings Head.
1828/Edward Travis/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*
1828-9/Edward Travis/../../../Pigots
1832-3/Edward Travis/../../../Pigots
1839/Edward Travis/../../../Pigots
1845/Edward Travis/../../../Post Office
1848/Edward Travis/Builder & Victualler/../../Whites
1851/Edward Travis/Post Office/../../Post Office
1851/David Travis/victualler and master carpenter (2 men)/35/West Tilbury, Essex/Census **
1851/Eleanor Travis/wife/25/Wickford, Essex/Census
1851/William Travis/brother, carpenter/18/West Tilbury, Essex/Census
1851/Emily Florence Keogh/niece/03/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1851/Sarah Haley/general servant/18/Laindon, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Baylis/lodger, bricklayer/45/Ramsden Crays, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Tunstall/lodger, carpenter/29/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Snelling/lodger, ag lab/23/Dunton, Essex/Census
1855/J Milton/../../../Essex, Herts, Kent ...Post Office Directory
1862/John Tomlin/../../../Kellys
1867/John Tomlin/../../../Post Office
1870/John Tomlin/../../../Kellys
1871/John Tomlin/../../../Post Office
1874/William Newing/../../../Kellys
1878/James Grant/../../../Kellys
1881/Jabez Green/Innkeeper/37/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Jane Green/Wife/40/Lincoln, Lincoln/Census
1882/John Green/../../../Kellys
1886/Samuel Ferris/../../../Kellys
1890/John Walter Briant/../../../Kellys
1891/John Walter Briant/Publican/37/Hackney, London/Census
1891/Catherine Briant/Wife/37/Braintree, Essex/Census
1891/Kate Parmenter/Niece/7/Braintree, Essex/Census
1894/Mrs. Catherine Briant/../../../Kellys
1895/Mrs. Catherine Briant/../../../Kellys
1898/William Brown/../../../Kellys
1899/William Brown/../../../Kellys
1902/Albert James Pryor/../../../Kellys
1906/Henry Barker/../../../Kellys
1908/William Powell/../../../Kellys
1910/William Powell/../../../Kellys
1912/William Powell/../../../Kellys
1914/Henry Sparrow/../../../Kellys
1917/Henry Sparrow/../../../Kellys
1922/John Edward Bull/../../../Kellys
1925/David John Freeman/../../../Kellys
1928 - 1944/Hylands/../../../Freehold
1929/Howard Thomas Hylands/../../../Kellys
1933/Howard Thomas Hylands/../../../Kellys
1937/Howard Thomas Hylands/../../../Kellys
1945 - 1953/Mrs Hylands/../../../Freehold
1954 - 1959/H W Haynes/../../../Freehold
1960 - 1965/O C McGregor/../../../Freehold
* Provided by Mike Smith
** Provided by John Mead