Witham pub history index
The building has been demolished
The Carpenters Arms is opposite the Globe - circa 1900
Kindly provided by Colleen
Residents at this address
The licensee in 1769 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jno Philbrick, at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1770 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jno Philbrick, at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jno Philbrick, at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1774 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Jno Philbrick, at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Rumble Sen., at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1801 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Rumble Sen., at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Rumble, at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1810 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Thomas Rumble, at the Fleece, Witham.
The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Page, at the Fleece, Witham.
1822/William Page/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/William Page/../../../Pigot's
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Page, at the Fleece, Witham.
1828-9/William Page/../../../Pigot's
1932-3/William Page/../../../Pigot's
1839/William Page/../../../Pigot's
The Fleece was renamed the Carpenters Arms between 1839 and 1845
1845/Edward Agar/Carpenter/../../Post Office
1848/Michael Alfred Dardis/../../../Kelly's
1851/W. Raven/../../../Post Office
1851/William W. Raven/Innkeeper/42/Hockley, Essex/Census**
1851/Sarah Raven/Wife/41/Hockley, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Bradley/Domestic Servant/29/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/George Curtis/Lodger, Labourer/29/../Census
1851/Thomas Brown/Lodger, Ordnance Surveyor/19/Hitchin, Hertford/Census
1851/Michael Honaghy/Lodger, Ordnance Surveyor/21/Shigo, Ireland/Census
1851/George Thomas/Lodger, Carpenter/23/Pembrooke, Wales/Census
1851/Daniel Hughes/Lodger, Traveller/54/Ireland/Census
1851/Michael Hughes/Lodger, Traveller/51/Ireland/Census
1852/W. Raven/../../../Kelly's*
1855/C. Clark/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Charles Clark/../../../Kelly's
1863/Charles Clarke/../../../White's
1867/Charles Clark/../../../Post Office
1870/William Kershaw/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Kershaw/Publican & Brushmaker/29/Witham, Essex/Census***
1871/Ellen A. Kershaw/../29/Witham, Essex/Census
1871/Mark Wilson/Lodger, Travelling Grinder/27/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1871/Samuel Springett/Lodger, General Labourer/20/Braintree, Essex/Census
1871/Charles Niner/Lodger, Printer Compositor/37/Wilmington, U.S.A./Census
Note: Premises not named in 1871
1874/Henry W. Higgin/../../../Kelly's
1878/Henry W. Higgin/../../../Kelly's
1881/Henry W. Higgins/Licensed Victualler/48/St. Mistland, Buckingham/Census
1881/Eliza Higgins/Wife/40/Canewdon, Essex/Census
1881/William Kilworth/Nephew/21/Canewdon, Essex/Census
1881/Florence Last/Niece/11/Boreham, Essex/Census
1881/Edward Waller/Lodger, General Labourer/69/Norfolk/Census
1881/Mary Waller/Lodger/72/Northampton/Census
1881/Fred Livermore/Lodger, General Labourer/27/Essex/Census
1881/Charles Sexton/Lodger, General Labourer/25/Essex/Census
1881/William Adams/Lodger, General Labourer/31/Essex/Census
1881/Julia Adams/Lodger/27/Essex/Census
1881/George Adams/Lodger/5/Essex/Census
1881/Jem Adams/Lodger/3/Essex/Census
1882/Henry William Higgin/../../../Kelly's
1886/Henry William Higgin/../../../Kelly's
1890/Mrs. Eliza Higgin/../../../Kelly's
1891/Eliza Higgin/Innkeeper/50/Canewdon, Essex/Census***
1891/William Killwosh(?)/Nephew, Potman/21/Canewdon, Essex/Census
1891/William Percival/Lodger, General Labourer/53/Great Tey, Essex/Census
1891/Ephraim Clary/Lodger, General Labourer/58/Stisted, Essex/Census
1891/William Dowsett/Lodger, General Labourer/53/Sible Hedinham,
Essex/Census
1891/John Andrew/Lodger, Hawker/42/Norfolk, Norwich/Census
1891/Herbert Aldrich/Lodger, Hawker/32/H---?, Suffolk/Census
1891/Elizabeth Aldrich/Lodger, Hawker/22/Cannock, Staffordhsire/Census
1891/John Dodd/Lodger, Hawker/30/Lambeth, London/Census
1891/Jane Dodd/Lodger, Hawker/32/Bury St Edmund, Suffolk/Census
1891/Henry Brooks/Lodger, General Labourer/36/Noughton, Suffolk/Census
1891/George Pearson/Lodger, Basket Maker/31/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1891/Harry Wilson/Lodger, Drover/26/Great Badow, Essex/Census
1891/Henry Bright/Lodger, Drover/49/Witham, Essex/Census
1891/Walter Thorogood/Lodger, Drover/29/Assington, Suffolk/Census
1891/Thomas Underwood/Lodger, Hydrophonist/41/Assington, Suffolk/Census
1891/Thomas Southgate/Lodger, General Labourer/19/Hardleigh, Suffolk/Census
1891/Frederick Underwood/Lodger, General Labourer/13/Edwardstone(?),
Suffolk/Census
1895/William Meachen/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1898/William Meachen/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1899/William Meachen/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1901/William Meachen/Inn Keeper, Widow/51/Harwich, Essex/Census
1901/Pollie Meachen/Daughter/15/Harwich, Essex/Census
1901/Rudrum Meachen/Son/12/Harwich, Essex/Census
1901/Charles Eve/Lodger, General Labourer/65/Coggleshall, Essex/Census
1901/Henry Garrett/Lodger, General Labourer/53/Witham, Essex/Census
1901/Abraham Green/Lodger/55/Hatfield Peverel, Essex/Census
1901/Frederick Reid/Lodger, General Labourer/46/Batley, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Arthur Bepoy/Lodger, General Labourer/68/Braintree, Essex/Census
1901/George Moary/Lodger, General Hawker/69/Canada/Census
1901/Joseph Goodwin/Lodger, General Labourer/61/Braintree, Essex/Census
1901/William Baxter/Lodger, General Labourer/21/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1901/John Brown/Lodger, General Labourer/35/Yorkshire/Census
1902/William Meachen/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
1906/William Meachen/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
Note: Premises not named from 1895 to 1906
1908/William Meachen/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Meachen/../../../Kelly's
1911/William Meachen/Licensed Victualler/61/Harwich, Essex/Census
1911/Pollie Meachen/Daughter, Housekeeper/24/Harwich, Essex/Census
+ Labourers
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Angela Ward
*** Provided by CG
Provided by Janet Gyford