The Horse & Groom first appears in the licensing records in 1772 with Samuel Halfhide the licensee, and the original
portion of the building might be of that period. There were very few houses at Wivenhoe Cross prior to the late 19th century, and little road traffic.
Nevertheless the Horse & Groom seems to have traded successfully until c1870 when it disappears from the Directories,
presumed closed (?), until reappearing c1885.
It was acquired by Osborne's, thence passing to the Colchester Brewing Co. and Ind Coope; but was sold off to
Adnams in the early 1970s
Wivenhoe pub history index
Horse & Groom, Wivenhoe Cross, Wivenhoe, 18th September 1999
Residents at this address
The licensee in 1772 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Samuel Halfhide, at the Horse & Groom.
1781 Ann Halfhide
1782 Charles Crampin
1783 John Barrell
The licensee in 1784 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Barrell, at the Horse & Groom.
The licensee in 1792 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Barrell, at the Horse & Groom.
The licensee in 1801 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as William Browne, at the Horse & Groom.
The licensee in 1804 and 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Ingram, at the Horse & Groom.
The licensee in 1810 and 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Ingram, at the Horse & Groom.
1817 Martha Ingram
1822 Edward Catt
The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Edmond Catt, at the Horse & Groom.
1828-9/Edmond Catt/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/John Kidby/../../../Pigot's
c1836 Edward Wm.Schofield
1839/Edward William Schofield/../../../Pigot's
1841/William Scofield/Butcher/30/../Census**
1841/Elizabeth Scofeld/25/../../Census
1841/George Scofield/4/../../Census
1841/Elizabeth Scofield/2/../../Census
1841/Geogiana Scofield/4m/../../Census
1845/William Schofield/../../../Post Office
1848/William Schofield/../../../White's
1851/William Scofield/../../../Post Office
1851/Edward Scofield/butcher/43/West Bergholt, Essex/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Scofield/wife/Boxted, Essex/Census
1851/George Scofield/son/13/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Scofield/daughter/12/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1851/Georgeana Scofield/daughter/10/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1851/Edward Scofield/son/08/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Scofield/son/06/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Scofield/daughter/04/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1851/Anna Scofield/daughter/01/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1855/Mrs E. Scofield/../../../Kelly's*
c1857 David Grimes
1862/David Grimes/../../../Kelly's
1867/George Frost/../../../Post Office
1870/William Abbott/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Abbott/../../../Post Office
1881/Daniel Southgate/Publican/74/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Sarah Southgate/Wife/64/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Alice C. Southgate/Daughter, Barmaid/20/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/James Youngs/Lodger, Coal Porter/21/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1881/Walter Tainley(?)/Lodger, General Labourer/40/Wivenhoe, Essex/Census
1886/Thomas Ennew/../../../Kelly's
1890/Thomas Ennew/../../../Kelly's
1894/Samuel Edmund Catt/../../../Kelly's
1895/Samuel Edmund Catt/../../../Kelly's
1898/Thomas Nevard/../../../Kelly's
1899/Thomas Nevard/../../../Kelly's
In 1901 at a Pub in Wivenhoe Cross, Town, Wivenhoe
George H Jarvis, Licensed victualler aged 36 and born in Notting Hill, London
Marion arvis, Sister aged 14 and born in Spitalfields, London
James Bell, Servant aged 47 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Henry G Faulkner, Boarder, Wire fencers 40 and born in Hammersmith, London
1902/George Jarvis/../../../Kelly's
1906/William Greaves/../../../Kelly's
1908/William Greaves/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Easter Culley/../../../Kelly's
In 1911 at the Horse and Groom the Cross Wivenhoe
William Easter Culley, Publican aged 59 and born in Thorpe Suffolk
Elizabeth Selina Culley Wife aged 60 and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
1912/William Easter Culley/../../../Kelly's
1914/William Easter Culley/../../../Kelly's
1917/William Easter Culley/../../../Kelly's
In 1921 at the The Cross (Horse Groom), Wivenhoe, Essex
William Owen Chaney, Licensed Victualler aged 39 years 3 months and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Edith Louise Chaney, Wife aged 40 years 2 months and born in East Donyland, Essex
William Turner Chaney, Son aged 13 years 6 months and born in Highbury, Middlesex
Beryl Selina Chaney, Daughter aged 9 years 5 months and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
Ronald Chaney, Son aged 6 years 10 months and born in Wivenhoe, Essex
1922/William Chaney/../../../Kelly's
1925/William Chaney/../../../Kelly's
1929/Sidney Rogers/../../../Kelly's
1933/A. C. Eaton/../../../Kelly's
1937/A. C. Eaton/../../../Kelly's
3,1947 George Edward Eaton
6,1956 John Percival Harker
11,1960 Edmund Powell
9,1969 Robert Cunnell
2018, Horse & Groom Inn, 55 The Cross, Wivenhoe, Colchester CO7 9QL
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Peter Scofield
*** Provided by John Mead