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This pub is recently closed and converted to restaurant use. (2015) **
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Old Pond, 59 Turners Hill, Cheshunt - circa 1905
Kindly provided by Michael
Old Pond, 59 Turners Hill, Cheshunt - in February 2015
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1838/Caleb Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1841/Caleb Knightley/Carpenter/50/Herts/Census ***
1841/Sophia Knightley/.../50/../Census
1841/William Knightley/../25/Herts/Census
1841/Edward Knightley/Corn Chandler/20/Herts/Census
1841/Sophia Knightley/../20/Herts/Census
1841/Maria Archer/../8/../Census
1845/Caleb Knightley/Eating House and Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1851/Caleb Knightley/Carpenter/59/Cheshunt, Herts/Census ***
1851/Sophia A Knightley/Wife/60/Kingston, Surrey/Census
1851/William Knightley/Son, Carpenter/35/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1851/Sophia A Knightley/Daur/29/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1851/Edward Knightley/Son, Corn Dealer/33/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1851/Louisa Archer/Niece/16/Chadwell, Essex/Census
1851/Caleb Knightley/Beer Retailer & Carpenter, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1855/Caleb Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1859/Caleb Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1861/Edward Knightley/Beerhouse keeper/43/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/William Knightey/Brother, Carpenter/46/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Samuel Roberts/Pot Boy/14/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1862/Edward Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1867/Edward Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1871/William M Knightley/Carpenter/56/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Edward Knightley/Brother, Beer Retailer/53/Cheshunt,
Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Walter C Wheaton/Nephew, Potboy/17/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1874/Edward Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1878/Edward Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office
Directory ***
1881/William M Knightley/Carpenter/66/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Edward Knightley/Brother, Beerhouse keeper/63/Cheshunt,
Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Ann Sophia Wheaton/Sister, Widow/60/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Laura Wheaton/Niece/22/Cheshunt, Hertfordshire/Census
1882/Edward Knightley/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1886/Edwd Knightley/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1890/William Fryer/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Fryer/Beer Retailer/34/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1891/Emily Fryer/Wife/30/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1891/Emily G Fryer/Daughter/4/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1895/William Fryer/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1898/Frank Bray/Beer Retailer, Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1901/Frank Bray/Beer Retailer/32/Hoddesdon, Herts/Census ***
1901/Louisa Bray/Wife/30/Enfield, Middx/Census
1901/Alice Bray/Daur/8/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1901/Frank Bray/Son/2/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1901/Ethel Bray/Daur/8m/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1901/Samuel A Bassil/B In Law, Gardener in Nursery/27/Enfield, Middx/Census
1901/William C Bassil/B In Law, Grocers Carman/25/Enfield, Middx/Census
1902/Frank Bray/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1906/Frank Bray/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1908/Frank Bray/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1910/Frank Bray/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory
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1911/Louisa Bray/Beer House Keeper, Widow/40/Enfield, Middx/Census ***
1911/Frank Bray/Son, School/11/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1911/Ethel Bray/Daughter, School/10/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1911/Robert Bray/Son, School/9/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1911/Hilda Bray/Daughter, School/8/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1911/Allen Charles Bray/Son/2/Cheshunt, Herts/Census
1911/William Charles Bassil/Brother, Nursery Hand/33/Enfield, Middx/Census
1912/Mrs Louisa Bray/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1914/Fredk Jn Smith McMullen/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1917/Fredk Jn Smith McMullen/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1922/Fredk Jn Smith McMullen/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post Office Directory ***
1926/Fredk Jn Smith McMullen/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post
Office Directory ***
1929/Fredk Jn Smith McMullen/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1933/Fredk Jn Smith McMullen/Beer Retailer, 59 Turners Hill/../../Post
Office Directory ***
1937/Frederick Jn Smith McMullen/../../../Post Office Directory
In the 1939 electoral register at the Old Pond, Cheshunt are :
Frederick John Smith McMullen, Licensed Victualler, Widowed, born 18 Apr 1876
Emma Sarah Susanna McMullen, Household Duties & Bar Work, born 13 Dec 1877
Blanche Eliza Guiver, Household Duties & Bar Work, born 28 Feb 1894
My husband and I were temporary managers of this pub in 1968. *
The Tenant Fred had passed away after running the pub with his sister Blanche for about 70 years, he was 96 when he died.
The pub still had bare floorboards and was heated by 2 coal fires on of which he would only have a small fire to one side of the grate as the gas meter was in the cupboard at the side of the chimney breast!
As he was so careful the customers took turns in bringing a bag of coal on Saturday nights in winter to stoke it up. He did not have a telephone as he didn't trust them but placed his orders by using the phone of the police station opposite.
* Provided By Christine Johnson
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Michael