The London, Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, Suffolk & Herts Directory - including Historical Pubs, in the South East of England
Bear, West Stockwell Steet & High Street, Colchester
The tavern appears
to have been a timber framed building, quite unlike the building that stands
there today. According to William Wire in 1842, the building was pulled down for
a complete re-build and he commented that Roman remains were found.
It first appears by name in the alehouse
records of 1764 although it probably dates from well before that. It is shown in
trade directories from 1791, when Thomas Chamberlain is given as inn keeper and
then later in 1832 when Wicks was in charge.
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Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1822/Elizabeth Goslin/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/Elizabeth Goslin/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/Elizabeth Goslin/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/James Wicks/../../../Pigot's
1839/James Wicks/../../../Pigot's
1848/Hannah Hardy/../../../White's
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Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*** Information kindly
provided by
Jess Jephcott at http://www.camulos.com
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