Dragoon, Butt Road, Colchester
This house first appears in the licensing records of 1872,
The Dragoon, around 1920,
Mr Thomas William Wharton, at the door.
Kindly provided by Jess Jephcott from http://www.camulos.com
11th March 2000
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
"11/07/1863 Edwin Orphin gives notice to the Overseers of the Poor and Constables of the parish of St Giles, Colchester, regarding a beerhouse ‘under the name or sign of the Dragoon’. He states his intention to apply for ‘a License to sell Excisable Liquors by retail to be drunk or consumed in the House or Premises’ aforesaid, at the General Annual Licensing Meeting to be held at the Town Hall on 3 September 1863.
The property was owned by John Hart Bridges and Henry Cuthbert of Ipswich, brewers and wine and spirit merchants. Orphin has occupied the premises for six months and has used it as a beerhouse and residence."*
1867/Edwin Orphan/../../../Post Office
1870/Thomas Gibson/../../../Kelly's
1871/Thomas Gibson/../../../Post Office
1871/Thomas
William Gibson/publican/61/Colchester,
Essex/Census ***
1871/Jane Gibson/Wife/46/Appleby, Westmoreland/Census
1871/Caroline Crayton/Daughter, Tailoress/21/Mullinger, Ireland/Census
1871/Alice Holland/Daughter, Barmaid/18/Colchester, Essex/Census
1871/John Hardy/Lodger,pensioner/89/Liverpool/Census
1871/Charles Butcher/Grandson/5/Colchester, Essex/Census
1874/Mrs.
Thomas William Gibson/../../../Kelly's
1878/Thomas Gibson/../../../Kelly's
1881/Thomas
Griffiths/Publican/55/Cheltham, Gloucester/Census
1881/Jane
Griffiths/Wife/54/Appleby, Westmorland/Census
1881/Charles
Butcher/Nephew, Bootmaker/15/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Mary
A. Ede/General Servant/15/Reigate, Surrey/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/Thomas Griffiths/../../../Kelly's
1886/Amos Lionel Green/../../../Kelly's
1891/Richard
Dawes/publican
and wheelwright/36/Barnsley, Yorkshire/Census ***
1891/Charlotte Dawes/Wife/42/Rainham, Kent/Census
1891/Jessie Sharp Dawes/Daughter/17/Razpoomah, India/Census
1891/Alice Dawes/Daughter,Barmaid to father/14/Razpoomah, India/Census
1891/William Hughes/Boarder, Groom/23/Rhyl, Flinshire/Census
1894/Edward
McHugh/Furniture Dealer/../../Kelly's
1895/Edward McHugh/Furniture Dealer/../../Kelly's
1898/Edward McHugh/Furniture Dealer/../../Kelly's
1899/Edward McHugh/Furniture Dealer/../../Kelly's
1902/Samuel Fuller/../../../Kelly's
1908/William E. Parren/../../../Kelly's
1912/Thomas Peacock/../../../Kelly's
1917/Thomas Peacock/../../../Kelly's
1925/Walter Howarth/../../../Kelly's
1933/George F. Healey/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by John Mead
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