White Hart, Great Yeldham
Built in the 16th century.

This is the White Hart at the start of the 'Bentley Golden Jubilee' Start

White Hart, Great Yeldham
Kindly donated by Colleen

12th 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.
1754/Thomas ffrench/Owner/../../Will
Will of Thomas ffrench [written 3-May-1754, proven 28-Jan-1757]
"In the Name of God Amen I Thomas French of Great Yeldham in the County of Essex Yeoman Do make and Declare this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say. First I Give and Devise to my Beloved Wife Ann ffrench... And Also All that my Messuage Tenement or Inn commonly called or known by the Name of the White Hart in Great Yeldham aforesaid with all and Singular the Houses Outhouses Lands Meadows and Pasture Grounds with their and Every of their Appurtenances to the Lands belonging To Hold to my Said Wife during her Natural Life and after her Descendants I Give and Devise the Said Messuage Tenements or Inn Lands and all and Singular the Appurtenances herein before mentioned <use> to my Son John ffrench and his Heirs for Ever."***
1832-3/William Gooch/../../../Pigot's
1839/William Gooch/../../../Pigot's
1841/William
Gooch/publican/45/not
Essex/Census **** (pub not named)
1841/Ann Gooch/wife/45/not Essex/Census
****
1841/Elizabeth Gooch/daughter/08/Essex/Census
****
1841/William Gooch/son/10/Essex/Census
****
1841/George Gooch/son/06/Essex/Census
****
1841/Charlotte Gooch/04/daughter/Essex/Census
****
1841/Eliza Butcher/female servant/30/Essex/Census
****
1841/Mary Wilkin/female servant/15/Essex/Census
****
1848/William Gooch/Victualler/../../Pigot's
1851/William Gooch/../../../Post Office
1851/William
Gooch/innkeeper
and farmer (16 acres)/58/Rougham, Suffolk/Census
****
1851/Ann Gooch/wife/55/Letchworth, Hertfordshire/Census
****
1851/Elizabeth Gooch/daughter, employed at home/17/Great Yeldham,
Essex/Census
****
1851/George Gooch/son/16/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
****
1851/Charlotte Gooch/daughter, scholar/13/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
****
1851/Robert Pitts/visitor, commercial traveller (wine)/49/Thorpe
Abbots, Norfolk/Census
****
1851/Lucy Bocking/house servant/25/Ballingdon, Essex/Census
****
1851/Henry Bearman/lodger, straw plait dealer/Bocking, Essex/Census
****
1852/W.
Gooch/../../../Kelly's*
1855/W. Gooch/../../Kelly's*
1861/John Sephton/innkeeper/46/Uffington,
Lincolnshire/Census
****
1861/Elizabeth Sephton/wife/48/Berkshire/Census
****
1861/Emily Frances Sephton/daughter/17/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
****
1861/Edwin James Sephton/son, scholar/11/Orton Longueville,
Huntingdonshire/Census
****
1861/Emily Laver/house servant/17/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
****
1861/John Westwood/visitor, traveller in drapery/40/Romford,
Essex/Census
****
1861/Maria Westwood/visitor/43/Hasketon, Suffolk/Census
****
1861/George Westwood/visitor/18/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
****
1861/Priscilla Westwood/visitor, tailoress/17/Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk/Census
****
1862/John Sefton/../../../Kelly's
1867/John Sefton/../../../Post Office
1871/John Sefton/../../../Post Office
1871/John Sephton/farmer
and innkeeper/57/Uffington, Lincolnshire/Census
****
1871/Elizabeth Sephton/wife/58/Broad Oak, Hampshire/Census
****
1871/Herbert Sidle/grandson/03/Colchester, Essex/Census
****
1871/Caroline Rulton/servant/28/Yeldham, Essex/Census
****
1874/John Sefton/Farmer/../../Kelly's
1878/Stannard Boreham/../../../Post Office
1881/Mira
Boreham/Innkeeper/55/Glemsford, Suffolk/Census
1881/Jane
Wilson/Daughter/24/Glemsford, Suffolk/Census
1881/John
Wilson/Son in Law, Farmer/25/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1881/Stanley
Wilson/Grandson/1m/Great Yeldham, Essex/Census
1882/Mrs. Mira Boreham/../../../Kelly's
1886/William Linsell/../../../Kelly's
1890/William Linsell/../../../Kelly's
1891/William Linsell/innkeeper
and farmer/44/Wixoe, Essex/Census
****
1891/Anna A Linsell/wife/47/Germany/Census
****
1891/James L Linsell/son/19/Peckham, Surrey/Census
****
1891/Ernest W Linsell/son/, coachbuilder’s assistant/16/London,
Middlesex/Census
****
1891/Grace A Linsell/daughter, scholar/08/illegible/Census
****
1895/William Linsell/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1898/William Linsell/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1899/William Linsell/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1902/Arthur Hitchcock/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1906/William Pearl/../../../Kelly's
1908/William Pearl/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Pearl/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Pearl/../../../Kelly's
1914/William Pearl/../../../Kelly's
1917/William Pearl/../../../Kelly's
1922/Joseph Samuel Jones/../../../Kelly's
1925/Walter Ratcliff/../../../Kelly's
1929/Reginald Charles Beckett/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1933/C. F. Armstrong/../../../Kelly's
1937/Mrs. Moyra Martin/Proprietress/../../Kelly's
1939/Mr. C. E. Nankivell/Landlord/../../Petty Sessions**
1940/Charles Edmund Nankivell/Proprietor/../../Petty Sessions**
1941/Charles E. Nankivell/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**
1941/Mrs. Barbara Nankivell/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Jill Fleming
*** Provided by Chris N. French
**** Provided by John Mead
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