Royal Oak, High Street, Halstead
Also known as the Oak
23rd April 2000
Taken by Stephen Parker
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/Thomas Davey/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/Thomas Davey/Public House Keeper/../../Pigot's
1828-9/Thomas Davey/../../../Pigot's
1932-3/Thomas Davey/../../../Pigot's
1839/Charles Colebrook/../../../Pigot's
1845/Joseph Ward/../../../Post Office
1848/Joseph Ward/../../../White's
1851/Joseph Ward/../../../Post Office
1851/Joseph
Ward/married,
innkeeper/60/Hadleigh, Suffolk/Census
***
1851/Maria Ward/daughter, barmaid/28/Halstead, Essex/Census
***
1851/Susanna Ward/daughter, domestic duty/19/Halstead, Essex/Census
***
1851/Henry Ward/son, free school scholar/16/Halstead, Essex/Census
***
1851/William Brown/servant, Groom/27/not known/Census
***
1851/Henry Edward Pashley/lodger, grocer and draper/Great Yarmouth,
Norfolk/Census ***
(1851/+ 2 Polish hawkers from Kracow – names uncertain)
1852/J.
Ward/../../../Kelly's*
1862/John Clark/../../../Kelly's
1867/John Clark/../../../Post Office
1870/John Clark/../../../Kelly's
1871/John
Clark/Inn
Keeper/64/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
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1871/Alice Clark/Wife/62/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/Hannah Clark/Daughter, School Mistress/36/Halstead, Essex/Census
1871/John J Clark/Son, Coal Merchant/26/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1871/Henrietta Clark/Daughter/23/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1871/John Clark/../../../Post Office
1874/John Clark/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1878/John Clark Jun./Coal Merchant/../../Kelly's
1881/John
James Clarke/Brewer & Coal
Merchant/36/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1881/Mary
Elizabeth Clarke/Wife/42/Bocking, Essex/Census
1881/Alice
Clarke/Mother, Retired on Income from Property/72/Halstead, Essex/Census
1882/John Clark Jun./Coal Merchant/../../Kelly's
1886/John Clark/ Coal Merchant/../../Kelly's
1890/Robert Herbert Skitter/../../../Kelly's
1891/Robert
H. Skitter/Licensed
Victualler/40?/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/Mary
A. Skitter/Wife/33/Farnham, Kent/Census
1891/Gertrude
Baldwin/General Servant/18/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1894/Robert Herbert Skitter/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1895/Robert Herbert Skitter/Brewer/../../Kelly's
1898/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1899/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1902/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1906/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1908/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1910/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1912/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1914/Arthur Gray/../../../Kelly's
1917/Charles Cousins/../../../Kelly's
1922/Edward Albert Starkey/../../../Kelly's
1925-6/William Wright/../../../Kelly's
1929/Captain William Edwards/../../../Kelly's
1933/John G. Nicholls/../../../Kelly's
1937/John G. Nicholls/../../../Kelly's
February 1941/John Gordon Nicholls/Landlord/../../Petty Sessions**
March 1943/John Gordon Nicholls/Landlord/56/../Petty Sessions**
May 1943/Mrs. Nicholls/Licensee/../../Petty Sessions**
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Jill Fleming
*** Provided by John Mead
**** Provided by Kevan
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