Black Lion, High Roding
Early picture - date unknown
Kindly donated by Colleen
Supplied by Brian Day of the Black Lion
7th August 2000
Taken by Ken Rose. His Old Essex Schools site is HERE
27 August 2005
Provided by Kevan
A former coaching inn near the London to Cambridge Roman road, the Black Lion has been traced as far back as 1397 and is believed to stand on the site of the old Great Hall, with beams from the Hall being used in the construction of the inn. The pond outside was once used by the coach horses for their drinking water.
When the wall between the Public and Lounge bars was removed, some old, gold coins were discovered.
The old hay loft is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a Roundhead officer.
The above was supplied by Brian Day.
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1845/James Carter/../../../Post Office
1848/James Stevens/Victualler/../../White's
1851/Thomas Clarke/../../../Post Office
1852/T. Clarke/../../../Kelly's*
1855/T. Clark/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Isaac Ward/../../../Kelly's
1867/Daniel Hockley/../../../Post Office
1870/William Bartrop/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Bartrop/../../../Post Office
1871/Henry
Harris/Farm Bailiff/51/High Roding, Essex/Census**
1871/Susan
Harris/Wife/50/Mundon, Essex/Census**
1871/Henry
J. H. Bacon/Grandson/6/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census**
1874/William Bartrop/../../../Kelly's
1878/George Staines/../../../Kelly's
1881/George
Staines/Carpenter &
Innkeeper/40/Takeley, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth
Staines/Wife/37/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada
Elizabeth Staines/Daughter/13/Bishops Stortford Hertford/Census
1881/Ellen
Amma Staines/Daughter/7/Bishops Stortford Hertford/Census
1881/William
James Staines/Son/5/High Roding, Essex/Census
1881/James
Clifford Staines/Son/1/High Roding, Essex/Census
1881/Henry
Unwin/Boarder, Farm Bailiff/40/Braintree, Essex/Census
1882/George Staines/../../../Kelly's
1886/Henry Cramphorn/../../../Kelly's
1890/John Ridgwell/../../../Kelly's
1891/John
Ridgwell/Publican/47/Finchingfield, Essex/Census**
1891/Margaret
Ridgwell/Wife/44/Wethersfield, Essex/Census**
1891/William
Ridgwell/Son, Barman/18/Forest Hill/Census**
1891/Charlotte
Bouton/Aunt/74/Wethersfield, Essex/Census**
1891/William
Church/Boarder, Thatcher/49/Aythorpe Roding, Essex/Census**
1891/William
Linwell/Boarder, Potman/66/High Roding, Essex/Census**
1891/Thomas
Lenis/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/38/Stebbing, Essex/Census**
1894/John Ridgwell/../../../Kelly's
1895/John Ridgwell/../../../Kelly's
1898/Mrs. Kate Rolph/../../../Kelly's
1899/Mrs. Kate Rolph/../../../Kelly's
1902/Henry Barnard/../../../Kelly's
1906/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1908/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1910/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1912/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1914/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1917/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1922/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1925/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1929/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1933/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1937/Bernard Simpson/../../../Kelly's
c. 1970-1992/Peter Landimore/../../..***
c 1992-1997/Mr. Ritchie/../../..***
1997- /Brian & Fiona Day/../../..***
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Hugh Wilding
*** Provided by Brian Day of the Black Lion
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