Railway Tavern, Mile End Road & Bergholt Road, Mile End
From 1843 it was named the Railway Tavern, coincidental with the arrival of
the railway to Colchester, but it was not the only one by this name (The
Railway Tavern in Magdalen Street was probably opened soon after the GER
took over the Tendring Hundred Railway Company’s line, in 1867, which
included St Botolphs Station)
The Railway Tavern, Mile End Road was known as the Railway Hotel, from 1898,
and it became the Colchester Arms in 1963. It was demolished in 1972 to make
way for a new roundabout.
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1848/John Partridge/../../../Whites
1851/John
Partridge/victualler/76/Stoke
[by Nayland], Suffolk/Census
1851/Sarah Partridge/wife/64/Wix, Essex/Census
1851/William Partridge/23/Boxted, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Ann Hamwood/house servant/24/Copdock, Suffolk/Census
1851/John
Partridge/../../../Post
Office
1861/John
Rusher/publican/59/Birch,
Essex/Census
1861/Phoebe Rusher/wife/55/Layer de la Haye, Essex/Census
1861/Phoebe Studd/niece, assistant beerseller/30/Birch, Essex/Census
1861/Phoebe Studd/grandaughter, scholar/08/Elmstead, Essex/Census
1861/James Rusher/brother, servant/56/Birch, Essex/Census
1861/Joseph Verlander/ostler/Myland/Colchester, Essex/Census
1862/John
Rusher/../../../Kelly's
1867/John Rusher/../../../Post Office
1870/Mrs. Phoebe Rusher/../../../Kelly's
1871/Phoebe Rusher/widow,
innkeeper/61/Layer, Essex/Census
1871/Phoebe Studd/daughter, widow, assistant/40/Birch, Essex/Census
1871/Phoebe Studd/grandaughter, assistant/18/Elmstead, Essex/Census
1871/James Rusher/brother in law, labourer/66/Birch, Essex/Census
1871/Alfred Sach/servant, ostler/32/Messing, Essex/Census
1874/Mrs.
Phoebe Studd/../../../Kelly's
1878/Mrs. Elizabeth Debnam/../../../Kelly's
1881/George
French/Licenced
Victualler/48/Bures, Essex/Census
1881/Emily
French/Wife/31/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Sidney French/Son/1/Colchester,
Essex/Census
1881/Esther
Wright/Wife's Sister/21/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Herbert
Garrod/Waiter/20/Boxted, Essex/Census
1882/George French/../../../Kelly's
1886/George French/../../../Kelly's
1890/George French/../../../Kelly's
1891/George
French/Publican
& Cab Master/58/Bures, Essex/Census
1891/Emily
French/Wife/42/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Sidney French/Son/11/Colchester,
Essex/Census
1891/Florence
Wolham(?)/General Domestic Servant/15/Nayland, Suffolk/Census
1894/George French/../../../Kelly's
1895/George French/../../../Kelly's
1898/George Mead/../../../Kelly's
1899/George Mead/../../../Kelly's
1901/George
Mead/licensed
victualler/53/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1901/Alice Mead/wife/33/Romford, Essex/Census
1902/George
Mead/../../../Kelly's
1907/G. Mead/../../../Benham's
1908/Frederick William Strong/../../../Kelly's
1912/Frederick William Strong/../../../Kelly's
1917/William Adams/../../../Kelly's
1922/William Adams/../../../Kelly's
1925/William Adams/../../../Kelly's
1929/William Adams/../../../Kelly's
1933/John R. Morris/../../../Kelly's
1937/John R. Morris/../../../Kelly's
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