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Cross Keys, High Street & King Street, Saffron Walden

Known as the Bull in 1709, but had become the Cross Keys by 1778

Cross Keys, High Street & King Street, Saffron Walden in 1965

Kindly provided by Dudley Diaper

Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

Saffron Walden, Cross Keys Hotel and Post Office c1955

24th March 2000

Built in the 15th century

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/Allen Hopwood/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/Allen Hopwood/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/Thomas Moreton/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/Mary Ackland/../../../Pigot's

1839/Mary Ackland/../../../Pigot's*

1841/Mary Ackland/Inn Keeper/50/Essex/Census ****
1841/William Ackland/Attorneys clerk/15/Essex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Kent/Female Servant/20/Essex/Census
1841/Ann Tinkin/Female Servant/12/../Census

1845/Mrs. Mary Ackland/../../../Post Office

1848/William Spicer/../../../White's

1851/Daniel Barker/../../../Post Office

1851/Daniel Barker/innkeeper/39/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Emma Barker/wife/36/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Eliza Moore/visitor, farmer’s daughter/26/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Louisa Starcey/house servant/22/Newport, Essex/Census **
1851/Edward Osborn/groom and general servant/35/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census **
1851/Larry Shaw/lodger, hawker/35/Buntingford, Hertfordshire/Census **
1851/Walter Shaw/lodger, his son, hawker/15/Buntingford, Hertfordshire/Census **
1851/Arthur Shaw/lodger, his son, hawker/15/Buntingford, Hertfordshire/Census **

1852/D. Barker/../../../Kelly's*

1855/D. Barker/../../../Kelly's*

1856/Daniel Barker/../../../Post Office

1861/Daniel Barker/Inn Keeper/49/Steeple Bumpstead, Essex/Census ****
1861/Emma Barker/Wife/45/Hempstead, Essex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Moore/Niece/17/Radwinter, Essex/Census
1861/Martha Andrews/Servant/21/Helion Bumpstead, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Knight/Servant/17/Helion Bumpstead, Essex/Census
1861/William Rider/Servant/20/Debden, Essex/Census
1861/W Read/Lodger, Commercial Traveller/50/London, Middx/Census

1862/Daniel Barker/Licensed to Let Post Horses/../../Kelly's

1867/William Cowell/../../../Post Office

1870/William Cowell/../../../Kelly's

1871/William Cowell/../../../Post Office

1871/William Cowell/Publican/35/Cambridge/Census ****
1871/Harriet Cowell/Wife/30/Eynesbury, Hunts/Census
1871/William Henry Cowell/Son/12/St Ives, Hunts/Census
1871/Harriet Cowell/Daughter/8/St Ives, Hunts/Census
1871/Laura Ritchie/Visitor, BarMaid/24/Bircham, Norfolk/Census
1871/Annie Cade/Visitor, BarMaid/24/St Ives, Hunts/Census
1871/William Warren /Lodger, Brewers Agent/23/Bishops stortford, Herts/Census
1871/George C Farman/Boarder, Inland Revenue Officer/31/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1871/Charles Swan/Servant, Boots/19/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/William Read/Servant, Under Ostler/20/Lt Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Jane Jeffery/House Maid/19/Great Chesterford, Essex/Census
1871/Ellen Perry/Cook/23/?, Camb./Census

1874/William Cowell/../../../Kelly's

1878/William Cowell/../../../Kelly's

1881/William P. Moye(?)/Hotelkeeper/42/Gawton, Suffolk/Census
1881/Agnes Ellen Moye(?)/Wife/46/Hadleigh, Suffolk/Census
1881/Kate Elizabeth Hart/Barmaid/28/Edenbridge, Kent/Census
1881/Annie Mills/Domestic Servant/22/Coldharbour, Surrey/Census
1881/Eleanor Esland/Domestic Servant/15/Burston, Norfolk/Census
1881/Robert Jeffrey/Ostler/15/Great Chesterford, Essex/Census
1881/Walter Dyson/Boots/19/Clare, Suffolk/Census
1881/Thomas Bartlet/Visitor, Gentleman/47/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frances Esther Bartlet/Visitor, Gentlemans Wife/43/London, Middlesex/Census

1882/Percy Trower/../../../Kelly's

1886/James Bird/../../../Kelly's

1890/Mrs. Nathan Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1894/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1895/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1898/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1899/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1902/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1906/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1908/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1910/Mrs. Selina Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1912/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1914/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1917/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1922/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1925/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1929/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1933/Mrs. Priscilla Griggs/../../../Kelly's

1937/M. Walker/Proprietor/../../Kelly's

* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900

** Provided by John Mead

**** Provided by Kevan

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