Also known as the Lion

This shows Ernest Blaxall on the right, in the bowler, sometime between 1894 and 1920

The Red Lion

The Red Lion circa 1930's ?
Both kindly provided by Colleen

27th July 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.
1820/John Orford/../../../Record of Alehouse Keepers *****
My 3 x great grandfather John Hunt, born 1782 Parish of Holy Trinity,
Colchester, was the licensee of The Red Lion from 1822 to 1825.. He also
lived in the yard of the Waggon & Horses, Colchester in 1841.
1822/John Hunt/../../../Record of Alehouse Keepers *****
Sureties: Laurence Otway of Tolleshunt D’Arcy
1823/John Hunt/../../../Record of Alehouse Keepers *****
Sureties: John Carey of Tollesbury
1824/John Hunt/../../../Record of Alehouse Keepers *****
Sureties: Robert Polley of Witham & Martha Wendon of Inworth
1825/John Hunt/../../../Record of Alehouse Keepers *****
Sureties: John Carey of Tollesbury &Thomas King of Gt Totham
1826/John Rample/../../../Record of Alehouse Keepers *****
1828-9/James Ramplee/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Lawrence Otway/../../../Pigot's
1839/William Gray/../../../Pigot's
1845/John Mann/../../../Post Office
1848/John Mann/Victualler/../../White's
1851/John Mann/../../../Post Office
1852/J. Mann/../../../Kelly's**
1855/J. Last/../../../Kelly's**
1861/Benjamin Aylett/Innkeeper/45/Tillingham, Essex/Census*
1861/Caroline Aylett/Wife/35/Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex/Census*
1861/Ann Woodyard/Visitor, Carpenters Daughter/9/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census*
1861/George A. Cuthbert/Boarder, Inland Revenue/24/Ireland/Census*
1862/Benjamin Aylett/Wheelwright/../../Kelly's
1867/Henry Cracknell/../../../Post Office
1870/Charles Everitt/Boot & Shoe Maker/../../Kelly's
1871/Charles Everitt/Boot & Shoe Maker/../../Post Office
1874/Charles Everitt/../../../Kelly's
1878/Frederick Houlding/../../../Kelly's
1881/William Rudrum/Licensed Victualler & Carpenter/39/Norton,
Norfolk/Census
1881/Jane Rudrum/Wife/35/Maldon, Essex/Census
1881/Alice Rudrum/Daughter/15/Maldon, Essex/Census
1881/Harry Rudrum/Son/13/Maldon, Essex/Census
1881/Frederick Rudrum/Son/10/Maldon, Essex/Census
1881/William Ford/Groom/35/Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex/Census
1881/Ada Sawkins/Cook/15/Tolleshunt Knights, Essex/Census
1881/William Handley/Boarder, Master Painter/27/Maldon, Essex/Census
1881/Charles Anthony/Boarder, Carpenter/18/Tollesbury, Essex/Census
1882/William Rudrum/../../../Kelly's
1886/David Thompson/../../../Kelly's
1890/George Henry Wombwell/../../../Kelly's
1891/George Wombwell/Licensed Victualler/28/Dundee, Scotland/Census
1891/Caroline Wombwell/Wife/26/Tollesbury, Essex/Census
1891/George Wombwell/Son/2/Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex/Census
1891/Frederick Wombwell/Son/1/Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex/Census
1891/Clara Johnson/General Servant/15/Tolleshunt Major, Essex/Census
1891/George Holmes/Groom/15/Tolleshunt Major, Essex/Census
1891/James Wade/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/61/Tolleshunt D'Arcy,
Essex/Census
1891/William Mott/Army Pensioner & Agricultural Labourer//West Mersea,
Essex/Census
1891/Edward Barret/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/47/Bishop Stortford,
Essex/Census
1894/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1895/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1898/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1899/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1901/Earnest Blaxall/Licensed Victualler/32/Tolleshunt D'Arcy,
Essex/Census****
1902/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1906/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1908/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1910/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1912/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1914/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1917/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1922/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
1925/Ernest Blaxall/../../../Kelly's
Ernest's great grandparents James & Elizabet Blaxall were at the Red Lion,
Witham in th 1820's***
1929/Thomas Charles Griffin/../../../Kelly's
1933/William E. Clark/../../../Kelly's
1937/Albert E. Thomas/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by CG
** Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*** Provided by Angela Ward, the Great, Great, Great, Great Granddaughter of James & Elizabeth Blaxall
**** Provided by Colleen Morrison
***** Provided by Corinne Yates