This coaching inn was present by 1492 and was rebuilt as the Cock Hotel in 1894. Although long closed, the premises are still standing and used as a mixture of retail and residential. ***
Known Residents
Cock's stabling yard - circa 1892
Courtesy of Waltham Abbey Historical Society
Cock Inn, High Bridge Street, Waltham Abbey - in July
2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1596/Robert Browne/Licensee/../../Emmison Elizabethan Wills *****
"To my son Francis my house and yard called the 'Cock' in Waltham, abutting
on Mill Lane on the east, the highway south, a tenement of William Green
west, and the mill stream north" - 1596 Will *****
1776/Comfort Wilkes/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
11776/John Lane/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1821/T. Smith/../../../..*br>
1822/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's*
1826/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's
1827-8/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's**
1828-9/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's
1839/Henry Quire Alger/../../../Pigot's
1840/Henry Quire Alger/../../../Pigot's*
1845/Henry Quare Alger/Agent to the Imperial Fire Office/../../Post Office
1848/Henry Quare Alger/../../../White's
1851/Henry Quard Alger/../../../Post Office
1852/H. Alger/../../../Kelly's*br>
1855/H. Alger/../../../Kelly's*
1860/Alfred Blackiston/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Mrs. Lucy Kettley/../../../Kelly's
1865/W. Stuart/../../../Kelly's*br>
1867/Edwin Wickham/../../../Post Office
My Gt-gt-grandfather was William Liles Hayden who was landlord of the Cock
Inn, in Waltham Abbey. Previously he was a tailor with his own shop in
Bishops Stortford and lived there until at least 1865. The Kelly's directory
lists him as landlord in 1870 but in fact he died in August 1869; this is
typical of Trade Directories. Unfortunately his change of career did not
suit him and the cause of his death was `Delirium Tremens`! I wonder if his
wife Mary had already left him before he died as she remarried in 1870 and
was then living in Camberwell. However by 1871 Mary, her 6 children and her
new husband Joseph Phipps were back at the Cock Inn; and Kelly's directory
lists him as landlord until 1878. ******
1870/William Liles Hayden/../../../Kelly's
1874/Joseph Phipps/../../../Kelly's
1876/Joseph Phipps/../../../Kelly's*
1878/Joseph Phipps/../../../Kelly's
1880/Timothy Giles/../../../Kelly's*
1881/Timothy Giles/Innkeeper/59/Bromley, Kent/Census
1881/Jane Giles/Wife/58/Hertford, Hertford/Census
1881/Susan Eves/Housemaid/42/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Francis Header/Barman/20/Welwyn, Hertford/Census
1881/William Threadgold/Ostler/19/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Knight/General Servant/15/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas Temple Horton/Visitor, Law Stationers Clerk/20/Homerton,
Middlesex/Census
1882/Timothy Giles/../../../Kelly's
1885/Timothy Giles/../../../Kelly's*
1886/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1894/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1895/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1898/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1899/Frederick K. Ward/../../../Kelly's
1902/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1908/Charles Edward King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1912/Charles Edward King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1917/Charles Edward King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1925/Ernest Moseley/../../../Kelly's
1933/Arthur Baines/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by Ken Harrison
** Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*** Provided by Stephen Harris
**** Provided By Kevan
***** Provided By Lawrence Greenall
****** Provided By Jane Kerby
And Last updated on: Saturday, 11-Oct-2008 13:25:27 PDT