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Ordnance Arms, High Bridge Street, Waltham Abbey

This pub was destroyed by a German V2 rocket in 1945. It is the second building on the right hand side, the one that projects into High Bridge Street. **

It closed when it was destroyed by the V2 rocket on 7th March 1945, and the licensee at that time was Mrs. Vera May (who subsequently took over the license of the King William IV in Hoddesdon, Herts.) Apparently my father was one of the first people to get through to the Ordnance Arms after the blast, and was instrumental in extracting Mrs. May from the rubble.

I was also involved with that V2 rocket. I understand that it fell during the afternoon, and usually I would have been in my pram located underneath a plate glass window that was blown in by the blast. However, I understand that I was showing some slight symptoms of a cold on this day, so my parents had (fortunately?) put my pram in front of a fire, away from the window.
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High Bridge Street, Waltham Abbey

Kindly provided by Colleen

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1862/George Baker/Baker/../../Kelly's

1865/G. Baker/../../../Kelly's*

1867/George Baker/Baker/../../Post Office

1870/George Baker/Baker/../../Kelly's

1874/Henry Knight/../../../Kelly's

1876/Henry Knight/../../../Kelly's*

1878/Henry Knight/../../../Kelly's

1880/Mrs. E. Knight/../../../Kelly's*

1881/Eliza Knight/Publican/52/Ware, Hertford/Census
1881/Hannah Bland/Mother, Annuitant/89/Ware, Hertford/Census
1881/Harriet Alice Bland/Niece, Barmaid/22/Ware, Hertford/Census
1881/Alice Ada Wads/Niece, Barmaid/13/Stepney, Middlesex/Census

1882/Mrs. Eliza Knight/../../../Kelly's

1885/Mrs. Eliza Knight/../../../Kelly's*

1886/Mrs. Eliza Knight/../../../Kelly's

1894/Miss Susannah Brasier/../../../Kelly's

1895/Miss Susannah Brasier/../../../Kelly's

1898/George Walker/../../../Kelly's

1899/G. Walker/../../../Kelly's

1902/George Walker/../../../Kelly's

1908/George Walker/../../../Kelly's

1912/Mrs. Mary Walker/../../../Kelly's

1917/Mrs. Mary Walker/../../../Kelly's

1925/Captain Frederick Mines M. C./../../../Kelly's

1933/Sidney Brown/../../../Kelly's

1945/Mrs Vera May/../../../Personal History ***
Note: Premises not named in 1882

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

** Provided by Stephen Harris

*** Provided by Derek Robinson

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Updated in April 2008 by Kevan .
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