King's Head, Chigwell Road/High Road, Chigwell
This illustration from The Trade Signs of Essex (1887).
Kings head, Chigwell - in 1920
All kindly donated by Colleen
Ye Olde Kings Head Gardens 1925
15th July 2001
Possibly the most famous pub in Essex, the King's Head was imortalised in Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge as the Maypole Inn (a real Maypole does exist in Chigwell). For many years the favourite watering hole of the city merchants and bankers who had the country estates out of London. Has been used as a court and a girl's school.
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1828-9/Mary Draper/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Mary Draper/Coach Proprietor & Livery Stable Keeper/../../Pigot's
1839/James Oliver/Coach Proprietor & Livery Stable Keeper/../../Pigot's
1845/George Jenkins/../../../Post Office
1848/George Basham/../../../White's
1851/George Basham/../../../Post Office
1851/George
Basham/victualler/37/Epping,
Essex/Census **
1851/Susanna Basham/wife/35/Old Buckenham, Norfolk/Census
**
1851/Sarah A Basham/daughter, scholar/11/Epping, Essex/Census
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1851/Jane Basham/daughter, scholar/08/Epping, Essex/Census
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1851/George Basham/son, scholar/05/Chigwell, Essex/Census
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1851/Frederick Basham/son, scholar/04/Chigwell, Essex/Census
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1851/Julia Basham/daughter/03/Chigwell, Essex/Census
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1851/Louisa Basham/daughter/01/Chigwell, Essex/Census
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1851/Ann Flack/mother in law, cook/54/Norfolk/Census
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1851/Harriet Basham/sister, barmaid/21/Essex/Census
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1851/James Wright/ostler/24/Woodford, Essex/Census
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1851/Sophia Hiner/housemaid/21/Little Swaffham, Cambridgeshire/Census
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1851/Zillah Hiner/nursemaid/15/Little Swaffham, Cambridgeshire/Census
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1862/George
Basham/../../../Kelly's
1867/George Basham/../../../Post Office
1865/G. Basham/../../../Kelly's*
1870/George Basham/../../../Kelly's
1871/George Basham/../../../Post Office
1874/George Basham/../../../Kelly's
1876/George Basham/../../../Kelly's*
1878/George Basham/../../../Kelly's
1881/George
Basham/Hotel Keeper/67/Epping, Essex/Census
1881/Susanah
Basham/Wife/65/Buckingham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Frederick
T. Basham/Son, Farmer/35/Chigwell, Esse/Census
1881/Louisa
M. Basham/Daughter/31/Chigwell, Essex/Census
1881/Henry
G. Basham/Son, Bank Clerk/26/Chigwell, Essex/Census
1881/Alfred
Basham/Son, Barman/25/Chigwell, Essex/Census
1881/Emma
W. Basham/Daughter, Assistant (J S)/24/Chigwell, Essex/Census
1881/Frederick
Basham/Grandson/11/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/George
E. Jacobs/Grandson/5/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edith
Jacobs /Granddaughter/4/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas
Austin/Potman/18/Epping, Essex/Census
1881/Louisa
Welsh/General Servant/21/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth
Pittman/Chamber Maid/30/Woodford, Essex/Census
1881/Rosina
Bowers/Cook/28 /Great Baldingfield, Suffolk/Census
1882/George Basham/../../../Kelly's
1885/George Basham/../../../Kelly's*
1886/George Basham/../../../Kelly's
1894/John Webb/../../../Kelly's
1895/John Webb/../../../Kelly's
1898/Walter Lewis/../../../Kelly's
1899/Walter Lewis/../../../Kelly's
1902/Walter Lewis/../../../Kelly's
1908/Walter Lewis/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Thurban/../../../Kelly's
1917/William Thurban/../../../Kelly's
1925/Henry A. Arnhard/../../../Kelly's
1933/Frederick Joseph Corbett/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead
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