The George Inn and the Red Lion circa 1910 -1920
Kindly donated by Colleen
1977 whilst known as Farthings
The original Red Lion was in a different location, on what is now 68 Newland Street (above and below). The current premises (bottom) have "only" been so called since around 1800, prior to which it was known as the Black Boy.
Provided by Janet Gyford
9th February 2001
Original premises re-licensed and named "Bar isis" in October 2001
9th January 2001
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1769-1772/John Hailstone/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1773/Sarah Webb/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1774-1782 /Not Listed/../../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1785-1793/Peter Humphreys/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1794-1802/William Green/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1803-1815/James Blaxall/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1816-1824/Elizabeth Blaxall/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1822/Elizabeth (nee Cotton) Blaxall/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/Elizabeth (nee Cotton) Blaxall/../../../Pigot's*
1825-1827/William Walford/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
Elizabeth Cotton married James Blaxall in 1791 in London. James & Elizabeth had 5 known children: Lucy, Mary, James William, Elizabeth & Charlotte. Lucy married William Walford in London in 1813 at Westminster St. Annes, Soho (where her parents had married) and then raised a family in Witham.
Ernest Blaxall, the great grandson of James & Elizabeth, was to run the Red Lion in Tolleshunt D'Arcy**
1828/Thomas Trew/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*****
1828-9/William Walford/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Henry Lambert/../../../Pigot's
1839/Robert Dennis/../../../Pigot's*
1841/William
Culf/Innkeeper/25/Essex/Census****
1841/Eliza
Culf/../25/Essex/Census****
1841/Carrington
Culf/Servant/69/Not Essex/Census****
1841/Hannah
Humphrey/Servant/13/Essex/Census****
1841/Robert
Stanton/Contractor/20//Not EssexCensus****
1841/Anna
Stanton/../23/Not Essex/Census****
1841/William
Cottett/Brush M. J. /39/Not Essex/Census****
1841/Hannah
Cottett/../37/Not Essex/Census****
1841/John
Gladdon/Labourer/25/Not Essex/Census****
1841/Maria
Gladdon/../20/Not Essex/Census****
1841/Samuel
Engin(?)/Blacksmith/15/Essex/Census****
1845/Samuel Gordon/../../../Post Office
1848/John Ward/../../../White's
1851/John Ward/../../../Post Office
1851/John
Ward/Innkeeper/55/Bocking, Essex/Census**
1851/Hannah
Ward/Wife/54/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/Thomas
Ward/Son, Assistant/26/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/Emma
Ward/Daughter, Assistant/21/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/William
Ward/Son, Carman/19/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/Amelia
Ward/Son's Wife/27/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/Amelia
Ward/Granddaughter/1/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/George
Russell/Lodger, Labourer/46/Coggeshall, Essex/Census**
1851/William
Fryall/Lodger, Labourer/16/Witham, Essex/Census**
1851/James
Green/Lodger, Tailor/28/Hedington, Essex/Census**
1852/J. Ward/../../../Kelly's*
1855/Mrs. H. Ward/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Mrs. Hannah Ward/../../../Kelly's
1863/Hannah Ward/../../../White's****
1867/Mrs. Hannah Ward/../../../Post Office
1870/Mrs.
Hannah Ward/../../../Kelly's
1878/Joseph William Blake/../../../Kelly's
1881/Samuel
Handley/Innkeeper/57/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Alice
Handley/Daughter/26/Witham, Essex/Census
1881/William
Goodey/Lodger, Hawker/49/Halstead, Essex/Census
1881/Mary
Ann Goodey/Lodger, Hawker/46/St. Ives, Huntington/Census
1881/Mary
Ann Goodey/Lodger, Hawker/20/Thaxted, Essex/Census
1882/Samuel Handley/../../../Kelly's
1886/Samuel Handley/../../../Kelly's
1890/Samuel Handley/../../../Kelly's
1891/Samuel
Handley/Publican/67/Braintree, Essex/Census***
1891/Alice
Handley/Daughter, Housekeeper/35/Witham, Essex/Census***
1891/Susan
Gant/Boarder, Living on her own means/69/Wareham, Norfolk/Census***
1891/Jell
Coker/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/38?/Tolleshunt Knights, Essex/Census***
1891/Joseph
Coleman/Boarder, Bricklayers Labourer/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census***
1891/Mary
Ann Coleman/Boarder/26/Kings Lynn, Norfolk/Census***
1894/Frederick Askew/../../../Kelly's
1895/Frederick Askew/../../../Kelly's
1898/Harry Wager/../../../Kelly's
1899/Harry Wager/../../../Kelly's
1901/Harry
Wager/Inn Keeper/38/Great Totham, Essex/Census
++
1901/Alice Wager/Wife/40/Witham, Essex/Census
1901/Cyril Wager/Son/2/Witham, Essex/Census
1901/Harry Dean/Lodger, Foreman Post Office Telegraph/34/Great Shelford,
Cambridgeshire/Census
1901/Edward Whitmore/Lodger, Probate Lineman Tel. Dept./21/Higham,
Suffolk/Census
1901/James Varney/Lodger, Labourer Post Office Tel. Dept./22/Bethnal Green,
London/Census
1901/Arthur Fuller/Lodger, Labourer Post Office Tel. Dept./24/Reymerston,
Norfolk/Census
1902/Harry
Wager/../../../Kelly's
1906/William Bull/../../../Kelly's
1908/William Bull/../../../Kelly's
1910/William Bull/../../../Kelly's
1912/William Bull/../../../Kelly's
1914/William Bull/../../../Kelly's
1917/Mrs. Catherine Bull/../../../Kelly's
1922/William Ernest Bull/../../../Kelly's
1925/Herbert Charles Lowe/../../../Kelly's
1929/Gilbert N. Drury/../../../Kelly's
1933/Mrs. Bertha Poole/Proprietress/../../Kelly's
1937/Charles Keen/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
* 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 CG
**** Provided by Janet Gyford
***** Provided by David Humphries
++ Provided by Colin Ager
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