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Anchor, 35 Magdalen Street, Colchester

This pub was present by the eighteenth century, possibly originally as the Blue Anchor. It was renamed the Boar’s Head in 1894 and closed in 1910. The premises are now demolished. **

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1822/Charles Inman/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/Charles Inman/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/Charles Inman/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/William Cant/../../../Pigot's

1839/Mark Munson/../../../Pigot's

1845/Joseph Wenden/../../../Post Office

1848/Joseph Wenden/../../../White's

1851/Joseph Wenden/licensed victualler/58/Earls Colne, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Ann Wenden/wife/51/Earls Colne, Essex/Census **
1851/Caroline Ann Wenden/daughter, scholar/09/Colchester, Essex/Census **
1851/Letitia Smith/niece, domestic/24/Earls Colne, Essex/Census **
1851/Joseph Wenden/nephew, servant/23/Earls Colne, Essex/Census **

1855/J. Wendon/../../../Kelly's*

1855/Joseph Wenden/../../../Post Office Directory **

1862/John Kennedy/../../../Kelly's

1867/Charles Webb/../../../Post Office

1870/Charles Webb/Bricklayer/../../Kelly's

1871/Charles Webb/Bricklayer/../../Post Office

1874/Mrs. Eliza Norris/../../../Kelly's

1878/William Collins/../../../Kelly's

1881/William Collings/Licensed Victualler/37/Aylesbury, Buckingham/Census
1881/Henrietta Collings/Wife/39/Clapham, Surrey/Census

1882/William Collings/../../../Kelly's

1886/Walter William Collings/../../../Kelly's

1894/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's

1895/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's

Known as the Boar's Head from 1898 to 1908

1898/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's

1899/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's

1902/Charles Frost/../../../Kelly's

1908/Richard Harding/../../../Kelly's

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