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Blue Anchor, 52 Heath Street, Barking

History of Barking

This pub was present by 1609 and also known as the Anchor *

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1822-3/Joseph Frogley/../../../Pigot's*

1826/Joseph Frogley/../../../Pigot's Directory ****

1828/William Smith/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances***

1828-9/Joseph Frogley/../../../Pigot's

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

1839/William Smith/../../../Pigot's

1840/William Smith/../../../Pigot's*

1845/Thomas Monk/../../../Post Office

1848/Thomas Monk/../../../White's

1851/Thomas Monk/../../../Post Office

1851/Henry Monk/licensed victualler/39/Ilford, Essex/Census **
1851/Emma Monk/wife/33/London/Census **
1851/Emma Monk/daughter, scholar/09/Barking, Essex/Census **
1851/Olive C Monk/daughter, scholar/05/Barking, Essex/Census **
1851/Frederick L Monk/son/01/Barking, Essex/Census **
1851/James Moss/pot boy/18/Barking, Essex/Census **

1852/T. Monk/../../../Kelly's*

1855/T. Monk/../../../Kelly's*

1861/Thomas Porter/Licensed Victualler/48/Barking, Essex/Census ****
1861/Mahala Porter/Wife/40/Manningtree, Essex/Census
1861/William Nickels/Pot Man/46/Poplar, Middx/Census
1861/Emma Abbott/General servant/20/Northfleet, Kent/Census

1862/Thomas Porter/../../../Kelly's

1867/Thomas Porter/../../../Kelly's

1871/James Grant/Publican/36/Tetbury, Gloucestershire/Census
1871/Charles Grant/Son/7 months/London/Census
1871/Harriet Grant/Daughter/9/London/Census
1871/Alfred Loabets/Potman/14/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ellen Hall/Domestic Servant/16/Ilford, Essex/Census

1872/J Millard/../../../The Essex Annual *

1874/James Grant/../../../Kelly's

1878/Alfred Lovett/../../../Kelly's

The [Ager/Wager link] - my great great great aunt, Martha Ager, married James Wager in 1863 (she didn't have to change her name much!). James brother was William Wager who ran the Compasses in Great Totham and the Fox in Rivenhall, and his sister was Elizabeth Wager who appears to have lived quite a long life at the Swan in Little Totham. He also had another sister, Eliza. She married Albert Binks whose parents ran the Victoria, Barking, and after Albert’s death she remarried William Bone who ran the Blue Anchor in Barking and was last seen in 1901 with the occupation of 'Publican' and living at 6 High Street, Ilford, Essex. *****

1881/William Bone/Beerhouse Keeper/34/Dagenham, Essex/Census
1881/Esther Bone/Daughter/11/Barking, Essex/Census
1881/William Bone/Son/4/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1881/Ann Bone/Daughter/3/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1881/Sarah Burgess/Sister/49/Barking, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Dane/../17/Gorleston, Suffolk/Census

1882/William Bone/../../../Kelly's

1886/William Bone/../../../Kelly's

1891/Joseph F Hardwick/Licensed Victualler/38/Northampton/Census
1891/Matilda Hardwick/Wife/35/Great Totham, Essex/Census
1891/Matilda S Hardwick/Daughter/15/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1891/Mabel Hardwick/Daughter/12/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1891/John Suckling/Potman/26/Romford, Essex/Census
1891/Mary A Tyler/Domestic Servant/17/Barking, Essex/Census

1894/Joseph Frederick Hardwick/../../../Kelly's

1895/Joseph Frederick Hardwick/../../../Kelly's

1896/Robert Barnard/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1898/Robert Barnard/../../../Kelly's

1899/Robert Barnard/../../../Kelly's

1901/James Dallinger/Manager - Public House/38/Homerton, Middlesex/Census
1901/Mary Ann Dallinger/Wife/39/East Ham, Essex/Census
1901/Annie Cleary/Sister in Law, Cotton Goods Machinist/26/East Ham, Essex/Census

# I need to check this, it is probably a private address
1901/Robert Barnard/Publican/60/Stowmarket, Suffolk/Census ****
1901/Rebecca Barnard/Wife/58/Dartford, Kent/Census
1901/Milly Pankhurst/Grandchild/8/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1901/Annie Pankhurst/Grandchild/6/Plaistow, Essex/Census

1902/Robert Barnard/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1902/Robert Barnard/../../../Kelly's

1908/Robert Barnard/../../../Kelly's

In 1911, Robert Barnard is living at a private address, at 37 Cambridge Road, Barking.

* Provided by Stephen Harris

** Provided by John Mead

*** Provided by Mike Smith

**** Provided by Kevan

Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day. Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.
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All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission.
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