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Bear, Buttsbury

Also known as the White Bear

The Bear, Stock - in 1913

The Bear, Stock - in 1913

The Bear, Stock - circa 1919

Both kindly provided by Colleen

The Bear, Stock

The Bear, Stock

Provided by Colleen

July 2002

Taken by Stephen Parker

One of the regulars at the Bear was Old Spider, an Ostler, who had the habit of climbing up the chimney in one bar and descending down the chimney in the other. Sometimes he would disappear for the night and reappear the following day. The regulars soon came to take no real notice of Old Spider's antics and assumed he'd discovered a disused loft in which to sleep off his excess drinking. One day he failed to reappear and the locals assumed he's left town. He was soon forgotten, but 20 years later, during renovation work, his charred body was found wedged between the two chimneys. His ghost is said to haunt The Bear today.

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/William Mumford/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**

1828-9/William Mumford/../../../Pigot's

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

1839/William Ratcliff/../../../Pigot's

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

1845/Thomas Steward/../../../Post Office

1848/Thomas Steward/Victualler/../../White's

1851/Thomas Steward/../../../Post Office

1851/Thomas Steward/innkeeper/54/Maldon, Essex/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Steward/wife/51/Hatfield [Peverel], Essex/Census ***
1851/Caroline Bradley/visitor/18/London/Census ***
1851/William Norman/visitor, scholar/10/Colchester, Essex/Census ***
1851/William Shepherd/ostler/53/Great Baddow, Essex/Census ***
1851/John Fluze/lodger, soldier 20th Foot/34/Wickford, Essex/Census ***
1851/George Howard/lodger, journeyman blacksmith/18/Great Leighs, Essex/Census ***

1855/H. Coker/../../../Kelly's*

1862/Joseph Barratt/../../../Kelly's

1867/Joseph Barrett/../../../Post Office

1870/Joseph Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1871/Joseph Barrett/../../../Post Office

1874/Joseph Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1878/Joseph Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1881/Joseph Barrett/Licensed Victualler/60/Hockley, Essex/Census
1881/Fanny L. Barrett/Wife/56/Wickford, Essex/Census
1881/Katie Barrett/Niece/16/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1881/Ann Smee/Domestic Servant/27/West Hanningfield, Essex/Census
1881/George Read/Assistant Groom/15/Little Baddow, Essex/Census

1882/Joseph Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1886/Joseph Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1894/George Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1895/George Barrett/../../../Kelly's

1898/William H. Newman/../../../Kelly's

1899/William H. Newman/../../../Kelly's

1902/William James Horne/../../../Kelly's

1908/Harry Brown/Blacksmith/../../Kelly's

1912/Harry Brown/Blacksmith/../../Kelly's

1917/Harry Brown/Blacksmith/../../Kelly's

1925/Harry Brown/../../../Kelly's

1933/Harry Brown/../../../Kelly's

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

** Provided by Mike Smith

*** Provided by John Mead

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Bear, Buttsbury

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