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Ordnance Arms, 3 Hythe Quay, Colchester

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/J. Barnes/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/J. Barnes/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/Thomas Letche/../../../Pigot's

1832/Daniel Oathwaite Blyth/Owner & Porter Merchant/../../../Auction

"Lot 2 - An old established and well-accustomed FREEHOLD PUBLIC HOUSE called the ORDNANCE ARMS. Very desirably situated for Business, near the East-Bridge, in the Parish of St. Leonards, Colchester; it is Timber-built and Tiled, and contains good underground Cellars, Tap-Room, Parlour, Dining-Room, Five Bed-Chambers, and Two Attics; a Washhouse, Yard, Garden, and Stabling for 12 Horses, together with a Wharf, possessing a valuable and extensive Frontage to the River Colne. This Lot is in the Occupation of Mr. Everard Willett, who pays a Barrel-Rent on the Trade, which amounts by Estimation, to about £40 per Annum.
The auction took place on 26th March. 1832, by the order of Daniel Oathwaite Blyth."**

1832-3/Everard Willett/../../../Pigot's

1839/Everard Willett/../../../Pigot's

1845/William Pitt/../../../Post Office

1848/Susan Pitt/../../../White's

1851/Mrs. Susan Pitt/../../../Post Office

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

1862/James Martin/../../../Kelly's

1867/James Martin/../../../Post Office

1870/Robert Shead/../../../Kelly's

1871/Robert Shead/../../../Post Office

1874/Robert Shead/../../../Kelly's

1878/Robert Shead/../../../Kelly's

1881/Robert Shead/Ship Owner & Agent (N Sons)/50/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Ann Shead/Wife/49/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Alice Shead/Daughter/23/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Edith Shead/Daughter/13/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Robert Shead/Son, /11/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Kate Shead/Daughter/8/Colchester, Essex/Census

Note: Premises not named in 1881

1882/Robert Shead/../../../Kelly's

1886/Robert Shead/../../../Kelly's

1894/Mrs. Anne Shead/../../../Kelly's

1895/Mrs. Anne Shead/../../../Kelly's

1898/Mrs. Anne Shead/../../../Kelly's

1899/Mrs. Anne Shead/../../../Kelly's

1901/Ann Shead/Licensed Victualler, Widow/67/Colchester, Essex/Census ****
1901/Robert Shead/Son, General Carman/30/Colchester, Essex/Census
1901/Kate Shead/Daughter, Assistant/27/Colchester, Essex/Census
1901/Bessie Threadbell/Barmaid/23/Hollesley, Suffolk/Census

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

1907/J. Clarke/../../../Benham's

1908/James Clarke/../../../Kelly's

1912/Wm. Thomas Green/../../../Kelly's

1917/Walter Scott/../../../Kelly's

1925/Samuel Davie/../../../Kelly's

1933/Sidney Davie/../../../Kelly's

J B Hubbard, licensee, died on April 14th, 1959 - Black Eagle Journal ***

1959/J B Hubbard/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***

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

*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson

**** 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.
The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.

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