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Chestnut Tree, 757 Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow E17

at Chestnut Walk, Lea Bridge Road around 1900

This pub was present at least by 1846 when it was called the Little Wonder, when the road was called Chestnut Walk. The pub was re-built in 1854 and had been re-named the Chestnut Tree by 1863, probably earlier, when the road was widened to become Lea Bridge Road. In 2005 the pub was re-named again, and is now the Waltham Oak **

Waltham Oak, 757 Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow E17 - in November 2006

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1851/Philip Shearman/Beershop Keeper/31/Cliff, Kent/Census*
1851/Sarah Shearman/Housekeeper/59/Cliff, Kent/Census*
1851/Alice Shearman/Sister/19/Frindabury, Kent/Census*
1851/William Bigsworth/Servant/33/Walthamstow, Essex/Census*
1851/George Warren/Visitor/21.Leytonstone, Essex*

1861/Samuel Russell/Licensed Victualler/../../History of Walthamstow 1861 ****

1862/Samuel Russell/../../../Kelly's

1870/David Hutt/../../../Kelly's

1874/James Headland/../../../Kelly's

1878/James Hadland/../../../Kelly's

1881/James Hadland/Licensed Victualler/42/Blackfriars Road, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah A. Hadland/Wife/37/Devizes, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Alice E. Hadland/Daughter/9/Buckhurst Hill, Essex/Census
1881/Lilian M. Hadland/Daughter/4/Walthamstow, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Hadland/Mother, Annuitant/68/Hereford/Census
1881/Rose Farndon/Cousin, Barmaid/18/Turnham Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charlotte Duncan/Barmaid/21/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Kirk/Cook/28/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census

1882/James Hadland/../../../Kelly's

1896/Mrs Mary Ann Wiles/../../../Kelly's ****

1896/Frederick George Hone/../../../Petty Sessions ****

10/12/1898/John Sully/../../../Petty Sessions ****

9/12/1899/Elizabeth Charlton/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1902/Elizabeth Charlton/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1902/Mrs Elizabeth Charlton/../../../Kelly's ****

1906/Mrs Elizabeth Charlton/../../../Kelly's ****

25/5/1907/Sophia Phyllis MacDonald/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1908/Mrs. Sophia MacDonald/../../../Kelly's

1912/Mrs. Sophia P. MacDonald/../../../Kelly's

1917/Mrs. Sophia P. MacDonald/../../../Kelly's

20/12/1919/Alexander James MacDonald/../../../Petty Sessions ****

24/1/1920/Thomas George King/../../../Petty Sessions ****

06/3/1920/John Murphy/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1922/John Murphy/../../../Kelly's

30/9/1922/Frank Smith & Harold Brien/../../../Petty Sessions ****

07/3/1925/Frank Smith & Alfred Henry Stevenson/../../../Petty Sessions ****

1925/F. Smith & Stevenson/../../../Kelly's

30/1/1929/Frank Smith & Jason Adam Smith/../../../Petty Sessions ****

17/12/1930/Ernest Louis Short & Charles Gerald Collins/../../../Petty Sessions ****

26/4/1933/Ernest Louis Short & Cecil Edwin Haylett/../../../Petty Sessions ****

** Provided by Stephen Harris

**** Provided by Kevan

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