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Also known as the Black Bull. The Curtis family are licensees of the Bull in Billericah High street for over 80 years; closing around 1908.
Residents at this address
1814-20/William Cross/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances **
1821/Thomas Curtis/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances **
1822/Thomas Curtis/../../../Pigot**
1823-4/Thomas Curtis/../../../Pigot
1828/Thomas Curtis/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*
1832-3/Thomas Curtis/../../../Pigot
1828-9/Thomas Curtis/../../../Pigot
1839/Thomas Curtis/../../../Pigot
1841/Thomas Curtis/innkeeper/40/Essex/Census ***
1841/Sarah Curtis/wife/45/Essex/Census
1841/Ellen Curtis/daughter/15/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Ann Curtis/daughter/15/Essex/Census
1841/Rose Curtis/daughter/14/Essex/Census
1841/Emma Curtis/daughter/11/Essex/Census
1841/Thomas Curtis/son/06/Essex/Census
1841/Joseph Turnstile/male servant/15/Essex/Census
1841/Aaron Tyrell/ostler/20/Essex/Census
1845/Thomas Curtis/../../../Post Office
1848/Thomas Curtis/../../../White
1851/Thomas Curtis/../../../Post Office
1851/Thomas Curtis/licensed victualler/55/Chelmsford, Essex/Census ***
1851/Sarah M Curtis/wife/56/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/Ellen Curtis/daughter/26/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/Rose A Curtis/daughter/23/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/Emma Curtis/daughter/21/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Curtis/son, draper’s assistant/16/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1851/Robert Parker/servant, ostler/17/Great Burstead, Essex/Census
1855/T Curtis/../../../Post Office *
1861/Sarah M Curtis/ widow, licensed victualler/64/Chelmsford, Essex/Census ***
1861/Ellen Curtis/daughter/34/Billericay, Essex/Census
1861/Rose A Curtis/daughter/30/Billericay, Essex/Census
1861/Thomas Curtis/son, draper/25/Billericay, Essex/Census
1861/Rutland Ruse/servant, ostler/25/Billericay, Essex/Census
1862/Mrs. Sarah Maria Curtis/../../../Kelly
1867/Mrs. Sarah Maria Curtis/../../../Post Office
1870/Mrs. Sarah Maria Curtis/../../../Kelly
1871/Mrs. Sarah Maria Curtis/../../../Post Office
1871/Sarah M Curtis/widow, licensed victualler/72/Chelmsford, Essex/Census ***
1871/Ellen Curtis/daughter/40/Billericay, Essex/Census
1871/Rose A Curtis/daughter/35/Billericay, Essex/Census
1871/Thomas Curtis/son, inn assistant/33/Billericay, Essex/Census
1871/Alice Curtis/grandaughter, scholar/10/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/William Bars/servant, ostler/30/Billericay, Essex/Census
1874/Mrs. Sarah Maria Curtis/../../../Kelly
1878/Thomas Curtis/../../../Kelly
1878/Miss Ellen Curtis/../../../Kelly
1881/Rose Anna Curtis/Licensed Victualler/40/Billericay, Essex/Census
1881/Ellen Keen/Sister, Assistant/42/Billericay, Essex/Census
1881/William Bars/Ostler/39/Billericay, Essex/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
1886/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
1891/Rose Anna Curtis/licensed victualler/52/Billericay, Essex/Census ***
1891/Ellen Kean/married sister, assistant/56//Billericay, Essex/Census
1894/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
1895/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
1898/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
1899/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
1901/Rose A Curtis/Licensed Victualler/70/Billericay, Essex/Census
1901/Ellen Keen/Sister, Assistant/73/Billericay, Essex/Census
1902/Miss Rose Anna Curtis/../../../Kelly
Chelmsford Chronicle. 20 March 1908
Mrs Eileen Keen, of Billericay, passed away, after a short illness, on Monday, aged 84 years. She was the eldest sister of Miss Rose Anna Curtis, of Billericay, who pre-deceased her in 1904, aged 77 years, and who for many years held the licence of the Bull Inn, Billericay (recently closed) where both sisters had lived together in the same house about 77 years and where their father and mother had carried on the business for nearly 80 years.
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