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No longer a pub. It was listed as a grade II historic building in 1951
Horn Hotel, Braintree - circa 1904
Horn Hotel, Braintree - posted 1908
Kindly provided by Colleen
Horn Hotel - A Trumans Pub in 1963
The Horns Hotel, Braintree interior around about 1963
Both kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson
3rd August 2001
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1822/John Cartwright/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/John Cartwright/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/John C. Cartwright/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/John Nunn/../../../Pigot's
1839/Stephen Barnet/../../../Pigot's
1845/James Bateman/../../../Post Office
1848/James Bateman/../../../White's
1851/James Bateman/../../../Post Office
1851/James Bateman/innkeeper/46/Margaretting, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Bateman/wife/47/Colchester, Essex/Census
1851/James Bateman/son, scholar/13/Braintree, Essex/Census
1851/Charles Lilly/ostler/28/Castle Hedingham, Essex/Census
1851/William Clark/’boots’/20/Braintree, Essex/Census
1851/Hannah Thorogood/housemaid/31/Great Easton, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Turner/cook/26/Rayne, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Wilshire/under housemaid/18/Great Leighs, Essex/Census
1851/Samuel Taylor/father in law, widower, retired innkeeper/74/Kersey, Suffolk/Census
1851/L F Good/surveyor of taxes/35/not known/Census
1856/James Bateman/../../../Post Office
1861/James Bateman/Hotel Keeper/57/Margaretting, Essex/Census
1861/Mary Ann Bateman/Wife/58/Kersey, Suffolk/Census
1861/James Bateman/Son/23/Braintree, Essex/Census
1861/Eliza Ann Brewty/Barmaid/25/Che4lmsford, Essex/Census
1861/Louisa Samson/HouseMaid/26/Tollesbury, Essex/Census
1861/Eliza Bassey/HouseMaid/25/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1861/Emma Reeve/Cook/19/Takeley, Essex/Census
1861/Arthur Chaplin/Boots/19/Stisted, Essex/Census
1861/Alfred Stock/Ostler/23/Finchingfield, Essex/Census
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1862/James Bateman/../../../Kelly's
1867/William Johnson/../../../Post Office
1870/William Johnson/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Johnson/../../../Post Office
1871/William Johnson/Coal & Manure Merchant, Hotel Keeper & Contractor
employing 12 men/49/Sandbach, Cheshire/Census
1871/Jane Johnson/Wife/47/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1871/J E Johnson/Daughter/21/Braintree, Essex/Census
1871/Robert J Johnson/Son, Clerk at Coal depot/16/Braintree, Essex/Census
1871/Edith Steel/Visitor/24/Manchester, Lancester/Census
1871/C L Pilgrim/Assistant, Barmaid/29/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1871/Ellen M Barfield/Waitress/25/Tolleshunt Knights, Essex/Census
1871/Mary A Norton/Cook/28/Walham, Suffolk/Census
1871/Mary A Baynes/Chambermaid/19?/Tendring, Essex/Census
1871/John Rool/Boots/19?/Bocking, Essex/Census
1871/Alfred Stock/Ostler/28/Finchingfield, Essex/Census
1874/Frederick Hale/../../../Kelly's
1878/Frederick Hale/../../../Kelly's
1881/Frederick Hale/Hotelkeeper/34/Canpton, Berkshire/Census
1881/Martha Hale/Wife/39/Springfield, Essex/Census
1881/John Kennard Hale/Son/11/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/William Kealey Hale/Son/10/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Emily Kate Hale/Daughter/7/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Agnus Blanch Hale/Daughter/4/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Jane Hale/Mother, Annuitant/60/Tincleton, Dorset/Census
1881/Agnus Eugenie Mills/Barmaid/25/Thorp-le-Soken, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Jane Gagh/Waitress/25/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1881/Harriet Russell/Chambermaid/19/Black Notley, Essex/Census
1881/Drucilla May/Nurse/16/Black Notley, Essex/Census
1881/Arthur Smith/Boots/26/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Alfred Day/Billiard Marker/17/Braintree, Essex/Census
1881/Frederick James. L. Sawkings/Lodger/30/Willesdon, Middlesex/Census
1882/Frederick Hale/../../../Kelly's
1886/George Richardson Gowenlock/../../../Kelly's
1890/Richard White Munday/../../../Kelly's
1891/Elizabeth Munday/../40/Lauriston?/Census**
1894/Richard White Munday/../../../Kelly's
1895/Richard White Munday/../../../Kelly's
1899/Vincent Steer/../../../Kelly's
1902/Vincent Steer/../../../Kelly's
1906/Vincent Steer/../../../Kelly's
1908/Vincent Steer/../../../Kelly's
1910/Harry Padfield/../../../Kelly's
1911/Harry Padfield/Hotel Proprietor/46/Regents Park, London/Census
1911/Catherine S Padfield/Wife, Assistant/46/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1911/Hylda Mary Padfield/Daughter, Assistant/22/Chelsea, London/Census
1911/Douglas Harry Padfield/Son/13/Tooting, London/Census
1911/Mary Mayers/Cook/26/Stisted, Essex/Census
1911/Helen Finch/Waitress/23/Walton on Naze, Essex/Census
1911/Lilly Laver/Waitress/21/Kilburn, London/Census
1911/Robert Davey/Billiard Marker/17/Aldgate, London/Census
1911/Arthur Rushton/Visitor, Valuer/28/Blackburn, Lancashire/Census
1912/Harry Padfield/../../../Kelly's
1914/Harry Padfield/../../../Kelly's
1917/Harry Padfield/../../../Kelly's
1922/Oswald Trigg/../../../Kelly's
1925/John C. Perkins/../../../Kelly's
1929/Charles M. Taylor/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1933/Harry W. Hancock/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1937/James Edward Shepherd/Proprietor/../../Kelly's
1950/Mrs & Mrs E W J Curtis/../../../Black Eagle Journal *
1963/../Horns Hotel : Trumans/../../Black Eagle Journal *
My father Micheal William Johnson was the Landlord here for over 5 years in
the mid seventies when it was a restaurant and bar; if I remember rightly it
was part of the "Berni Inns group"... He later went on to buy the Riverside
Inn at Earls Colne in Essex until he had to sell it, I believe it is an
Indian Restaurant now. *+
Also if it is of any use, he ran the Clarendon Royal Hotel in Gravesend,
Kent prior to The Horn for many years in the early seventies, again for the
Berni Inn Group and bizarrely my son is the Head Chef there now! *+
* Provided
by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
*+ Provided by Chris Johnson
** Provided by Ann Duncan
* Provided by Alex Wilkinson
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