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Great Bentley pub history index
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Directory of Pubs in the UK,historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
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The Red Lion, Great Bentley, Alston family Brewery estates in Manningtree
Kindly donated by Philip Cunningham, sec – Manningtree Museum & Local History Group
The Red Lion, Great Bentley in 1969
Kindly donated by Colleen
Lion, The Green, Great Bentley - 30th July 2000
Residents at this address
1845/Abraham Shelley/Grazier/../../Post Office
1848/Abraham Shelley/Plumber &c/../../Whites
1851/Abraham Shelley/Plumber & Glazier/../../Post Office
1851/Abraham Shelley/innkeeper, painter/49/Rivenhall, Essex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Shelley/wife/43/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Wear/nephew, errand boy/12/Southwark St Thomas, London/Census
1851/Julia White/house servant/18/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/William Carter/lodger, widower, Chelsea Pensioner/70/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/Samuel Taylor/lodger, widower, shepherd/37/Little Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/John Fordham/lodger, carpenter/32/Little Bentley, Essex/Census
1855/A. Shelby/../../../Kellys***
1861/James Oxberry/Publican/45/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census*
1861/Matilda Oxberry/Wife/42/Diss, Norfolk/Census
1861/Eliza Luke/Servant/12/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1861/John Montell/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/34/Whelam, Suffolk/Census
1862/James Oxberry/../../../Kellys
1867/Alfred James Beard/../../../Post Office
1870/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Kellys
1871/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Post Office
1871/John Clark/carpenter, victualler/32/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Mahala Clark/wife/33/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/John Edmund Clark/son, scholar/07/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Recardo Elizabeth Clark/daughter, scholar/04/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Flora Clark/daughter/01/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Joseph Bines/apprentice blacksmith/12/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Plummer/domestic servant/15/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1874/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Kellys
1878/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Kellys
1881/Alfred E. Ager/Licensed Victualler & Saddler/32/Livermore, Suffolk/Census
1881/Emma Ager/Wife/34/Mellis, Suffolk/Census
1881/Alfred Ager/Son/7/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Edward Ernest Ager/Son/5/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Stanley Ager/Son/2/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Bennett/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/40/Langham, Essex/Census
1882/Thomas Damant/Photographer/../../Kellys
1886/Samuel James/../../../Kellys
1890/Samuel James/../../../Kellys
1891/Samuel James/Innkeeper/70/Ardleigh, Essex/Census**
1891/Caroline James/Wife/69/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Susan James/Daughter, Living at Home/30/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Lucy M. James/Daughter, Living at Home/29/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Charles J. James/Grandson/15/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1891/Goldah Friend/Visitor/9/London/Census
1891/Henry Goodchild/Lodger, Photographer/32/London/Census
1891/Annie Goodchild/Lodger, Photographer/28/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1894/Samuel James/../../../Kellys
1895/Samuel James/../../../Kellys
1898/Arthur Jones/../../../Kellys
1899/Arthur Jones/../../../Kellys
Known as the Red Lion after 1899 :
In 1891, Morris Jones is the stepson of Joseph Ezra, a publican at Hospital Arms, 5 Wellington Place, St Mary At the Walls, Colchester
In 1901 at The Lion Inn, Great Bentley, Tendring
Maurice Jones, Licensed victualler aged 32 and born in Colchester, Essex
Mary G Jones, Wife aged 29 and born in Roade, Northamptonshire
Dorothy L Jones, Daughter aged 2 and born in Great Bentley, Essex
1902/Maurice Jones/../../../Kellys
1906/Frank Illington/../../../Kellys
1908/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1910/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys
In 1911 at The Lion Inn Great Bentley Colchester, Great Bentley
Arthur Alfred Lunniss, Licensed victuallers and police pensioner aged 57 and born in Middlesex London
Agnes Ellison Lunniss, Wife, Assists in business aged 49 and born in Bristol Gloucester
Beatrice Alice Lunniss, Daughter, Assists in business aged 24 and born in Helions Bumpstead Essex
Bertha Emily Lunniss, Daughter, Assists in business aged 22 and born in Helions Bumpstead Essex
Helen Agnes Lunniss, Daughter aged 8 and born in Halstead Essex
1912/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1914/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1917/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1922/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1925/Mrs. Agnes E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1929/Mrs. Agnes E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys
Nov 24th 1832 - Alston obit - Essex and Suffolk.
By direction of A E Alston, Esq, who approaching 90 years of age, and retiring from the business, which has been in the same family for many generations under the name of "Alston & Sons", The Stour Brewery, Manningtree, Essex - together with 21 Fully Licensed Houses and Beerhouses which are all freehold, viz :
In Essex :
The White Hart Hotel, Manningtree
The Thorn, Mistley
The Waggon and Horses, Mistley
The Horsley Cross Inn, Mistley
The Kings Arms, Lawford
The Village Maid, Bradfield
The Wheatsheaf, Wrabness
The Cross Inn, Grea Bromley (Beerhouse)
The Waggon and Horses, Wix
The White Hart, Wix
The Castle, Ramsey
The Royal Oak, Dovercourt
The Coach and Horses and The Packet, Harwich
The Swan, Stones Green, Great Oakley
The Hare and Hounds, Upper Kirby
The Red Lion, Lower Kirby
The Red Lion, Great Holland, Clacton on Sea
The Red Lion, Great Bentley
The Bowling Green, Elmstead Market
In Suffolk :
The Hare and Hounds, East Bergholt
The Kings Head, Higham
The Brewery and Licensed Houses will first be offered in one lot, and , if not so sold, then in separate lots.
1933/Mrs. Agnes E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys
1937/Mrs. A. E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys
In 1939 at the Red Lion Inn, Great Bentley, we have :
Agnes E Lunnis, Inn Keeper, Widow, born 27 Jan 1862
Beatrice A Lunnis, Assistant, born 1 Feb 1887
William B Curtis, Insurance Inspector & Surveyor, born 22 Mar 1913
Helen A Curtis, Domestic duties, born 28 Apr 1902
* Provided by CG
** Provided by Frances James
*** Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
Provided by John Mead
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