A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex. The Essex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Harwich pub history index
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Built 1864 by Thomas Allom
Great Eastern Hotel - circa 1890
Great Eastern Hotel, 1890
All kindly donated by Colleen
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1867/Thomas Bolton/Manager/../../Post Office
1870/James Bellamy/Manager/../../Kelly's
1871/James Bellamy/Manager/../../Post Office
1874/Mrs. Lizzie Bellamy/Manageress/../../Kelly's
1878/Thomas Bolton/Manager/../../Kelly's
1881/Thomas Bolton/Hotel Manager/46/Welton, Lincoln/Census
1881/Mary Bolton/Daughter/16/Colchester, Essex/Census
1881/Ella Shee/Barmaid/26/Witham, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Lawrence/Chambermaid/22/Wrabness, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Topple/Still Room Maid/30/Trimley, Suffolk/Census
1881/Laura Philpot/Linen Room Maid/22/Peasenhall, Suffolk/Census
1881/Annie Brooks/Housemaid/23/Easton, Suffolk/Census
1881/Sarah Jones/Kitchen Maid/26/Burlingham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Eliza Cross/Housemaid/18/Harwich, Essex/Census
1881/Charlotte Simons/Hall Maid/19/Ely, Cambridge/Census
1881/Victor Lustig/Waiter/23/Vienna, Austria/Census
1881/Abram Hockley/Waiter/20/Beaumont, Essex/Census
1881/Arthur Cleave/Hotel Clerk/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Atkins/Shipping Clerk/21/Bury St, Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1881/William Proctor/Billiard Marker/19/Bury St, Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1881/Henry Simpson/Cook/43/Dublin, Ireland/Census
1881/Herbert Bowden/Cook/19/Dovercourt, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Read/Plateman/18/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Arthur Daldy/Scullion/19/Chelmondiston, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Wilkinson/Cellerman/20/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/George Mesenger/Cellerman/20/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Charles Good/Night Porter/44/Orford, Suffolk/Census
1882/Thomas Bolton/Manager/../../Kelly's
1886/John Grew/Manager/../../Kelly's
1890/Arthur George King/Manager/../../Kelly's
1891/John Cookson/Hotel Manager/45/Southampton, Hants/Census
1891/Emeline Cookson/Wife, Hotel Manageress/40/?, Gloucestershire/Census
1891/Lily Cookson/Niece/19/Barrow in Furness, Lancaster/Census
1891/Adelaide Marsden/Domestic Servant/29/../Census
1891/Henry F. Taylor(?)/Domestic Servant/31/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Charles A. Chandler/Domestic Servant/24/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1891/Frank Galls/Domestic Servant/25/New Cross, Kent/Census
1891/William H. Johnson/Domestic Servant/12/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1891/John Gattscole(?)/Domestic Servant/19/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1891/Harry Robertson/Domestic Servant/32/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1891/Harry Read/Domestic Servant/27/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1891/Emma Lester/Domestic Servant/35/Maldon, Essex/Census
1891/Alice Lord/Domestic Servant/20/Great Oakley, Essex/Census
1891/Harriet Lister/Domestic Servant/20/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/Emily Lambert/Domestic Servant/20/Harwich, Essex/Census
1891/Emily Lee/Domestic Servant/18/Walton on the Naze, Essex/Census
1891/Ann Malster/Domestic Servant/31/Sutton Backhell, Suffolk/Census
1891/Emily Malster/Domestic Servant/16/Sutton Backhell, Suffolk/Census
1891/Frederick Dunsford/?/45/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1894/Frederick Rees/Manager/../../Kelly's
1895/Frederick Rees/Manager/../../Kelly's
1898/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1899/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1901/Paul Becker/Hotel Manager/50/germany/Census
1901/Fanny Becker/Wife/45/London/Census
1901/Paul Becker/Son/9/London/Census
1901/Laura Hotchkinson/Niece/8/London/Census
1901/James A Moren/Visitor, Officer Royal Artillery/37/Halifax N S/Census
1901/Ethel White/Barmaid/25/Northrups, Norfolk/Census
1901/Fredrick Weston/Waiter/20/Suffolk/Census
1901/William Anderson/Waiter/21/Cambridge/Census
1901/Fernand Pilloux/Chef de Cuisine/22/France/Census
1901/Charles Plath/Chef de Cuisine/28/Germany/Census
1901/George Cloyzern/Assistant Porter/21/London/Census
1901/Percival Heckford/Servant/20/East Bergholt, Suffolk/Census
1901/Emma Smith/Chambermaid/47/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Violet Gibbs/Scullerymaid/19/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Alice Mawson/Barmaid/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Alice Humphries/Barmaid/19/Bootesdale, Norfolk/Census
1901/Alice Long/Kitchenmaid/24/West Bergholt, Essex/Census
1901/Ellen Durrant/Housemaid/21/Witham, Essex/Census
1902/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1906/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1908/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1912/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1914/Henry Christian Thomas Amendt/Manager/../../Kelly's
1917/L. Sydney Smith/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
1922/L. Sydney Smith/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
1925/L. Sydney Smith/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
1933/A. Ryan/Superintendent of Hotels/../../Kelly's
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