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Also known as the Old Windmill & Bells
The Windmill & Bells, Romford, in 1889 from a sketch by Bamford
The signage states 'Windmill & Bells, Abridge Bewery' and also 'The Romford Commercial Hotel'.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1805/J Mathew, the Windmill, Romford/../../Holdens directory
1811/James Clube, Old Windmill Inn, Romford, Essex/../../Holdens Directory
1822/J. Mathew/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/J. Mathew/../../../Pigot's
1826/J Mathews/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/J. Mathews/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/James Sawyer/../../../Pigot's
1839/William Sawyer/../../../Pigot's
1841/William Sawyer/Innkeeper/30/../Census
1841/Mary Sawyer/../30/../Census
1841/John Sawyer/../3 months/Essex/Census
1841/William Sawyer/../10/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Wilkin/Female Servant/45/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Forster/Female Servant/25/Essex/Census
1845/William Sawyer/../../../Post Office
1848/William Sawyer/../../../White's
1851/William Sawyer/../../../Post Office
1851/William Sawyer/Innkeeper/42/Tunstall, Suffolk/Census**
1851/Mary Sawyer/Wife/42/Eye, Suffolk/Census**
1851/Emma Loyd/Cook/24/Romford, Essex/Census**
1851/Ann Barker/General Servant/14/Romford, Essex/Census**
1855/W. Sawyer/../../../Kelly's*
1861/Mary Sawyer/Victualler/53/Eye, Suffolk/Census
1861/John Sawyer/Son/20/Romford, essex/Census
1861/Jane Manthorp/Niece/10/Hollesley, Suffolk/Census
1861/Emma Wells/Servant, Cook/19/Barking, Essex/Census
1861/Simmeon Kempton/Servant, Ostler/28/Thaxted, Essex/Census
1862/Mrs. Mary Sawyer/../../../Kelly's
1863/Mary Sawyer/../../../White's
1867/Mrs. Mary Sawyer/../../../Post Office
1870/Francis Ebsworth/../../../Kelly's
1871/Francis Ebsworth/../../../Post Office
1871/Francis Ebsworth/Licensed Victualler/52/Cirencester,
Gloucestershire/Census**
1871/Emmeline Ebsworth/Wife/37/London, Middlesex/Census**
1871/Eliza Satch/General Domestic Servant/20/Romford, Essex/Census**
1871/James Price/Ostler/45/South Weald, Essex/Census**
30/08/1872/Francis Ebsworth/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records
1874/Francis Ebsworth/../../../Kelly's
1878/Francis Ebsworth/../../../Kelly's
1881/Francis Ebsworth/Publican/63/Cirencester, Gloucester/Census
1881/Emeline Ebsworth/Wife/47/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Jennings/Niece/23/Hounslow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Allen Muddle/Nephew/17/Stanford Rivers, Essex/Census
1881/Hariet Robinson/Domestic Servant/17/Romford, Essex/Census
1882/Francis Ebsworth/../../../Kelly's
21/01/1886/Emmeline Ebsworth/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records
1886/Mrs. Emmeline Ebsworth/../../../Kelly's
16/12/1886/Olive Jennings & Clara Muddle/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers
Records
07/07/1887/Herbert Threadgold/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records
1890/Mrs. Theresa Taylor/../../../Kelly's
25/09/1890/Charles Hammond/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records
1891/Charles Hammond/Innkeeper/61/Romford, Essex/Census
1891/Emma Hammond/Wife/63/Bristol/Census
1891/Eleanor Hammond/Daughter/24/Romford, Essex/Census
1891/Frances Hammond/Daughter/20/Romford, Essex/Census
1891/Simeon Kempster/Ostler/57/Thaxted, Essex/Census
1891/William D. Bird/Assistant/20/Ireland/Census
1894/Charles Hammond/../../../Kelly's
1895/Charles Hammond/../../../Kelly's
1898/James Henry Brown/../../../Kelly's
1899/James Henry Brown/../../../Kelly's
21/11/1901/Frederick Nugent Lewins/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers
Records
1902/James Patching/../../../Kelly's
1906/Henry Charles Beacock/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by CG
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