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A public house has existed at the corner of the High Road and Clay Hill Road (formerly Timberlog Lane) since before 1840 when the present building is said to have become the Barge.
A previous name had been the bigamous 'The Man With Seven Wives' which is thought to have derived from the publicans' surname which was Wife.
The first licencee was John Adey who shared the house with his wife Frances and their children until about 1852.
For many years the Hornchurch Brewery provided the ale including the period when the name was changed to the 'Old Barge Inn', which it remained well into the 20th century. Around the 1950s it taken over by the Mann, Crossman & Paulin brewery chain who also owned the Bull at Vange. A large Manns sign was then erected to one of the chimney stacks.
From the 1930s to the early 2000s the licence was held by successive generations of the Evans family.
In April 2015 the public house closed. It was purchased in 2019 by the South Essex Islamic Trust; re-opened as The South Essex Islamic Community Centre in 2022.
The Old Barge Inn, Vange - circa 1898 to 1914 - proprietor G Hastler on sign
Also clearly seen is that the Old Barge in Vange is tied to the Hornchurch Brewery
The Old Barge Inn, Vange -1910
Both kindly provided by Colleen
4th March 2001
Residents at this address
1841/John Adey/grocer/35/Essex/Census **
1841/Frances Adey/wife/30/Essex/Census
1841/Alfred Adey/son/11/Essex/Census
1841/Julia Adey/daughter/02/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Webb/servant/15/Essex/Census
1845/John Adey/../../../Post Office
1848/John Adey/Victualler/../../Whites
1851/John Adey/../../../Post Office
1851/John Adey/victualler/52/Rawreth, Essex/Census **
1851/Frances Adey/wife/40/Brightlingsea, Essex/Census **
1851/George S Adey/son, scholar/09/Vange, Essex/Census **
1851/William Adey/son, scholar/07/Vange, Essex/Census **
1851/Susannah Saveall/house servant/20/Thundersley, Essex/Census **
1851/James Rush/servant, ostler/16/Vange, Essex/Census **
1851/John Quilter/lodger, ag lab/22/Rettendon, Essex/Census **
1851/Samuel Quilter/lodger, ag lab/20/Rettendon, Essex/Census **
1851/Edward Cox/lodger, ag lab/19/Rettendon, Essex/Census **
1852/J. Adey/../../../Telephone Directory*
1855/J. Such/../../../Kellys*
1861/William Mason/innkeeper/41/Langdon Hills, Essex/Census **
1861/Elizabeth Mason/wife/40/Writtle, Essex/Census
1861/Lucy Ann Mason/daughter, scholar/12/Laindon, Essex/Census
1861/Maria Mason/daughter, scholar/07/Laindon, Essex/Census
1861/James C Mason/son, scholar/05/Laindon, Essex/Census
1861/John A Mason/son/02/Vange, Essex/Census
1861/Emma Elizabeth Mason/daughter/7m/Vange, Essex/Census
1861/John Wiffen/lodger, ag lab/66/Old Sanford sic, Essex/Census
1861/James Tyler/lodger, ag lab/38/Essex/Census
1861/George Turp/lodger, timber carter/21/Mountnessing, Essex/Census
1862/William Mason/Shopkeeper/../../Kellys
1867/James Emmons/Shopkeeper/../../Post Office
1870/Walter Perkins/Shopkeeper/../../Kellys
1871/Walter Perkins/Shopkeeper/../../Post Office
1871/Walter Perkins/licensed victualler/31/Prittlewell, Essex/Census **
1871/Jane Perkins/wife/27/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1871/Frederick Perkins/son, scholar/04/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1871/Charles Perkins/son/7m/Vange, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah White/general servant/17/Pitsea, Essex/Census
1871/Timothy Oakley/servant, ostler/20/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1871/George Knuckles/lodger, ag lab/30/not known/Census
1871/William Brissain/lodger, ag lab/28/not known/Census
1871/Charles Walmer/lodger, ag lab/60/not known/Census
1874/Richard Stammers/../../../Kellys
1878/Jesse Blazey/../../../Kellys
1881/Jesse Blazey/Innkeeper/64/Wymondham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Rebeca Hook/Niece, Housekeeper/22/Wymondham, Norfolk/Census
1881/John Gardner/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/41/Newton, Suffolk
1882/Jesse Blazey/../../../Kellys
1886/Jesse Blazey/../../../Kellys
1890/Francis Bailey/../../../Kellys
1891/Francis Bailey/Licensed Victualler/50/Barking, Essex/Census
1891/Mary A. Bailey/Wife/42/Halstead, Essex/Census
1891/Ruth Bailey/Daughter/16/Barking, Essex/Census
1891/Robert Bailey/Son13//Barking, Essex/Census
1891/Thomas Bailey/Son/11/Barking, Essex/Census
1891/Samuel Bailey/Son/9/Barking, Essex/Census
1891/George Bailey/Son/4/Barking, Essex/Census
1891/Daniel Bailey/Son/6/Vange, Essex/Census
1891/John Brasser/Lodger, General Labourer/40/Tiptree, Essex/Census
1891/John Russia/Lodger, Raolway Labourer/52/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1894/Francis Bailey/../../../Kellys
1895/Francis Bailey/../../../Kellys
1898/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1899/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1902/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1906/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1908/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1910/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1912/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1914/Charles W. H. Hastler/../../../Kellys
1917/James Bacon/../../../Kellys
1922/James Bacon/../../../Kellys
1925/James Bacon/../../../Kellys
1929/William George Chambers/../../../Kellys
1933/William George Chambers/../../../Kellys
1937/William George Chambers/../../../Kellys
1988/Mr G Evans/../../../Trumans Watney List ***
1990/Mr G Evans/../../../Trumans Watney List ***
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900 ** Provided By Stephen Harris
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided By Alex Wilkinson
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