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This coaching inn was present by 1492 and was rebuilt as the Cock Hotel in 1894. Although long closed, the premises are still standing and used as a mixture of retail and residential. ***
Old Cock, High Bridge Street, Waltham Abbey - in 1890
Cock Inn, High Bridge Street, Waltham Abbey - in July 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1776/Comfort Wilkes/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1776/John Lane/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances**
1821/T. Smith/../../../..*
1822/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's*
1826/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's
1827-8/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's**
1828-9/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Thomas Smith/../../../Pigot's
1839/Henry Quire Alger/../../../Pigot's
1840/Henry Quire Alger/../../../Pigot's*
1841/Henry Alger/Victualler/40/Essex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Alger/../20/Essex/Census
1841/Caroline Hawley/Female Servant/20/../Census
1841/George Smith/Tailor/20/Essex/Census
1841/William Staker/Male Servant/40/Essex/Census
1845/Henry Quare Alger/Agent to the Imperial Fire Office/../../Post Office
1848/Henry Quare Alger/../../../White's
1851/Henry Quard Alger/../../../Post Office
1851/Henry Quare Alger/Licensed Victualler/52/Fyfield, Essex/Census
1851/Susan Alger/Wife/40/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1851/Edwin Quare Alger/Son/16/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1851/Harriett Turner/Cook/50/Fyfield, Essex/Census
1851/Eliza Ward/Servant/17/Harlow, Essex/Census
1852/H. Alger/../../../Kelly's*
1855/H. Alger/../../../Kelly's*
1860/Alfred Blackiston/../../../Kelly's*
1861/John Kettley/Licensed Victualler/50/Srondon Massey, Essex/Census
1861/Lucy Kettley/Wife, Licensed Victualler/53/Great Tey, Essex/Census
1861/Caroline Kettley/Daughter, Licensed Victualler/26/Cripplegate,
City/Census
1861/Emma Barrett/General Servant/18/Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Henry Edwards/Ostler/20/Surrey/Census
1862/Mrs. Lucy Kettley/../../../Kelly's
1865/W. Stuart/../../../Kelly's*
1867/Edwin Wickham/../../../Post Office
1870/William Liles Hayden/../../../Kelly's
1871/Joseph Phipps/Publican/30/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1871/Mary Phipps/Wife/36/Chipping Ongar, Essex/Census
1871/Henry Hayden/Son/11/Stortford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Joseph Hayden/Son/9/Stortford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/William J Hayden/Son/8/Stortford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth L Hayden/Daughter/7/Stortford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Charles Hayden/Son/7/Stortford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Mary L Hayden/Daughter/5/Stortford, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/James W Fletcher/Ostler/26/Merton, Surrey/Census
1871/Ellen Fish/Cook/23/Haverhill, Essex/Census
1871/Charlotte Estwell/Housemaid/21/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah Growcock/Nursemaid/11/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1874/Joseph Phipps/../../../Kelly's
1876/Joseph Phipps/../../../Kelly's*
1878/Joseph Phipps/../../../Kelly's
1880/Timothy Giles/../../../Kelly's*
1881/Timothy Giles/Innkeeper/59/Bromley, Kent/Census
1881/Jane Giles/Wife/58/Hertford, Hertford/Census
1881/Susan Eves/Housemaid/42/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Francis Header/Barman/20/Welwyn, Hertford/Census
1881/William Threadgold/Ostler/19/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1881/Emma Knight/General Servant/15/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas Temple Horton/Visitor, Law Stationers Clerk/20/Homerton,
Middlesex/Census
1882/Timothy Giles/../../../Kelly's
1885/Timothy Giles/../../../Kelly's*
1886/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1891/Frederick K Ward/Licensed Victualler/56/Nuneaton, Warwickshire/Census
1891/Mary Ward/Wife/57/Nuneaton, Warwickshire/Census
1891/John Ward/Son, Messenger Small Arms Factory/24/Halifax, Nova
Scotia/Census
1891/Mark Ward/Son, Tool Maker Small Arms Factory/22/Toronto, Canada/Census
1891/Charles Ward/Son, Worker in Inspection Branch/17/Plymouth, Devon/Census
1891/Rose M Ward/Daughter, Barmaid/15/Hilsea Barracks, Hampshire/Census
1891/William Barnes/Boarder, Grocers Assistant/25/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Bruce Pledger/Ostler/28/Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire/Census
1891/Agnes Lumbers/General Servant/21/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1894/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1895/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1898/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1899/Frederick K. Ward/../../../Kelly's
1901/Frederick K Ward/Licensed Victualler/66/Nuneaton, Warwickshire/Census
1901/Charles Ward/Son, Manager/27/Plymouth, Devon/Census
1901/Pattie Ward/Daughter in Law, Barmaid/23/Borough, London/Census
1901/Bruce Pledger/Potman/42/Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Emma Brett/General Servant/35/Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire/Census
1902/Frederick King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1908/Charles Edward King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1911/Charles Edward King Ward/Licensed Victualler/37/Raglan Barracks,
Plymouth/Census
1912/Charles Edward King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1917/Charles Edward King Ward/../../../Kelly's
1925/Ernest Moseley/../../../Kelly's
1933/Arthur Baines/../../../Kelly's
1937/Sidney Arthur McIntyre/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Ken Harrison
*** Provided By Stephen Harris
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