The Black Lion, in Layer Marney, Essex; is now called "Almonds" or "Almonds Farmhouse". The property has been added to since its original times, as there are now breeze block outhouses. Local residents seem to remember it as a pub in about 1930. Map of 1948 shows it as Almonds, map of 1927 shows it as un-named.
A search of Daniell's brewery for more info was unsuccessful, but this was subsumed into a major London brewery in the 50s, so no joy there. It presently has no well or water pump, and I find that hard to explain - unless beer was only carted in by the barrel load. ***
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
There is no mention of William Sparrow being at the Black Lion in the 1841
census, but there are only six pages of census, and the Black Lion is noted on
an 1838 Ordnance Survey map ***
1841/William Sparrow/Brewer/50/Essex/Census
1841/Charlotte Sparrow/../19/Essex/Census
1841/Samuel Sparrow/../10/Essex/Census
1841/Harriet Sparrow/../19/Essex/Census
1841/Charlotte Sparrow/../19/Essex/Census
1848/William Sparrow/Victualler/../../White's
1851/William Sparrow/../../../Post Office
1851/William Sparrow/widower, publican/62/Layer Marney, Essex//Census **
1851/Hillary Sparrow/daughter/32/Layer Marney, Essex//Census **
1851/Charlotte Sparrow/daughter/28/Layer Marney, Essex//Census **
1851/Clarisa Sparrow/grandaughter/09/Layer Marney, Essex//Census **
1861/William Sparrow/widower, publican/73/Layer Marney, Essex//Census **
1861/Charlotte Sparrow/daughter, housekeeper/36/Layer Marney, Essex//Census **
1861/Clarisa Sparrow/grandaughter, corset maker/19/Layer Marney, Essex//Census
**
1861/Edith Bell/widow, visitor/74/Great Braxted, Essex/Census **
1862/William Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1867/William Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1870/William Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Sparrow/../../../Post Office
1871/William Sparrow/widower, innkeeper/83/Layer Marney, Essex/Census **
1871/Charlotte Sparrow/daughter, housekeeper/46/Layer Marney, Essex/Census **
1871/Clarissa Sparrow/grandaughter, tailoress/27/Layer Marney, Essex/Census **
1871/Mary Everitt/grandaughter/07/Kings Lynn, Norfolk/Census **
1874/William Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1881/Samuel Sparrow/Innkeeper/50/Layer Marney, Essex/Census
1881/Charlotte Sparrow/Sister, Innkeeper/58/Layer Marney, Essex/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/William Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1886/Samuel Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1890/James Sparrow/../../../Kelly's
1891/Edward W. Hitchin/Carpenter/26/Layer Breton, Essex/Census
1891/Alice Hitchin/Wife/25/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1891/Frederick Hitchin/Son/3/Layer de la Haye, Essex/Census
1894/William Steadman/../../../Kelly's
1895/William Steadman/../../../Kelly's
1898/Herbert William Brazier/../../../Kelly's
1899/Herbert William Brazier/../../../Kelly's
1902/Joseph Warner/../../../Kelly's
1906/Joseph Warner/../../../Kelly's
1908/Walter Church/../../../Kelly's
1910/Walter Church/../../../Kelly's
1912/John James Keeling/../../../Kelly's
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by Andrew Gosden
Provided by Kevan