Eight Bells, 18 Bridge Street, Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden pub history index

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Eight Bells, Cate's Corner/Bridge Street, Saffron Walden

24th March 2000

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1822/W. Perkins/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/W. Perkins/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/William Perkins/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/William Perkins/../../../Pigot's

1839/William Perkins/../../../Pigot's

1841/William Perkins/Publican/55/Essex/Census
1841/Catherine Perkins//45/../Census
1841/Mary Perkins//25/Essex/Census
1841/John Perkins/Shoe makers App/20/Essex/Census
1841/Henry Perkins//10/Essex/Census
1841/William Perkins/Collar ?/45/../Census

1845/Peter Taylor/../../../Post Office

1848/Peter Taylor/../../../White's

1851/Peter Taylor/Ironmonger, Tinplate Worker & Brazier/../../Post Office

1851/Peter Taylor/master ironmonger (1 man)/52/Market Raison, Lincolnshire/Census **
1851/Elizabeth Taylor/wife/49/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **
1851/George Taylor/son, journeyman brazier and tinman/17/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **
1851/Elizabeth Taylor/daughter/16/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **
1851/Peter Taylor/son, scholar/12/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **
1851/Sarah Taylor/daughter, scholar/09/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **
1851/Daniel Hagger/lodger, journeyman wheelwright/60/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **
1851/Thomas Hagger/lodger, journeyman wheelwright/15/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census **

1855/P. Taylor/../../../Kelly's*

1855/Peter Taylor/ironmonger, brazier & tin plate worker/../../Post Office Directory *+

1861/Peter Taylor/Ironmonger – Master/61/Market Rasen,Leics/Census *+
1861/Elizth Taylor/Wife/60/Walden, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Taylor/Daur/21/Walden, Essex/Census
1861/Thomas Sick/Lodger, Tailor Journeyman/66/Houston, Cambs/Census

1862/Peter Taylor/Ironmonger/../../Kelly's

1867/Peter Taylor/Tinman/../../Post Office

1870/Robert Watts/../47/Kenilworth, Warwickshire/Kelly's***

1871/Robert Watts/../48/Kenilworth, Warwickshire/Post Office***

1871/Robert Watts/Inn Keeper/40/Kenilworth, Warwickshire/Census
1871/Mary Watts/Wife/34?/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Fanny Watts/Daughter/8/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Charlotte Watts/Daughter/6/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Henry Watts/Son/4/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Arthur Watts/Son/2/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Ann Watts/Daughter/6 months/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1871/Charles Barker/Waiter/14/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census

1874/Robert Watts/../51/Kenilworth, Warwickshire/Kelly's***

1878/Nathan Pitstow/../../../Kelly's


1881/Nathan Pitstow/Publican/54/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Selina Pitstow/Wife/53/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Ernest Pitstow/Son, Painter & Glazier/20/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Pitstow/Daughter, Assistant/18/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Alice Pitstow/Daughter, Assistant/16/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Herbert Pitstow/Son/13/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/Annie Pitstow/Daughter/10/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1881/William Scowen/Visitor, Auctioneer/50/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1881/Emily Scowen/Visitor, Auctioneers Wife/32/Bedford, Bedford/Census

Note: Premises not named in 1881

1882/Nathan Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1886/Mrs. Nathan Pitstow/../../../Kelly's

1888/Mrs Nathan T. Pitstow/Innkeeper/../../Saffron Walden Year Book *+

1890/Herbert Housden/../../../Kelly's

1891/Herbert Housdon/Farmer & Publican/31/Haverhill, Suffolk/Census *+
1891/Elizabeth M Housden/Wife/31/Newport, Essex/Census
1891/Edmund J Housden/Son, Scholar/9/S Walden, Essex/Census
1891/Gertrude Emma W Housden/Daur, Scholar/8/S Walden, Essex/Census
1891/Herbert George Housden/Son, Scholar/6/S Walden, Essex/Census
1891/Joy Amelia Housden/Daur, Scholar/4/S Walden, Essex/Census
1891/Mary Ann Read/Servant, General Servant-Domestic/18/Newport, Essex/Census

1894/Herbert Housden/../../../Kelly's

1895/Herbert Housden/../../../Kelly's

1898/Henry Cox/../../../Kelly's

1899/Henry Cox/../../../Kelly's

1901/Henry Cox/Brewers Cellarman/48/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census *+
1901/Jane Cox/Wife/47/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1901/George H Cox/Son, Labourer General/21/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1901/Flora Cox/Daur/15/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1901/Leonard S Cox/Son/12/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1901/Arthur Samuels/Boarder, Labourer General/40/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census

1902/Henry Cox/../../../Kelly's

1906/Mrs. Mary Ann Porter/../../../Kelly's

1908/Mrs. Mary Ann Tindall/../../../Kelly's

1910/William Henry Boncey/../../../Kelly's

1911/William Henry Buncey/Publican/41/Lambeth, Surrey/Census *+
1911/Elizabeth Fanny Buncey/Wife, Assisting in Business/39/Sawbridgeworth, Herts/Census
1911/Florence Sarah Jay/Servt,General Servant Domestic/26/Stansted, Essex/Census

1912/William Henry Boncey/../../../Kelly's

1914/William Henry Boncey/../../../Kelly's

1917/William Henry Boncey/../../../Kelly's

1922/William Thomas Nunns/../../../Kelly's

1925/William Thomas Nunns/../../../Kelly's

1929/Willam S. Meagher/../../../Kelly's

1933/Willam S. Meagher/../../../Kelly's

1937/Willam S. Meagher/../../../Kelly's


* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900

*+ Provided by Adrian Wright

** Provided by John Mead

*** Additional information provided by Marian Parker. Robert Watts is Marian's Great Grandfather

Provided by Kevan

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