A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex. The Essex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Chelmsford pub index
Also known as the Freemasons' Arms. The address in 1881 census is the Masons Arms Beerhouse, 1 Masons Yard
Residents at this address
1822/W. Bennett/../../../Pigot's*
1823-4/W. Bennett/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/E. Bennet/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/James Swain/../../../Pigot's
1839/Stephen Goslin/../../../Pigot's
1840/Stephen Goslin/../../../Pigot's*
1845/Stephen Goslin/../../../Post Office
1848/Stephen Gosling/../../../White's
1851/Stephen Gosling/../../../Post Office
1851/Stephen Gosling/publican/56/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census **
1851/Mary A Gosling/wife/50/Crayford, Kent/Census **
1851/Maria Mulcock/niece, dressmaker/17/Ryarsh, Kent/Census **
1851/Robert Kerry/lodger, labourer/48/Broomfield, Essex/Census **
1851/William Garrod/lodger, groom/70/Roxwell, Essex/Census **
1851/Joseph Gyant/lodger, fishmonger/48/Kelvedon, Essex/Census **
1851/John Crow/lodger, labourer/50/Chelmsford, Essex/Census **
1861/Stephen Gosling/Publican/64/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1861/Mary Ann Gosling/Wife/58/Crayford, Kent/Census
1861/Maria Mulcock/Niece/26/Ryarsh?, Kent/Census
1861/Joseph Gyant/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/58/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1861/William Brand/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/75/Braintree, Essex/Census
1861/John Crow/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/58/Danbury, Essex/Census
1861/John Childs/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/46/Felstead, Essex/Census
1862/Stephen Gosling/../../../Kelly's
1867/Stephen Gosling/../../../Post Office
1870/James Church/../../../Kelly's
1871/James Church/../../../Post Office
1874/Charles Bonnett/../../../Kelly's
1878/Charles Betts/../../../Kelly's
1881/Uninhabited/../../../Census
1886/James Lawrence Eaves/../../../Kelly's
1890/James Lawrence Eaves/../../../Kelly's
1891/James L. Eaves/Licensed Victualler/61/Marylebone, London/Census
1891/Eleanor Eaves/Wife/61/Marylebone, London/Census
1891/Arthur Eaves/Son, Bricklayer's Labourer/20/?, Middlesex/Census
1891/James Stevens Eaves/Son/40/Marylebone, London/Census
1891/Arthur Stiggles/Lodger, Wickmaker's Labourer/38/Chelmsford,
Essex/Census
1891/Charles Smith/Lodger, Bricklayer/37/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Harry Whitehouse/Lodger, Mason's Labourer/40/Colchester, Essex/Census
1894/James Lawrence Eaves/../../../Kelly's
1895/James Lawrence Eaves/../../../Kelly's
1901/Alfred Green/Farm Labourer/58/Galleywood Common, Essex/Census
1901/Hannah Green/Wife/57/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
1901/Fanny Clark/Sted Daughter, Laundress/22/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Alfred John Clark/Stepson, Turner Fitter (Brass &
Iron)/19/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/George Clark/Stepson, Turner Fitter (Brass & Iron)/16/Springfield,
Essex/Census
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead