Saracen's Head, Runsell Green, Danbury

My great great great uncle and aunt ran the pub - William and Mary Poole (born Mary Ann Gilbert Pond – sister of William Pond, landlord of the Stow Road Fly and Bullocks/Butchers Arms, Cold Norton).  Another of Mary’s brothers, John Pond, worked there at the time of the 1881 and 1891 census’s **

The following entries are in this format:

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

1839/James Crow/../../../Pigot's

1845/William Joyce/../../../Post Office

1848/William Joyce/Victualler/../.../White's

1851/William Joyce/Baker/../../Post Office

1851/Charles C Carpenter/publican/27/Writtle, Essex/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Carpenter/wife/35/Welwyn, Hertfordshire/Census ***
1851/Charles C Carpenter/son/02/Matching, Essex/Census ***
1851/Ann M Carpenter/daughter/6w/Chelmsford, Essex/Census ***
1851/Ann Smith/house servant/18/Welwyn, Hertfordshire/Census ***

1852/W. Joyce/../../../Kelly's*

1855/G Linnett/../../../Post Office

1861/John Freeman/Inn Keeper/42/North Farmbridges/Census
1861/Maryann Freeman/Wife/30/Purleigh, Essex/Census
1861/William Freeman/Son/11/Purleigh, Essex/Census
1861/Emily Freeman/Daughter/1/Danbury, Essex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Freeman/Niece, Servant/12/Farmbridges, Essex/Census
1861/Samuel Webbs/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/40/Danbury, Essex/Census
1861/Samuel Edwards/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/65/Little Baddow, Essex/Census

1862/Joseph Wright/../../../Kelly's

1867/? Tate/../../../Post Office

1871/George Taylor/../../../Post Office

1874/William Poole/../../../Kelly's

1878/William Poole/../../../Kelly's

1881/William Poole/Publican/55/Woodham Ferrers, Essex/Census
1881/Mary A. Poole/Wife/52/Purleigh, Essex/Census
1881/Kate Poole/Daughter/24/Danbury, Essex/Census
1881/John Pond/Brother in Law, Assistant/55/Purleigh, Essex/Census
1881/Robert Cottis/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/51/Purleigh, Essex/Census

1882/William Poole/../../../Kelly's

1886/William Poole/../../../Kelly's

1891/William Poole/Farmer & Inn Keeper/65/Woodham Ferrers,Essex/Census **
1891/Mary Ann Poole/Wife/62/Purleigh, Essex/Census **
1891/Kate Poole/Daughter/34/Danbury,Essex/Census **
1891/John Pond/Brother-in-law/65/Purleigh,Essex/Census **
1891/Sarah Ann Tanner/Relative/36/Hoxton, London/Census **
1891/Frederic Townsend/Lodger, General Labourer/43/Danbury, Essex/Census **
1891/William Enefer/Lodger, General Labourer/47/Danbury, Essex/Census **

1894/Edward Pemberton/../../../Kelly's

1895/Edward Pemberton/../../../Kelly's

1898/James Stick/../../../Kelly's

1899/J. Stick/../../../Kelly's

1902/Alfred G. C. Stocker/../../../Kelly's

1908/Alfred Jackson/../../../Kelly's


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

** Provided by Julian Baker

*** Provided by John Mead

Provided by Susan Jackson

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