Lion, The Green, Great Bentley

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The Red Lion, Great Bentley, Alston family Brewery estates in Manningtree

The Red Lion, Great Bentley, Alston family Brewery estates in Manningtree

Kindly donated by Philip Cunningham, sec – Manningtree Museum & Local History Group

The Red Lion, Great Bentley in 1969

The Red Lion, Great Bentley in 1969

Kindly donated by Colleen

Lion, The Green, Great Bentley - 30th July 2000

Lion, The Green, Great Bentley - 30th July 2000

Residents at this address

1845/Abraham Shelley/Grazier/../../Post Office

1848/Abraham Shelley/Plumber &c/../../Whites

1851/Abraham Shelley/Plumber & Glazier/../../Post Office

1851/Abraham Shelley/innkeeper, painter/49/Rivenhall, Essex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Shelley/wife/43/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Wear/nephew, errand boy/12/Southwark St Thomas, London/Census
1851/Julia White/house servant/18/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/William Carter/lodger, widower, Chelsea Pensioner/70/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/Samuel Taylor/lodger, widower, shepherd/37/Little Bentley, Essex/Census
1851/John Fordham/lodger, carpenter/32/Little Bentley, Essex/Census

1855/A. Shelby/../../../Kellys***

1861/James Oxberry/Publican/45/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census*
1861/Matilda Oxberry/Wife/42/Diss, Norfolk/Census*
1861/Eliza Luke/Servant/12/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census*
1861/John Montell/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/34/Whelam, Suffolk/Census*

1862/James Oxberry/../../../Kellys

1867/Alfred James Beard/../../../Post Office

1870/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Kellys

1871/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Post Office

1871/John Clark/carpenter, victualler/32/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Mahala Clark/wife/33/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/John Edmund Clark/son, scholar/07/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Recardo Elizabeth Clark/daughter, scholar/04/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Flora Clark/daughter/01/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Joseph Bines/apprentice blacksmith/12/Great Bentley, Essex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Plummer/domestic servant/15/Great Bentley, Essex/Census

1874/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Kellys

1878/John Clark/Blacksmith/../../Kellys

1881/Alfred E. Ager/Licensed Victualler & Saddler/32/Livermore, Suffolk/Census
1881/Emma Ager/Wife/34/Mellis, Suffolk/Census
1881/Alfred Ager/Son/7/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Edward Ernest Ager/Son/5/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Stanley Ager/Son/2/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/John Bennett/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/40/Langham, Essex/Census

1882/Thomas Damant/Photographer/../../Kellys

1886/Samuel James/../../../Kellys

1890/Samuel James/../../../Kellys

1891/Samuel James/Innkeeper/70/Ardleigh, Essex/Census**
1891/Caroline James/Wife/69/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Susan James/Daughter, Living at Home/30/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Lucy M. James/Daughter, Living at Home/29/Colchester, Essex/Census
1891/Charles J. James/Grandson/15/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1891/Goldah Friend/Visitor/9/London/Census
1891/Henry Goodchild/Lodger, Photographer/32/London/Census
1891/Annie Goodchild/Lodger, Photographer/28/Norwich, Norfolk/Census

1894/Samuel James/../../../Kellys

1895/Samuel James/../../../Kellys

1898/Arthur Jones/../../../Kellys

1899/Arthur Jones/../../../Kellys

Known as the Red Lion after 1899 :

1902/Maurice Jones/../../../Kellys

1906/Frank Illington/../../../Kellys

1908/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1910/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1912/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1914/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1917/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1922/Arthur Alfred Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1925/Mrs. Agnes E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1929/Mrs. Agnes E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys

Nov 24th 1832 - Alston obit - Essex and Suffolk.
By direction of A E Alston, Esq, who approaching 90 years of age, and retiring from the business, which has been in the same family for many generations under the name of "Alston & Sons", The Stour Brewery, Manningtree, Essex - together with 21 Fully Licensed Houses and Beerhouses which are all freehold, viz :
In Essex :
The White Hart Hotel, Manningtree
The Thorn, Mistley
The Waggon and Horses, Mistley
The Horsley Cross Inn, Mistley
The Kings Arms, Lawford
The Village Maid, Bradfield
The Wheatsheaf, Wrabness
The Cross Inn, Grea Bromley (Beerhouse)
The Waggon and Horses, Wix
The White Hart, Wix
The Castle, Ramsey
The Royal Oak, Dovercourt
The Coach and Horses and The Packet, Harwich
The Swan, Stones Green, Great Oakley
The Hare and Hounds, Upper Kirby
The Red Lion, Lower Kirby
The Red Lion, Great Holland, Clacton on Sea
The Red Lion, Great Bentley
The Bowling Green, Elmstead Market
In Suffolk :
The Hare and Hounds, East Bergholt
The Kings Head, Higham

The Brewery and Licensed Houses will first be offered in one lot, and , if not so sold, then in separate lots.

1933/Mrs. Agnes E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys

1937/Mrs. A. E. Lunniss/../../../Kellys

In 1939 at the Red Lion Inn, Great Bentley, we have :
Agnes E Lunnis, Inn Keeper, Widow, born 27 Jan 1862
Beatrice A Lunnis, Assistant, born 1 Feb 1887
William B Curtis, Insurance Inspector & Surveyor, born 22 Mar 1913
Helen A Curtis, Domestic duties, born 28 Apr 1902



* Provided by CG

** Provided by Frances James

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

Provided by John Mead

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