Black Lion, High Roding
Early picture - date unknown
Kindly donated by Colleen
Supplied by Brian Day of the Black Lion
7th August 2000
Taken by Ken Rose.
27 August 2005
Provided by Kevan
A former coaching inn near the London to Cambridge Roman road, the Black Lion has been traced as far back as 1397 and is believed to stand on the site of the old Great Hall, with beams from the Hall being used in the construction of the inn. The pond outside was once used by the coach horses for their drinking water.
When the wall between the Public and Lounge bars was removed, some old, gold coins were discovered.
The old hay loft is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a Roundhead officer.
The above was supplied by Brian Day.
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1845/James Carter/../../../Post Office
1848/James Stevens/Victualler/../../White's
1851/Thomas Clarke/../../../Post Office
1852/T. Clarke/../../../Kelly's*
1855/T. Clark/../../../Kelly's*
1862/Isaac Ward/../../../Kelly's
1867/Daniel Hockley/../../../Post Office
1870/William Bartrop/../../../Kelly's
1871/William Bartrop/../../../Post Office
1871/Henry Harris/Farm Bailiff/51/High Roding, Essex/Census**
1871/Susan Harris/Wife/50/Mundon, Essex/Census**
1871/Henry J. H. Bacon/Grandson/6/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census**
1874/William Bartrop/../../../Kelly's
1878/George Staines/../../../Kelly's
1881/George Staines/Carpenter & Innkeeper/40/Takeley, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Staines/Wife/37/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Elizabeth Staines/Daughter/13/Bishops Stortford Hertford/Census
1881/Ellen Amma Staines/Daughter/7/Bishops Stortford Hertford/Census
1881/William James Staines/Son/5/High Roding, Essex/Census
1881/James Clifford Staines/Son/1/High Roding, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Unwin/Boarder, Farm Bailiff/40/Braintree, Essex/Census
1882/George Staines/../../../Kelly's
1886/Henry Cramphorn/../../../Kelly's
1890/John Ridgwell/../../../Kelly's
1891/John Ridgwell/Publican/47/Finchingfield, Essex/Census**
1891/Margaret Ridgwell/Wife/44/Wethersfield, Essex/Census**
1891/William Ridgwell/Son, Barman/18/Forest Hill/Census**
1891/Charlotte Bouton/Aunt/74/Wethersfield, Essex/Census**
1891/William Church/Boarder, Thatcher/49/Aythorpe Roding, Essex/Census**
1891/William Linwell/Boarder, Potman/66/High Roding, Essex/Census**
1891/Thomas Lenis/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/38/Stebbing, Essex/Census**
1894/John Ridgwell/../../../Kelly's
1895/John Ridgwell/../../../Kelly's
1898/Mrs. Kate Rolph/../../../Kelly's
1899/Mrs. Kate Rolph/../../../Kelly's
1902/Henry Barnard/../../../Kelly's
1906/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1908/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1910/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1912/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1914/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1917/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1922/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1925/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1929/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1933/John Little/../../../Kelly's
1937/Bernard Simpson/../../../Kelly's
c. 1970-1992/Peter Landimore/../../..***
c 1992-1997/Mr. Ritchie/../../..***
1997- /Brian & Fiona Day/../../..***
* Provided
by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Hugh Wilding
*** Provided by Brian Day of the Black Lion