Old Ship, North Street, Rochford

The Old Ship Hotel, North Street, Rochford

The Old Ship Hotel, North Street, Rochford

Old Ship Hotel, North Street, Rochford - Ind Coope / Allsopp

Old Ship Hotel, North Street, Rochford - Ind Coope / Allsopp

Kindly provided by Colleen

Old Ship, North Street, Rochford

18th July 1999

Taken by Stephen Parker

The following entries are in this format:

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

1822/Thomas Merryfield/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/Thomas Merryfield/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/Thomas Merryfield/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/Thomas Merryfield/../../../Pigot's

1839/Robert Bright/../../../Pigot's

1845/Thomas Marks/../../../Post Office

1848/Thomas Dennis/../../../White's

1851/William F Monck/licensed victualler/33/Leaden Roding, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Monck/wife/23/Great Totham, Essex/Census
1851/Samuel Barber/ostler/35/Springfield, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Fargis/house servant/20/Thundersley, Essex/Census
1851/John Gosling/lodger, silk weaver/33/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Abraham Goston/lodger, shoemaker/37/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1851/Thomas Johnson/lodger, carpenter/70/Rochford, Essex/Census

1855/W. A. Potter/../../../Kelly's*

1861/Sarah Young Euston/Innkeeper/43/Rochester, Kent/Census**
1861/Elizabeth Mary Euston/Daughter/9/St. Pancras, Middlesex/Census**
1861/Anne E Euston/Niece, Assistant/21/Lambeth, Surrey/Census**
1861/Louisa Sarah Euston/Niece, Assistant/17/St. Pancras, Middlesex/Census**

1862/William Henry Jordan/../../../Kelly's

1867/Philip Hutchings/../../../Post Office

1870/Henry Davis Brown/../../../Kelly's

1871/Henry Davis Brown/../../../Post Office

1874/Henry Davis Brown/../../../Kelly's

1878/Henry Davis Brown/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Kelly's

1881/Henry Davis Brown/Licensed Victualler/66/Uxbridge, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Brown/Wife/57/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Arthur D. Brown/Son, Carpenters Apprentice/19/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma B. Brown/Daughter/23/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Norris/Visitor/71/St. Georges, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah E. Pilkington/Niece, Dressmaker/18/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Stokes/General Servant/15/Rettendon, Middlesex (?)/Census

1882/Richard Muncey Beeson/../../../Kelly's

1886/Richard Muncey Beeson/../../../Kelly's

1890/William Middleton/../../../Kelly's

Emma Middleton was my grandfather's great aunt. Her parents, John and Elizabeth
Wright had kept the Kings Head, Gt Burstead. Her sister, Mary Ann and husband
William Lewin kept the Anchor, Hullbridge in 1851 and her brother, Thomas Wright, in
1861. Quite a boozy lot - but only one of several of my families who kept pubs in Essex!
Ian helped get me going on the search for this lot by tracking down William Lewin at the
Anchor for me. I owe his site a lot for the help it has given me. ***


1891/William Middleton/Hotel Keeper/57/Denton,Norfolk/Census ***
1891/Emma Middleton/Wife/55/Gt Burstead,Essex/Census ***
1891/Ellen Middleton/Daur/19/Langdon Hills,Essex/Census ***
1891/Minnie Middleton/Daur/17/Colchester,Essex/Census ***
1891/Eliza Burton/General Servant/Purleigh,Essex/Census ***
1891/Arthur Coe/Boots/16/Kedington,Suffolk/Census ***

1894/John Walker/../../../Kelly's

1895/John Walker/../../../Kelly's

1898/Henry Klockenbusch/../../../Kelly's

1899/Henry Klockenbusch/../../../Kelly's

1902/Adrian Reginald Bailey/../../../Kelly's
1902/Mrs. Minnie Gertrude Paton/../../../Kelly's

1906/Arthur James L. Green/../../../Kelly's

1908/Arthur James L. Green/../../../Kelly's

1908/Arthur James L. Green/../../../Kelly's

1912/James Donald McPherson/Proprietor/../../Kelly's

1914/James Donald McPherson/Proprietor/../../Kelly's

1917/James Donald McPherson/../../../Kelly's

1922/Ernest Isherwood/../../../Kelly's

1925/William J. Kirby/../../../Kelly's

1929/William J. Kirby/Proprietor/../../Kelly's

1933/Alec C. Davidson/Proprietor/../../Kelly's

1937/Alec C. Davidson/Proprietor/../../Kelly's

My Grandma, Mrs Kathleen Wellington, ran the pub from 1950 to 1974, when it was an Ind Coope pub. She took over the pub from her sister and brother-in law who were Cyril and Marjorie Wellington - unfortunately I do not know who the licensee was (if it was joint or sole) and think they ran it for about 3-5 years prior to my grandma. *+

My granny was known as the Iron Lady and was known for barring people!! There was an outside men's toilet and she once found a man in there who had committed suicide - it was not nice and it was tough life for her, but there were a lot of fun times too. Also the murder of Mrs Nora Trott was just at the back of the pub. They only found the murderer about 10 years ago, by fluke through DNA as he was an unemployed builder living in Jersey.
The pub had 6 letting bedrooms, a dance hall and a well used snooker room. All of which I remember well. Quite a few pilots stayed at the pub due to Southend Airport being nearby, including Sir Freddie Laker, founder of Laker Airways (now long ceased). *+


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

*+ Provided by Jane Eatough

** Provided by CG

*** Provided by Greg Lewin

Provided by John Mead

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