Bricklayers Arms, Stondon Massey

Bricklayers Arms, Stondon Massey - postmarked 1954

Bricklayers Arms, Stondon Massey - postmarked 1954

Kindly provided by Julian Gooding

Residents at this address

1848/Robert Ablin/Victualler/../../Whites

1851/Samuel Rose/../../../Post Office

1851/Samuel Rose/victualler and boatmaker/27/Hemmingham, Suffolk/Census **
1851/Sophia Rose/wife/22/High Ongar, Essex/Census
1851/Maria Rose/daughter/2m/Stondon, Massey, Essex/Census
1851/Frank Gates/brother in law, baker/20/High Ongar, Essex/Census

1852/S. Rose/../../../Kellys*

1855/Samuel Rose/../../../Kellys*

Samuel Rose can next be found at the Fox & Goose, West Thurrock

1862/John Gann/Wheelwright/../../Kellys

1867/John Gann/Wheelwright/../../Post Office

1870/George Barnes/../../../Kellys

1871/George Barnes/../../../Post Office

1871/George Barnes/Publican/35/Stock, Essex/Census ***
1871/Ellen Barnes/Wife/37/Ireland/Census

1874/Thomas Barnes/../../../Kellys

1878/Joseph Lawrence/../../../Kellys

Oliver Jonathan Webster marries Catherine M Hicks at Writtle on 29 September 1878

1881/Oliver Jonathan Webster/Publican/23/Writtle, Essex/Census
1881/Catherine M. Webster/Wife/33/Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk/Census
1881/Kate Webster/Daughter/1/Stondon Massey, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Oliver Webster/Son/2m/Stondon Massey, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Turner/Domestic Servant/20/High Ongar, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Maryon/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/25/High Ongar, Essex/Census

1882/Oliver John Webster/../../../Kellys

Oliver John Webster is at the Bell Inn, Ingatestone in 1884, and then at the Crown, in Harlow by 1888

1886/Thomas Wright/../../../Kellys

1890/Harry Wright/../../../Kellys

1891/Daniel John Burrells/Publican/45/Maldon, Essex/Census
1891/Emily Burrells/Wife/46/Coggeshall, Essex/Census
1891/Joseph Bourne/Boarder, Widow/80/Maldon, Essex/Census

1894/John Burrells/../../../Kellys

1895/John Burrells/../../../Kellys

1898/John Willis/../../../Kellys

1899/John Willis/../../../Kellys

In 1891, the Bradley family are in Ightham, Kent [George is a Gardner], except for son Thomas who is a visitor at the Little George 155 High Street, Chatham; where his younger sister [?] Georgina is a Barmaid - aged 20.

1901/George Bradley/Licensed Victualler/63/Orston, Notts/Census ***
1901/Miriam Bradley/Wife/63/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1901/Thomas Bradley/Son, Barman/27/Tunbridge Wells, Kent/Census
1901/Alice Bradley/Daughter/31/Tunbridge Wells, Kent/Census

1902/George Bradley/../../../Kellys

My great grandfather Matthew Hughes, was the publican (although the licence was with his wife Mary Hughes) -see photo ***

Standing: Alice Annie Allaway (b. 1885), Matthew William Edmund Hughes (b. 22 July 1880 d. 1946), Frederick ?  (Husband of Alice) - Seated: Constance Mary Lily Hughes (b. 4 April 1904 d. 1996), Mary Ann Elizabeth Hughes (nee Allaway b. 15 July 1880 d. Feb 1970), on her lap is Grace Catherine Ann Hughes (b. 4  May 1906 d. 2000), William Matthew Edmund Hughes (b. 1902 d. 1920) – and the dog Carlo who was born the same day as Grace.  - The Bricklayers, Stondon Massey in 1906

The Bricklayers in 1906, and a Hughes family portrait.

Standing: Alice Annie Allaway (b. 1885), Matthew William Edmund Hughes (b. 22 July 1880 d. 1946), Frederick ? (Husband of Alice)

Seated: Constance Mary Lily Hughes (b. 4 April 1904 d. 1996), Mary Ann Elizabeth Hughes (nee Allaway b. 15 July 1880 d. Feb 1970), on her lap is Grace Catherine Ann Hughes (b. 4 May 1906 d. 2000), William Matthew Edmund Hughes (b. 1902 d. 1920) – and the dog Carlo who was born the same day as Grace. ***

There was a ¾ size billiard table at the pub, which moved with the family to their new home in Southend-on-Sea. During the war it was used as an air raid shelter, with chicken wire put around the legs. If the bomb blast didn’t kill you, the slate collapsing on you would have!  When my Aunt Grace moved into a smaller house, the table went to my Mums in Berkshire, with a room having to be specially built for it. It is used all year long, for meals and especially for the Howes Christmas challenge Cup. ***

1906/Matthew W. Hughes/../../../Kellys

1908/John Brace/../../../Kellys

1910/John Brace/../../../Kellys

1912/John Brace/../../../Kellys

1914/Arthur Edward Gordon/../../../Kellys

1917/John Brace/../../../Kellys

I found my great grandparents John Brace as the Governor of the Bricklayers Arms in Stondon Massey, Essex. I was born and raised in Stondon Massey until my parents along with my siblings and myself moved to America in 1949. *

The photograph is of my great grandparents along with other family members that include my grandfather (Bertrum L Booty) and grandmother (Alice Brace Booty) my mother (Thirza Booty Lawlor as a young girl) and my uncle (John L Booty as a young boy) together with other members of the Brace Family standing in front of the Bricklayers Arms, the year would be about 1915. *

The photograph is of my great grandparents along with other family members that include my grandfather (Bertrum L Booty) and grandmother (Alice Brace Booty) my mother (Thirza Booty Lawlor as a young girl) and my uncle (John L Booty as a young boy) together with other members of the Brace Family standing in front of the Bricklayers Arms, the year would be about 1915. *

John & Mary Brace - circa 1915

John & Mary Brace - circa 1915

Both kindly provided by David Lawlor



1922/Joseph Henry Anderson/../../../Kellys

1925/Charles Nunn/../../../Kellys

1929/Charles Nunn/../../../Kellys

1933/Charles Nunn/../../../Kellys

1937/Charles Nunn/../../../Kellys


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

** Provided by John mead

*** Provided by Della Tora

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