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King's Arms, Wignall Street, Lawford

King's Arms, Wignall Street, Lawford circa 1881

Provided by Mary Pattle Hover, the great grandaughter of Samuel Cropley (on the right)

King's Arms, Wignall Street, Lawford 2000

25th June 2000

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1839/Jonathan Bull/../../../Pigot's

1840/Jonathan Bull/../../../Pigot's*

1845/Richard Abraham Cooper/../../../Post Office

1848/Abraham Richardson Cooper/Victualler/../../White's

1851/Abraham Cooper Richardson/../../../Post Office

1851/Abraham Richardson/innkeeper/37/East Bergholt, Suffolk/Census  **
1851/Jane Richardson/wife/45/Milden, Suffolk/Census
 **
1851/Jane Richardson/daughter, scholar at home/07/Lawford, Essex/Census
**
1851/Susanna Hervey/house servant/15/Lawford, Essex/Census
 **

1855/A. C. Richardson/../../../Kelly's*

Note: There seems so be some confusion over the above!

1862/Henry Daniels/../../../Kelly's

1867/Henry Daniels/../../../Post Office

1870/Robert Powell/../../../Kelly's

1871/Robert Powell/../../../Post Office

1874/Samuel Cropley/Cattle Dealer/../../Kelly's

1878/Samuel Cropley/../../../Kelly's

1881/Samuel Cropley/Dealer & Innkeeper/44/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/Jemima Cropley/Wife/44/Tendring, Essex/Census
1881/Topsy Cropley/Daughter/14/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/William G. Cropley/Son/6/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/Frank Cropley/Son/3/Lawford, Essex/Census
1881/Rosa Cropley/Daughter/5m/Lawford, Essex/Census

1882/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1886/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1890/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1894/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1895/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1898/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1899/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1902/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1906/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1908/Samuel Cropley/Farmer/../../Kelly'

1910/Aaron Durrant/../../../Kelly's

1912/Aaron Durrant/../../../Kelly's

1914/Aaron Durrant/../../../Kelly's

1917/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kelly's

1922/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kelly's

1925/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kelly's

1929/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kelly's

1933/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kelly's

1937/Edward William Hawkins/../../../Kelly's

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

** Provided by John Mead

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