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Angel, High Street, Kelvedon

Angel Commercial Inn, Kelvedon

Angel Commercial Inn, Kelvedon

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Angel, High Street, Kelvedon

3rd June 2001

From the December 1962 edition of "Essex Countryside" magazine, supplied by Elaine Commander:

"The Angel at Kelvedon, demolished in 1939 and rebuilt farther back from the road because the corner it stood on was the "very devil" according to a famous coachman, was a sixteenth century inn with undeniable royal associations. William III was a frequent visitor when journeying to and from Harwich. Bufton, a Coggeshall man, recorded in his diary that on October 20, 1692 "King William III went through Kelvedon and then he stayed and dined at the Angell."

During the time of the Napoleonic wars, in September 1811, the Prince Regent with his brothers, the Dukes of York, Cumberland and Cambridge, After reviewing the troops stationed at Colchester, came to the Angel and partook of an elegant cold collation before setting off for London with fresh post horses. The Nobility and much good company came to the old house in the eighteenth century. It was the only posting house in Kelvedon and a noted stopping place for coaches.

The original inn, although much altered, was still an old fashioned house, with the upper storey projecting on part of the front.

Possibly one of the earliest records concerning the Angel occurs in the quarter session rolls, where a presentment of 1854/5 states that "one Thomas Levericke of Keldon at the sign of the Angell keapethe great disorder of playinge in his howse at cards, dice, tables and other unlawful games, and also that the said Thomas dothe make his horse bread to light, in every pennyworthe xiijd. ounces. "

In July 1596 it was presented that "a certain disordered alehouse in Keldon alias Esterford called the sign of the Angel that is maintained and kept by 'Wymian' Robinson who doth use the same very disorderly.""

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1584-5/Thomas Levericke/Innkeeper/../../..*

1596/Wymian Robinson/Innkeeper/../../..*

1769/Janet Blyth/licensee/../../.. ****

1782/Thomas Morton/licensee/../../.. ****

1785/John Heard/licensee/../../.. ****

1792/Patrick Webb/licensee/../../.. ****

1795/Isaac Master/licensee/../../.. ****

1795/Patrick Webb/licensee/../../.. ****

1792/Ann Webb/licensee/../../.. ****

1809/John Godfrey/licensee/../../.. ****

1813/James Fall/licensee/../../.. ****

1815/William Gardner/licensee/../../.. ****

1824/James Wakefield/licensee/../../.. ****

1825/Mark Bland/licensee/../../.. ****

1828-9/Mark Bland/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/David Hulme/../../../Pigot's

1839/David Hume/../../../Pigot's

1840/David Hume/../../../Pigot's*****

1845/James Knights/../../../Post Office

1848/James Knight/../../../White's

1851/James Knights/../../../Post Office

1851/James Knight/innkeeper/62/Bawdsey, Suffolk/Census **
1851/Esther Knight/wife/57/Box, Wiltshire/Census **
1851/Eliza Hume/daughter in law/18/Kelvedon, Essex/Census **
1851/Sarah Harwood/general servant/19/Tollesbury, Essex/Census **
1851/Joseph Potter/ostler/49/Coggeshall, Essex/Census **

1852/J. Knights/../../../Kelly's**

1855/J. Knights/../../../Kelly's**

1861/Charles Bateman/Innkeeper/31/Great Braxted, Essex/Census***
 1861/Sarah Bateman/Wife/32/Great Totham, Essex/Census***
 1861/Sarah Webb/Mother in Law/66/Great Totham, Essex/Census***
 1861/John Webb/Brother in Law/27/Great Totham, Essex/Census***
 1861/William Sach/Boarder, Retired Farmer/59/Layer Marney, Essex/Census***
 1861/Mary A. Seabrook/House Servant/17/Feering, Essex/Census***
 1861/Joseph Potter/Ostler/59/Coggeshall, Essex/Census***

1862/Charles Bateman/../../../Kelly's

1867/Charles Bateman/../../../Post Office

1870/Charles Bateman/../../../Kelly's

1871/Charles Bateman/../../../Post Office

1874/Charles Bateman/../../../Kelly's

1878/John Turner/../../../Kelly's

1881/John Turner/Hotel Keeper/38/Ashingdon, Essex/Census
 1881/Mary Turner/Wife/42/Redenhall, Norfolk/Census
 1881/Elizabeth Turner/Daughter/5/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
 1881/Sarah E. Turner/Daughter/4/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
 1881/James Turner/Son/2/Kelvedon, Essex/Census

1882/John Turner/../../../Kelly's

1886/John Turner/../../../Kelly's

1890/John Turner/../../../Kelly's

1891/John Turner/Innkeeper/48/Ashingdon, Essex/Census
 1891/Mary Turner/Wife/53/Redenhall, Norfolk/Census
 1891/Lily P. Turner/Daughter, Barmaid/16/Sunderland, Durham/Census
 1891/Sarah E. Turner/Daughter/13/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
 1891/James Turner/Son/12/Kelvedon, Essex/Census
 1891/Margaret Sallows/Visitor, Housekeeper/26/London, Middlesex/Census
 1891/Ellen Taylor/General Servant/18/Tiptree, Essex/Census

1894/John Turner/../../../Kelly's

1895/John Turner/../../../Kelly's

1898/Mrs. Mary Turner/../../../Kelly's

1899/Mrs. Mary Turner/../../../Kelly's

1902/Mrs. Mary Turner/../../../Kelly's

1906/Mrs. Mary Turner/../../../Kelly's

1908/Mrs. Mary Turner/../../../Kelly's

1910/Albert George Bandy/../../../Kelly's

1912/Frederick William Poole/../../../Kelly's

1914/Christopher W. Winder/../../../Kelly's

1917/Harry William Harbourn/../../../Kelly's

1922/Harry William Harbourn/../../../Kelly's

1925/Edwin Isaac Foster/../../../Kelly's

1929/Edwin Isaac Foster/../../../Kelly's

1933/Edwin Isaac Foster/../../../Kelly's

1937/Edwin Isaac Foster/../../../Kelly's

* From Essex Countryside magazine

** Provided by John Mead

*** Provided by CG

**** Kelvedon and its antiquities.- B L Kentish 1974

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

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