Castle, High Street, Wickford
Pub closed in 1998 and demolished to be replaced by a supermarket

The Castle Hotel, Wickford - date unknown
Kindly provided by Colleen
Known Residents
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1828-9/Robert White/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Robert White/../../../Pigot's
1839/John Jeffries/../../../Pigot's
1845/Charles Houghton/../../../Post Office
1848/Samuel Bridge/Victualler/../../White's
1851/Samuel Bridge/../../../Post Office
1851/Samuel
Bridge/publican/42/Nevendon,
Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Ann Bridge/wife/52/Rettendon, Essex/Census
**
1851/Emelia Nunn/maidservant/18/South Benfleet, Essex/Census
**
1851/Elizabeth Ealy/maidservant/16/Langdon Hills, Essex/Census
**
1851/John King/ostler/33/Southend, Essex/Census
**
1851/Joseph Davis/boots/13/Brentwood, Essex/Census
**
1855/S.
Bridge/../../../Kelly's*
1861/Ruben Dines/innkeeper/51/Witham,
Essex/Census **
1861/Ann Dines/wife/47/Rettendon, Essex/Census
**
1861/Sophia A Dines/daughter/24/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1861/Ruben Dines/son, butcher/19/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1861/Mary Ann Dines/daughter, scholar/15/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1861/James Dines/son, scholar/10/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1861/Louisa Dines/daughter, scholar/08/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1861/John W Dines/son, scholar/06/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1861/Emma E Dines/daughter/04/Wickford, Essex/Census
**
1861/Ann Handley/house servant/17/Rawreth, Essex/Census
**
1861/John Sorrell/ostler/47/Fryerning, Essex/Census
**
1862/Reuben
Dines/../../../Kelly's
1867/Reuben Dines/../../../Post Office
1870/Reuben Dines/../../../Kelly's
1871/Reuben Dines/../../../Post Office
1871/Reuben Dines/innkeeper/61/Witham,
Essex/Census **
1871/Ann Dines/wife/56/Rettendon, Essex/Census
**
1871/Mary A Dines/daughter/23/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1871/James Dines/son/20/South Fambridge, Essex/Census
**
1871/Emma E Dines/daughter/14/Wickford, Essex/Census
**
1871/Ann Handley/domestic servant/27/Rawreth, Essex/Census
**
1871/John Dale/lodger, ag lab/65/Ramsden Crays, Essex/Census
**
1871/James Balls/lodger, wheelwright/41/Maldon, Essex/Census
**
1871/Isaac Gardiner/lodger, ag lab/45/Great Baddow, Essex/Census
**
1871/Samuel Letch/lodger, ag lab/20/Nevendon, Essex/Census
**
1871/Richard Carter/lodger, ag lab/36/Olten, Cambridgeshire/Census
**
1871/George Dyson/lodger, jockey/20/Newmarket, Suffolk/Census
**
1874/Robert
Brice/../../../Kelly's
1878/John Bull/../../../Kelly's
1881/John
Bull/Innkeeper/51/South Ockendon, Essex/Census
1881/Charlotte
Bull/Wife/55/Ramsden Crays, Essex/Census
1881/Clara
B. Wood/Niece, Assistant/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ann
Barns/General Servant/18/Laindon, Essex/Census
1881/James
Turner/Ostler/15/Rettendon, Essex/Census
1881/Henry
Lloyd/Lodger, Carpenter/45/Burstead, Essex/Census
1881/Zachariah
Willsher/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/26/Thundersley, Essex/Census
Note: Premises not named in 1881
1882/John Bull/../../../Kelly's
1886/John Bull/../../../Kelly's
1891/James
Ruffhead/innkeeper/27/Sterrington,
Bedfordshire/Census **
1891/Mary Ruffhead/wife/31/Nottingham/Census
**
1891/Florence Ruffhead/daughter, scholar/12/Courteenhall,
Northamptonshire/Census **
1891/Evelyn M Ruffhead/daughter, scholar/09/Courteenhall,
Northamptonshire/Census **
1891/James S Ruffhead/son, scholar/07/St Pancras, London/Census
**
1891/Agussa A Ruffhead/daughter/02/London/Census
**
1891/Miriam J Field/niece, barmaid/21/Sterrington, Bedfordshire/Census
**
1891/Elizabeth Lavender/general servant/17/Rochford, Essex/Census
**
1894/James Ruffhead/Coal & Coke Merchant/../../Kelly's
1895/James Ruffhead/../../../Kelly's
1898/James Ruffhead/Coal & Coke Merchant/../../Kelly's
1899/James Ruffhead/../../../Kelly's
1902/James Ruffhead/Coal & Coke Merchant/../../Kelly's
1908/Mrs. Mary Ruffhead/../../../Kelly's
1912/Mrs. Mary Ruffhead/../../../Kelly's
1917/Mrs. Mary Ruffhead/../../../Kelly's
1925/Walter Blakeley/../../../Kelly's
1933/Walter Blakeley/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by John Mead
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