Limited research on when the Angel was built reveals that it was public house, listed in Kelly's Directory of 1866, under the occupancy of a 'Thomas Akhurst'†,  but it is not shown on Ordnance Survey maps of 1869. This may however, be due to standards of accuracy at the time. It is not shown in Melville & Co's Directory of 1858.

† http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Directories/RainhamKly1866.html Grateful thanks to David Auger, Rainham OPC

Thanks to the efforts of David Augur, we are able to show you details revealing the occupants at the time of the 1871 Census.

The Angel Inn, Station Road is shown as Schedule 98 for Rainham.
Now in occupancy is John Stanbridge, with his wife, Kizer and their children Thomas and John. Also staying were two lodgers. Ellen Dangih aged 21 was born in Cranbrook. Thomas Standen was a 27 year old plasterer born in Camberwell, London (rural Surrey in those days!!).
John Stanbridge, 59, was born in Goudhurst in 1812. He is recorded as a ‘Victualler and Farmer with 3 acres’. His wife Kizer, aged 58, was from Salehurst in Sussex, and was born in 1813. Further research, though show a 58 year old Kizer Stanbridge, also in the 1871 census, living in Milton. If this is the same person, had they now separated about the time of the census and was recorded by John as still living at the Angel?
Thomas, 16, was born in Maidstone in 1855. He is shown as the stepson to the Head of the Household, so it may be assumed that Kizer was  previously married.Young John Stanbridge though, is shown as the son of John. He is 15 at the time of the Census, so was born in 1856 in Kent, but the town is not decipherable, but I have taken this to be Langley. This brings into question as to how old young John and Thomas were when the elder John and Kizer married.

Angel Rainham 1871 Census

Surname Forenames
St
Sex
 Birthplace Relation Occupation Age
STANBRIDGE John
M
M
 Goudhurst, Kent Head Licensed Victualler 59
STANBRIDGE Kizer
M
F
 Salehurst, Sussex Wife
-

58
STANBRIDGE John
-
M
 Langley, Kent Son
-
 15
STANBRIDGE Thomas
-
M
 Maidstone Stepson
-
 16
DANGIH Ellen
-
F
 Cranbrook, Kent Lodger
-
 21
STANDEN Thomas
-
M
 Camberwell, Surrey Lodger Plasterer 27

 

The following table is an extract for the Angel Inn, from the 1881 Census listed on the site www.1881pubs.com. (The column headed 'St' was used to identify married or  unmarried etc., the 'Ref' is the reference in the census):

Surname Forenames
St
Sex
 Birthplace Relation Occupation Age Ref
CLARK James
M
M
 Upchurch, Kent, England Head Licensed Victualler 36 255718
CLARK Ann
M
F
 Rainham, Kent, England Wife -

24

 255719
CLARK Henry
-
M
 Upchurch, Kent, England Son Scholar 11 255720

In addition to the landlord, James Clark, his wife Ann and son Henry, there were a further six people lodging in the building at this time:

Surname Forenames
St
Sex
 Birthplace Relation Occupation Age Ref
READER George
U
M
 Purfold Lodger (Head) Bricksorter 41 255721
READER John
-
M
 Rainham, Kent, England Lodger Scholar

12

 255722
WATERS William
U
M
 Maidstone, Kent, England Lodger Brickfield Lab 63 255723
BURGEST Thomas
U
M
 Maidstone, Kent, England Lodger Brickfield Lab 17 255724
PARKER William
M
M
 Bapchild, Kent, England Lodger Brickfield Lab 62 255725
HOPKINS William
M
M
 Sheldwich, Kent, England Lodger Brickmaker 40 255726

Presumably these lodgers all worked at one of the nearby brickfields on the south-east junction of Lower Rainham Road and Otterham Quay Lane or at Otterham Creek.

Additional information from the Post Office Directory of the relevant year, shows the following occupants:

1882 Jas Clark, 1891 C Copping, 1903 Sir Roger Wibrew, 1913 Edward Holman


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