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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
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
For additional information on Rainham, click on: http://www.rainham-history.co.uk/