The Salmon

The Salmon was for many years a public house next to The Sprat public house in Loosley Row

1851 census. The Salmon. Jonah Lacey 29, Jane C Lacey, 24, Lucy 4 months, Solomon Keen 40 slept in barn.

1861 census. The Salmon. Jonah Lacey 37 publican, Jane C Lacey publican' wife, Lucy 12, L? 10, Priscilla 4, John 2, Sarah Steel, 23 relative.

1871 census. The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 44 beer seller. Priscilla 14, John 12. William & Eliza Harvey & Lucy 1, lodgers.

1881 census. The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 53 beerseller. John 22 iron moulder, Jabez Lacey, boarder farm labourer

1891 census. The Salmon. Jane C Lacey widow 63 beer retailer, Priscilla Harvey 13 granddaughter, Edwin James 64 lodger.

1901 census. The Salmon. Harry Gomme 23 publican and cattleman on farm, Sarah Gomme 23, Harry W Gomme 3, Frank Gomme 2.

Connie Baker, nee Gomme, remembered The Salmon where Dr Hamilton lived 1918ish

In 1931 Kelly's Directory lists Miss Hamilton, as a private resident at Salmon Cottage.

1939 Register (census). The Salmon. Louisa Hamilton born in Edinburgh in 1874, retired Physician.

Louisa Hamilton died at The Salmon in 1948. Probate to solicitors £21,254 -17s -1d.

The following is an excerpt from the article 1956 Rita Probert (Autobiography)

In the 1950s here was still a 'class divide'. At The Salmon, Loosley Row lived Mr and Mrs Isdell-Carpenter, they, too, were kindly, but we ‘knew our place’ – they were upper class.   Their daughter Sally was one of the last Debutantes to be presented at Court.     They also had servants, which was very impressive.

Mrs Isdell-Carpenter started a sewing circle, then later thought it would be good to have a club for the older residents of Loosley Row & Lacey Green – thus the 81^st Club was formed.   My mother became a helper and later, when elderly herself, a member.

Ianthe Brownrigg living at The Salmon in 1966, the family moved away in 1969. She stated this in a questionnaire at a school reunion organised by Lacey Green History Group. click 1969 School memories by Ianthe Brownrigg