Railway Hotel on High Street at Grays in Essex

Railway Hotel on High Street at Grays Thurrock c.1912 [Author's Collection]. Map extract from Ordnance Survey Sheet 161 London NE - OS One-Inch Map Depicted 1954, Published 1960. Crown Copyright. Reproduced with kind permission of the National Library of Scotland under the Creative Commons Attribution licence.

Railway Hotel on High Street at Grays Thurrock c.1912

The Railway Hotel traded as the Pullman Tavern towards the end of its days as a public-house. The building, a few metres from the level crossing, now forms part of a retail and residential development. For much of the Victorian era the pub was run by John Howell, who also served as a churchwarden and overseer of the parish. On his death in 1896, it was reported that "he was well-known among the poor for his kindly assistance, financial and otherwise, in the distribution of various charities in connection with the Grays Parish Church." ¹

References
1. "Proposed Hotel for Grays" : Chelmsford Chronicle; September 10th, 1886, Page 2.

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