A book entitled,
'The Inns, Taverns and Pubs of Colchester'
was first published in 1995.
It was revised and reprinted several times, with the final edition, The French Edition being produced in 2025.
Now out of print, here you can see the contents of the Waterloo Edition of 2015, in electronic format.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Pubs across the country have undergone a huge change in the way they operate, much associated with social behaviour of their customers, but also the taxation levels imposed on them by successive governments.
This book just scratches the surface of Colchester's pub heritage; there is so much that has been left out with regards to the stories told by the 'good old boys', through the years, as well as a lack of page space for the many old photographs that have been handed down over decades.
We have a large database of additional material that has not been included in the book and that will, one day, be placed with the Essex Record Office in Chelmsford. Some of this data can be seen here, arranged in alphabetical order by pub.
The following list shows a 20 year span of the pubs that had closed or had been renamed, in Colchester, up until 2023, together with the 37 that were still in business.
