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Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address, i.e. use the search box below. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs, beer retailers, taverns and hotels; and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission. Many of the Pubs are still open, as I do not differentiate between dead and open Pubs. The site is updated every day, mainly during pub opening hours. Please contact: Kevan with any updates and additional details to the site/s. Thanks.
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Bedford Head Hotel, 40 Maiden Lane, St Paul, Covent Garden

This pub was founded in 1739 as the Dukes Head, later becoming the Bedford Head and being rebuilt in its present form in 1873. In 1984 it was renamed the Maple Leaf. **

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Covent Garden - St Pauls, London. The Covent Garden - St Pauls , London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

You may also wish to take a look at the St Clements Danes parish.

Bedford Head Hotel, 40/41 Maiden Lane, WC1 - in January 2009

Bedford Head Hotel, 40/41 Maiden Lane, WC1 - in January 2009

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1839/Sarah Givens/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1850/Mrs S Givens/../../../P.O. Directory **

1861/William Ward/Hotel Keeper/41/Petham, Kent/Census ****
1861/Jane Ward/Wife/45/Wrexham, Denbighshire/Census
1861/John Southcott/Boarder, Builder, Widow/68/Crediton, Devon/Census
1861/John Southcott/Boarder, Builder/39/Exeter, Devon/Census
1861/P M Southcott/Boarder/31/Newfoundland/Census
1861/Emma Moore/Boarder/37/Wrexham, Denbighshire/Census
1861/Samuel Blackburn/Boarder, Grocer/21/Coddington/Census
1861/Jane Moore/General Servant/15/Wrexham, Denbighshire/Census
1861/Mary A Smitherson/Barmaid/25/Stourbridge, Worcester/Census
1861/Kate Thompson/Barmaid/17/Anley, Staffordshire/Census
1861/William Daniels/Waiter/33/Rollesby, Norfolk/Census
1861/Alfred Wilson/Potman/19/Bury St Edmunds/Census
1861/James Ward/Brother, Servant/27/Chatham, Kent/Census

1869/Mrs Jane Ward/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1871/William Lindsay/Licensed Victualler/45/Scotland/Census ****
1871/Mary A Lindsay/Wife/39/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Adelaide P Lindsay/Daughter/13/City of London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Annie O Lindsay/Daughter/../City of London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Phoebe J Goodchild/Sister in Law/32/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thomas Wolfe/Lodger, Tailor/22/Cambridge/Census
1871/Alfred Roubic/Boarder, Licensed Victuallers manager/49/Hastings/Census
1871/Annie Dickenson/Barmaid/27/Pimlico, Middlesex/Census
1871/Clara Baskett/Barmaid/18/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1871/John Harrison/Waiter/38/Greenwich. Kent/Census
1871/Eliza S Winslow/Cook/55/City of London/Census
1871/William Cronin/Potman/30/Southwark, Surrey/Census

1881/Alfred W H Dickinson/Hotel Proprietor/33/London, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Adelaide A Dickinson/Wife/32/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred R S E Dickinson/Son/1/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Rosanna B Fielding/Sister/13/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Preston/Visitor, Draper/40/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1881/Rose B Stothy/Visitor/14/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth F Green/Barmaid/19/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Mary A Dudley/Barmaid/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie Rixon/Domestic Servant/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie A Worley/Domestic Servant/19/London, Middlesex/Census

1882/Alfred Walter Harvey Dickinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Alf W Dickinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/George Henry Thurston/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1900/Marshall Brothers/../../../P.O. Directory **

1910/Sidney Yardley & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Sidney Yardley & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1921/Glaze Bros. Ltd/../../../Kelly’s P.O. Directory **

1934/James Russell/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Goodhews Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Goodhews Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****


** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** Provided By Kevan

Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day. Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.
site search by freefind

All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission.
The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.

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