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Blakeneys Head, 143 High Street, Poplar E14

Poplar index

A tavern from at leat 1716 under the name ' The Sarah Galley'  - name change by 1758; rebuilt in 1899, altered in 1939 and irreparably damaged due to WWII bombing ***

At 217 Poplar High Street before 1871 and renumbering

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

The following entries are in this format:

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

1810/Moore / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1814/William Moore / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1823/James Watts / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1827/James Watts / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1828/James Watts / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1829/James Watts / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1831/James Watts / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1833/William James Davis / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1835/Wm. Davis/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1842/W J Davis/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1851/William Jas Daviss/Beer Retailer/../../Kellys Directory ****

1851/William Jas Daviss/Victualler/45/Middlesex/Census ****
1851/Jane Daviss/Wife/45/Middlesex/Census
1851/Anetta Daviss/Daughter/24/Middlesex/Census
1851/Jane Canfield/Servant/21/Middlesex/Census
1851/George Baker/Servant/19/Middlesex/Census

1856/Rd Seaton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

William Watcham [at 7 Ida Street, Poplar] is my gt gt grandfather through his son Harry Stephen Watcham who married Anne Eugenie Gibbs, the daughter of James Frederick Gibbs the licensee of The Blakeneys Head High Street Poplar. I therefore have the distinction of two gt gt grandfathers as publicans in Victorian Poplar. ***

1861/James F Gibbs/Victualler/30/Poplar, Middlesex/Census ****
1861/Mary Gibbs/Wife/28/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry Gibbs/Son/8/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Emma M Gibbs/Daughter/7/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Anne Gibbs/Daughter/5/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Hannah Gibbs/Daughter/2/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Alfred Gibbs/Son/6 months/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/William Bullon/Potman/17/Norfolk/Census
1861/Sarah Kalard?/Servant/17/Bristol/Census

1862/Jas. Fredk. Gibbs/../../../P.O. Directory **

1866/J F Gibbs/../../../P.O. Directory **

1869/J F Gibbs/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Frances North/Licensed Victualler/37/Poplar, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Jessie Amelia North/Wife/30/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jessie Amelia North/Daughter/14/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/John Angell North/Son/12/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1881/Hellena Harriet North/Daughter/10/Bromley, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charlotte North/Daughter/8/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles George North/Son/3/../Census

1874/G North/../../../H.D. Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers' Directory **

1882/Frances Hammett North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Frances North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Frances Hammett North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/Francis North/../../../Business Directory of London **

1891/Frances Hammett North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/Frances Hammett North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Frances Hammett/../../../Missing Ancestors Website **

1901/Francis H North/Licensed Victualler/58/Poplar, London/Census ****
1901/Jessie A North/Wife/57/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Charles G North/Son, Barman/23/Poplar, London/Census
1901/William A North/Son, Cycle Maker/18/Poplar, London/Census
1901/William G Richardson/Boarder, General Labourer/19/Poplar, London/Census

1906/Francis H North/../../../Morris’ Business Directory of London **

1910/Frances Hammett North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/John Angel North/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1934/John A North/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Sidney G Malden/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Sidney G Malden/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1956/John W Kirby/../../BT Telephone Directory [EASt 1333] ***


** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Survey of London - Athlone Press 1944

**** 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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