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Flower of The Forest, 123 Blackfriars Road, Southwark St George Martyr, Surrey, London

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This may well have started life as the Surrey Tavern, which was used for Masonic meetings in 1776. It was the Surrey Coffee House by 1796, and in 1810 one of the clerks of the Bank of England was seen in an intoxicated state in the coffee house, from which after being beaten he was turned out by a gentleman who charged him with attempting to steal his pocket handkerchief. For being drunk the clerk was ordered to resign his position at the bank.
The Masons used it for lodge meetings in 1816. It became the Coal Hole or Surrey Coal Hole sometime in the 1820s. In 1845, the landlord Richard Shepherd renamed it the Flower of the Forest, after a play at the next door Surrey Theatre (Owned by Grand Met).
It was demolished in the early 1990s and the name transferred to the Oxford Arms, at 14 Westminster Bridge Road. The site is now part of a huge office block used by the Polytechnic of the South Bank, the site of the Theatre is marked by a plaque commemorating the fireman who lost their lives here in World War Two, the Flower of the Forest was on the left as you look at the theatre. ***

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

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The following entries are in this format:

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

1845/Richard Shepherd/../../../.. ***

1869/James Robinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1880/William Lloyd/../../../Post Office Directory **

1881/John Osment/Licensed Victualler/28/Surrey/Census ****
1881/Emily Osment/Wife/32/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Selina Taylor/Domestic Servant/21/Worcester/Census
1881/Henry French/Barman/26/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1881/Robert Archer/Barman/19/Lambeth, Surrey/Census

1882/William Lloyd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/William Lloyd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/John Osment/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/John Phillips Cash/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/George Cooper/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1910/Frederick Thomas Coupland/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Mrs Mary Coupland/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Jas Surtees/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Thomas R Williams/../../../Post Office Directory ****


** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Bill Rigby

**** Provided By Kevan

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