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Dyers Arms, 44 Brick Lane, Spitalfields

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Spitalfield  - now in London. The Spitalfield, 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.

Stephen Foulsham  (my 4x great grandfather)  who ran the Dyers Arms in Brick Lane in 1841 was born on 26 Oct 1784 in Wymondham in Norfolk. On the 1851 census he's still living in Brick Lane at no. 188, but has gone back to his original profession of 'Dyer' - thus the pub's name. On this census he says he's from Windham in Norfolk (which is how Wymondham is pronounced). He ran the Goat pub in Wymondham in 1822. He, and his son, (also called Stephen) gave evidence in a court case in London, where he was the publican of the Dyer's Arms in 1834, so he'd moved sometime between 1822 and 1844 to Brick Lane. His wife, Elizabeth Foulsham (his second cousin also from Wymondham) died in 1853, and he remarried in 1854 to Elizabeth Weight. On the marriage licence he gave his father's name as James Foulsham. The only Stephen Foulsham born to James Foulsham in Wymondham, was Stephen born on 27 Oct 1784. On each of the censuses he gives a different age for himself, sometimes older than he was and sometimes younger... He died on 22 Nov 1869 whilst living at 1 Little George Street, Bethnal Green.  ***

1834/Stephen Foulsham / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1834/Stephen Foulsham junior / 12 / Son /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey

1841/Stephen Foulsham/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1841/Stephen Foulsham/Publican/50/Middlesex/Census ****
1841/Elizabeth Foulsham/50/Middlesex//Census
1841/Stephen Foulsham/Publican/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/William Bold/Male Servant/25/Middlesex/Census
1841/Ann Bold/Femal Servant/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Frew/Tailor/60/Middlesex/Census
1841/Charles Frew/../70/../Census

1851/John Summerwill/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1856/John Summerwill/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1852/John Summerwill/../../../Watkins Directory **

1855/John Summerwill/../../../P.O. Directory **


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*** Provided By Gary Taylor

**** 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.
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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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