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Black Lion, 59 High Street, Plaistow

Also see the History of Plaistow

Black Lion, Plaistow

Black Lion, Plaistow

Kindly provided by David Twitchett - copyright

Black Lion, High Street, Plaistow

4th October 2002

Taken by Brian Berry

Black Lion, High Street - in August 2009

Black Lion, High Street - in August 2009

Kindly provided by John Varty

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1826/Joseph Duck/../../../Pigot's Directory

1828-9/Joseph Duck/../../../Pigot's Directory

1832-3/Joseph Duck/../../../Pigot's Directory

1839/Joseph Duck/../../../Pigot's Directory

[Not named in 1841 census]

1841/Jos Duck Senr/L Victualler/70/../Census ****
1841/Rebeca ? Duck/../60/../Census
1841/Eliz Norrice/Female Servant/15/../Census
1841/H Butler/Male Servant/15/Essex/Census
1841/Jos Simmonds/Sawyer/25/../Census
1841/Benj Simmonds/Labourer/60/../Census

1845/Mrs. Jane Cohu/../../../Post Office Directory

1848/Jane Cohu/../../../White's Directory

1851/Mrs. Jane Cohu/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/Jane Cohu/victualler (widow)/40/Stratford, Essex/Census **
1851/Jane Elizabeth Cohu/daughter, scholar/14/Stratford, Essex/Census **
1851/Thoma Cohu/son, scholar/11/Stratford, Essex/Census **
1851/Harriet Law/sister in law, annuitant/55/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census **
1851/Mary Bones/house servant/20/Barking, Essex/Census **
1851/Elizabeth Jane Bells/house servant/17/Ware, Hertfordshire/Census **
1851/Thomas Smith/errand boy/14/Plaistow, Essex/Census **

1855/Mrs. Jane Cohu/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/Jane Cohu/Licenced Victualler, Widow/50/Stratford, Essex/Census ****
1861/Jane E Cohu/Daughter/24/Stratford, Essex/Census
1861/Thomas Cohu/Son, Carpenter/21/Stratford, Essex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Watts/House Servant/22/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1861/Emma Winch/House Servant/21/East Ham, Essex/Census
1861/William Ashby/Pot boy/15/Wisbech, Cambs/Census

1862/Mrs. Jane Cohu/../../../Kelly's Directory

1867/Mrs. Jane Cohu/../../../Post Office Directory

1870/Mrs. Jane Cohu/../../../Kelly's Directory

1871/Thomas Cohu/Publican/31/Stratford, Essex/Census ****
1871/Hannah Cohu/Wife/23/Chadwell Heath, Essex/Census
1871/Jane Cohu/Mother, Widow, Publican retired/60/Stratford, Essex/Census
1871/Mary Blunden/sister in Law, Barmaid/18/Chadwell Heath, Essex/Census
1871/Margaret Kinghorn?/Visitor, School Mistress retired, Widow/62/Mile End, Middx/Census
1871/Elizabeth Watts/Barmaid/32/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1871/Alice Lee/Servant/20/Farningham, Kent/Census
1871/Frederick Gaston/Pot boy/17/Southampton, Hants/Census

1874/Thomas Cohu/../../../Kelly's Directory

1878/Thomas Cohu/Wine & Spirit Merchant & Ale & Stout Bottler/../../Kelly's

1881/Thomas Cohn/Licensed Victualler/41/Stratford, Essex/Census
1881/Anna M. Cohn/Wife/36/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1881/Elen H. Cohn/Daughter/9/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1881/Thomas B. Cohn/Son/8/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1881/Annie L. Lee/Stepdaughter/12/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edith E. Lee/Stepdaughter/11/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lilian A. Lee/Stepdaughter/10/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Blunden/Sister in Law, Assistant/28/Chadwell, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Watts/Assistant/42/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1881/Alice Garnham/Cook/22/Great Bergholt, Suffolk/Census
1881/Louisa Boardman/Housemaid/28/London, Middlesex
1881/Joseph Thomson/Pot Boy/17/Plaistow, Essex/Census

1882/Thomas Cohu/Wine & Spirit Merchant & Ale & Stout Bottler/../../Kelly's

1886/Thomas Cohu/Wine Merchant/../../Kelly's Directory

1891/Thomas Cohu/Licensed Victualler/51/Stratford, Essex/Census ****
1891/Hannah Cohu/Wife/46/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1891/Ellen H Cohu/Daughter/19/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/Thomas B Cohu/Son, Commercial Clerk/18/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/Edith A Lee/Step Daughter, Milliner/21/Chelsea, Middx/Census
1891/Lillian A Lee/Step Daughter/20/Chelsea, Middx/Census
1891/Mary Blunden/Sister in Law, Barmaid/38/Chadwell Heath, Essex/Census
1891/Elizabeth Watts/Barmaid/52/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census

1896/Thomas Cohu/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1902/Cundy & Co./../../../Kelly's Directory ****

1908/Cundy & Co./../../../Kelly's Directory

1912/Cundy & Co./../../../Kelly's Directory

1944/Arthur William Clark/../../../Kelly's Directory ****

** Provided by John Mead

**** 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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