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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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Blucher's Head, 44 Market Place, Romford

Name Changed to the Duke of Wellington 15th April 1915 due to public opinion. Demolished in 1967

For the History of Romford & other areas of Havering:

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1822/John Marrable/../../../Pigot's*

1823-4/John Marrable/../../../Pigot's

1826/John Marrable/../../../Pigot's

1828-9/John Marrable/../../../Pigot's

1832-3/James Wensley/../../../Pigot's

1839/Samuel Adams Hammond/../../../Pigot's

1841/Samuel Adams Hammond/Innkeeper/45/Essex/Census ****
1841/Mary Hammond/../45/Essex/Census
1841/Joseph Hammond/../22/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Hammond/../20/Essex/Census
1841/Mary Ann Hammond/../15/Essex/Census
1841/Hannah Hammond/../13/Essex/Census
1841/Emma Hammond/../9/Essex/Census

1845/Samuel Adams Hammond/Carpenter/../../Post Office

1848/Mary Hammond/../../../White's

1851/Mrs. Mary Hammond/Carpenter/../../Post Office

1851/Mary Hammond/Innkeeper/57/Willingate Doe, Essex/Census***
1851/Mary Ann Hammond/Daughter/28/Romford, Essex/Census***
1851/Hannah Hammond/Daughter/23/Romford, Essex/Census***
1851/Charles Hammond/Son, Carpenter/21/Romford, Essex/Census***
1851/Emma E. Hammond/Daughter/18/Romford, Essex/Census***
1851/Thomas Pool/Lodger, Sawyer/30/Doddinghurst, Essex/Census***
1851/John Archer/Errand Boy/16/Epping, Essex/Census***

1855/Misses Hammond/../../../Kelly's*

1861/Frederick L Mantell/Victualler/33/Epping, Essex/Census ****
1861/Sarah Mantell/Wife/40/Romford, Essex/Census
1861/Henry Newman/Servant, Ostler/22/Great Clacton, Essex /Census
1861/Susan Goodwin/House Servant/20/Blythburgh, Suffolk/Census

1862/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../Kelly's

1863/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../White's

1867/Frederick L. Mantell/../../../Post Office

1870/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../Kelly's

1871/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../Post Office

1871/Frederick L. Mantell/Licensed Victualler/42/Epping, Essex/Census***
1871/Sarah Mantell/Wife/50/Romford, Essex/Census***
1871/William Kelley/Ostler/19/Great Waltham, Essex/Census***
1871/Annie Wederell/Barmaid/14/Theydon Bois, Essex/Census***
1871/Francis Summerfield/Boarder, Plumber/34/Kent/Census***

30/08/1872/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

1874/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../Kelly's

1878/Frederick Lewis Mantell/../../../Kelly's

29/01/1880/Robert Jennings/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

1881/Robert Jennings /Licensed Victualler/23/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Jennings/Mother/43/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Wheatley/Barmaid/14/Romford, Essex/Census
1881/Mark Seely/Hostler/20/Brockley, Suffolk/Census
1881/Robert Baker/Lodger, Carpenter/27/Manchester, Lancashire/Census

Note: Premises not named in 1881

1882/Robert Jennings/../../../Kelly's

30/04/1885/James Heavens/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

1886/James Heavens/../../../Kelly's

1890/James Heavens/../../../Kelly's

1891/James Heavens/Licensed Victualler/31/Faringdon, Berkshire/Census***
1891/Emily Lucy Heavens/Wife/30/Henley on Thames/Census***
1891/Emily Heavens/Daughter/4/Romford, Essex/Census***
1891/Frank Heavens/Son/3/Romford, Essex/Census***
1891/Alice Heavens/Daughter/2/Romford, Essex/Census***
1891/William Heavens/Son/1m/Romford, Essex/Census***
1891/Mary Ann Winter/Lady Nurse/63/Blackheath, Kent/Census***
1891/Blanche Carroll/Domestic Nurse Girl/14/Romford, Essex/Census***
1891/William Newman/Potman/45/Halstead, Essex/Census***

02/12/1893/Emily Lucy Heavens/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

25/01/1894/Emily Lucy Heavens/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

08/02/1894/Henry Knightbridge/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

1894/Henry Knightbridge/../../../Kelly's

1895/Henry Knightbridge/../../../Kelly's

31/10/1895/Arthur Albert Rich/../../../Petty Sessions Victuallers Records

1898/Arthur Albert Rich/../../../Kelly's

1899/Arthur Albert Rich/../../../Kelly's

1901/Arthur A Rich/Publican/37/Romford, Essex/Census ****
1901/Clara Linton/House Keeper/32/Abbotsley, Hants/Census
1901/Harry Green/Potsman/22/Essex/Census

1902/Arthur Albert Rich/../../../Kelly's**

1906/Arthur Albert Rich/../../../Kelly's**

1908/Mrs. Ellen M. Long/../../../Kelly's

1910/Mrs. Ellen M. Long/../../../Kelly's

1911/Thomas Long/Licensed Victualler/45/Bethnal Green, London/Census ****
1911/Ellen May Long/Wife/50/Buckhurst Hill, Essex/Census
1911/Ellen May Copland/Daughter/27/Buckhurst Hill, Essex/Census
1911/Ivy May Copland/Granddaughter/2/Romford, Essex/Census
1911/Sidney Thomas Copland/Grandson/1/Romford, Essex/Census
1911/Joseph Walter Shepherd/Grandson/6/Bow, London/Census
1911/Violet Ellenor Shepherd/Granddaughter/8/Bow, London/Census

1912/Mrs. Ellen M. Long/../../../Kelly's

1914/Mrs. Ellen M. Long/../../../Kelly's

1917/Mrs. Ellen M. Long/../../../Kelly's

1922/Mrs. Ellen M. Long/../../../Kelly's

1925/Thomas H. Long/../../../Kelly's

1929/Thomas H. Long/../../../Kelly's

1933/Thomas H. Long/../../../Kelly's

1937/Thomas H. Long/../../../Kelly's



* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900

** Provided by Tom Hine

*** Provided by CG

**** 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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