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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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Rising Sun, 35 High Street, Bromley

A listing of London historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bromley, Kent . The Bromley,  Kent 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.

1840/George Porter/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1858/George Porter/../../../Melvilles Directory ****

1882/Mrs Martha Lines/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1913/Arthur Samuel Thomas/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1918/Arthur Samuel Thomas/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My grandparents, James Henry & Amelia Nellie Graves were the Landlord & landlady of the Forest Hill Hotel from 1937 - 1955. They were also the landlord & landlady of The Rising Sun, Bromley in 1922, but I'm still trying to narrow down the dates. I believe there is also a connection to The Two Trees in Hertford. By 1929 according to the BT Phone directory, they are at the Samsons Castle in Bermondsey. *

James Henry Graves and Amelia Nellie Graves - in 1915

James Henry Graves and Amelia Nellie Graves - in 1915 (there is also a picture of them in 1955 as Publicans of the Year at the Forest Hill Hotel).

Kindly provided by Peter Beal

1922/James Henry Graves/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1928/J H Graves/../../../BT Telephone Directory [RAVnsbrn 2730] ****

1930/Hy C Collier/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By Peter Beal

**** 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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