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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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Britannia, 59 Henry Street, Woolwich SE18

Address changed by 1944 to 64 Frances Street, Woolwich SE18; see Google map

Directory of Pubs in the UK,  historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Woolwich, Kent . The Woolwich,  Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Britannia, 64 Frances Street at the 1952 Coronation celebrations

Britannia, 64 Frances Street at the 1952 Coronation celebrations

Kindly provided by Keith Murphy

In the picture are my grandparents, Ivy Cracknell (nee Vickers in the middle row, sixth from the right), wearing the checker coat; and my grandfather Laurence Cracknell at the right end of the middle row.

Also, Jack Baxter is in the tall hat, at the back of the picture, just below the Pub sign.

The following entries are in this format:

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

1858/Mrs Ann Wallace/../../../Melvilles Directory ****

1862/J R Gordon/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1874/Thomas E Miles/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1882/George Henry Letton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1896/Jas John Weavers/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Mrs Caroline Willett/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/W H Willett/Licensed Victualler/35/Blackfriars, London/Census ****
1901/Rebecca H Willett/Wife/38/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Florence Willett/Daughter/13/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Grace Willett/Daughter/12/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Lilly Willett/Daughter/10/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Dorothy Willett/Daughter/7/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Daisy Mowlam/Domestic Servant/18/Charlton, London/Census

1905/Mrs Caroline Willett/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1908/William Smith/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1921/George Robinson Page/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1934/George Robinson Page/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Leslie J Bygrove/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Stanley Cyril Crew/../../../Post Office Directory ****

Stanley Crew moved on to the Angerstein **

1952/Laurence James & Elizabeth Ivy Cracknell/../../../Post Office Directory **

** Provided By Keith Murphy

**** 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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