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Bull, Cross Street east, Woolwich SE18

at Bulls Fields in 1858; The address is now given as 14 Vincent Road, Woolwich. **

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.

Bull, Cross Street East, Woolwich - in May 2009

Bull, Cross Street East, Woolwich - in May 2009

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

The following entries are in this format:

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

1855/Alexander Blest/../../../Post Office Directory **

1858/Alexander Blest/../../../Melvilles Directory ****

James Freeman Randall - licensed victualler

James Freeman Randall - licensed victualler

Kindly provided by Robert Randall


My great great grandfather, James Freeman Randall (1843-1888) ran the Bull pub in Cross Street, Woolwich from some time about 1878 and had previously had the Crown & Anchor, in Sheerness. His son (my great grandfather) married Annie Turrell, the daughter of Robert Turrell (1834-1917) who ran the Swan Inn in Charlton village from the 1870s until he retired and moved to Clacton some time after 1901. Robert Turrell's granddaughter (my grandfather's cousin) married the son of John Boyd who ran the Antigallican in Woolwich in the 1880s. He also died at some point in the 1880s and for a short while the pub was run by his widow, Eliza, until she remarried in 1891. ***

1874/James Philip Janes/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1882/James Freeman Randall/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Melville Alexander Blest/../../../Kellys Kent Directory **

1896/Melville Alex Blest/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Fred Thomas/Licensed Victualler/37/Newington, London/Census ****
1901/Eleanor Thomas/Wife/37/Newington, London/Census37
1901/William Thomas/Son/14/Newington, London/Census
1901/Fredk Thomas/Son/13/Shepherds Bush, London/Census
1901/Henry Thomas/Son/3/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1901/Dorothy Thomas/Daughter/2/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1901/Albert Thomas/Son/1/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1901/Sarah Turner/Visitor, Widow/78/Newington, London/Census
1901/Florence Evans/Domestic Servant/14/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1901/Emma Turner/Domestic Servant/26/Norfolk/Census
1901/Harriet Rowley/Domestic Servant/47/London/Census
1901/Daisy Cracknell/Assistant/22/Fressingfield, Norfolk/Census
1901/Herbert Farthing/Barman/20/Harwich, Essex/Census
1901/Chas Conway/Barman/21/Leeds, Yorks/Census

1905/Frederick George Thomas/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1908/Stephen James Lambert/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1911/Joseph Frederick Hirst/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1919/Joseph Frederick Hirst/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Alfred H Masters/../../../Post Office Directory ****


** Provided Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Robert Randall

**** 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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