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Bermondsey pub history index
In 1851 and earlier, Grange Road is numbered listed according to places, and is at Fort Place, Grange Road; at 131 Grange Road by 1856 through renumbering. Now abbreviated to the Fort **
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bermondsey, Surrey, London. The Bermondsey, Surrey , London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Royal Fort, 131 Grange Road, Bermondsey - circa 1920
Kindly provided by Eric Stacey
Royal Fort, 131 Grange Road, SE1 - in July 2007
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.
Francis Rockliff moved to Fort Place after 1818 but before 1821, and his
occupation was a victualler. Before that he was a warehouseman. His son
Charles gave Grange Road as his address when his children were baptised in
1837, 1838, 1839, 1841. In 1843 he was living in Blue Anchor Place as a
victualler and in 1844 Providence Street. *
William Manktelow, the publican at the Horse Shoe,
10 Grange Road, was the son-in-law of Francis Rockliff. *
1839/Francis Rockliff/../../../Pigots Directory *
1841/Ch Rockliff/../../../Post Office Directory *
1841/Charles Rockliff/Victualler/25/Surrey/Census *
1841/Ann Rockliff/../25/Surrey/Census
1841/Mary Rockliff/../4/Surrey/Census
1841/Laetitia Rockliff/../3/Surrey/Census
1841/Clara Rockliff/../6 months/Surrey/Census
1841/Ann Rutland/Female Servant/25/../Census
1841/Henry Wilkinson/Male Servant/15/Surrey/Census
1841/Mary Manns/Female Servant/10/Surrey/Census
1843/Chas Rockliff/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1848/John Nicholl/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1851/John Nicholl/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1856/John Nicholl/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1869/John E Brook/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1877/Mrs Jane Brook/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/Jane Brook/Licensed Victualler, Widow/73/St Saviours, Surrey/Census
****
1881/Jane A Penfold/Grand Daughter/27/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Ball/Barman/29/Westerham, Essex/Census
1881/Frederick W Lewis/Barman/15/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Emily Willetts/Domestic Servant/28/Cranford, Middlesex/Census
1882/John Elias Brook/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1884/John E Brook/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1891/John Elias Brook/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1899/Henry Waghorn/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1915/Alfred Stanley Wilkinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1921/Alfred Rubin/../../../Post Office Directory ****
There are two Pubs and the Off-license listed on your website that were once
owned by my Grandfather Charles Stacey about the 1920's. These were the
Feathers, 6 Dockhead Road, Bermondsey, The
Royal Fort, 131 Grange Road and the
Off License at
165 Church Street, Deptford. ***
1934/Rt H Pantling/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1944/Chas V Powell/../../../Post Office Directory ****
My father, Fredrick Smith, took over The Royal Fort back in 1962 from two
old ladies. At the time there were only two people in that pub; by the next
few months my dad had the pub painted up and had games like a dart club and
skittles in the public bar. There were bands that played music at the
weekend; then he got the drag queens in and there it took off and The Royal
Fort was back on the map as everyone from all over london came to see the
shows and the drag queens did a lot of charity for the old people. We left
that pub in 1965 and The Royal Fort has never been the same. **
1965/F E Smith/../../../B T Phone Book [BERmndsy 1481] ****
* Provided By Rosie Marshall
** Provided By Janice Mcfadden
*** Provided By Eric Stacey
**** Provided By
Kevan
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