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Turks Head, 308 Brick Lane, Bethnal Green

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At 1 Turks Street before 1891 due to extension of Brick Lane. This pub was present by 1750 and survived until at least 1962 – it is now demolished. **

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bethnal Green, Middlesex - now in East London. The Bethnal Green, East London 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.

1821/William Golding / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **

1822/William Dean / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **

1823/William Dean / Public House Keeper //../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1851/Robert Burrows/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1856/William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1872/T North/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **

1881/Robert Burrows/Licenced Victualler/50/Bruisyard, Suffolk/Census ****
1881/Emma Burrows/Wife/49/Leckhampstead, Buckingham/Census
1881/Louise Burrows/Daughter/25/Buckingham, Buckingham/Census
1881/Minnie Burrows/Daughter/20/Buckingham, Buckingham/Census
1881/Oliver Burrows/Son/15/Buckingham, Buckingham/Census
1881/Sarah Harrison/Domestic Servant/21/Bicester, Oxford/Census

1882/Robert Burrows/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Francis W Hoskins/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Mrs Alice Hoskins/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/James Mark Hall/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Jno Ebenezer Hills/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1910/John Ebenezer Hills/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Jno Ebenezer Hills/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1921/Ambrose Hills/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1932/Ambrose Hills/../../../P.O. Directory **

1938/Ambrose Hills/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Catherine Flain/../../../Post Office Directory ****

The Turks Head at 308 Brick Lane was my parents pub. My father, Thomas Arthur Crow was the licensee, I don't have exact dates but do have one of their original wedding invitations of April 1945 with this address on. This address is also on a birth certificate in June 1946, and I think they left in 1951/2. Before this my father had the licence for The Gunn in Spitafields, my uncle Alfred Crow was the licensee of The Northampton Arms in Headlam Street Bethnal Green, this is also on the wedding invitation as it was a double wedding. *

Other family pubs are The White Hart in Commercial Street; The Green Man at 276 Old Kent Road; and The Railway Bell at Tooting *

1947/T A Crow/../../../BT Telephone Dirtectories [BIShpsgt 7304] ***

1949/T A Crow/../../../BT Telephone Dirtectories [BIShpsgt 7304] ***

1951/T A Crow/../../../BT Telephone Dirtectories [BIShpsgt 7304] ***

1952/Mr & Mrs P J Davies/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***


* Provided By Pat Laurie

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Alex Wilkinson

**** 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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