Britannia, 279 Mare Street, Hackney

Hackney Index

Mare Street was originally called Church Street. It was first established as the Britannia in 1790 and was rebuilt in the 1850s. By 1983, the pub had been re-named Mr Pepys and was later called the Samuel Pepys, before closing and being demolished in 2000 as part of the refurbishment of the Hackney Empire, which has existed next door since the 1880s. A third version of the pub was then built, opening in October 2004. This has been named the Marie Lloyd Bar, and is shown in a November 2006 photograph. During all this time, the street numbering has varied slightly from time to time, but the site has been the same. **

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hackney, Middlesex - now in East London. The Hackney, East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Britannia, 272 Mare Street - in November 2006

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.

1826/George Mee/../../../Pigot's Directory ****

1839/Richard Mayston/../../../Pigot’s Directory **

1842/W Bliss/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1852/Mrs Sarah Bull/../../../Watkins Directory **

1866/Thomas Cracknell/../../../Middlesex Post Office Directory ****

1872/William Pitt Steggall/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1874/William Pitt Steggall/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1878/Thos Lawrence Finch/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Thomas White/Licensed Victualler/28/Warminster, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Anne Mary White/Wife/22/Kingsland, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas James White/Son/4/City, Middlesex/Census
1881/Margaret J White/Daughter/1/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/Walter S White/Son/6 months/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane L Pakes/Barmaid/16/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Bertha Rayment Hawkins/Barmaid/19/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/Jane Webster/Nursemaid/22/City, Middlesex/Census
1881/Susan Dean/Cook/22/London, Middlesex/Census

1891/William A Hayward/Licensed Victualler/30/Mile End, London/Census ****
1891/Elizabeth Hayward/Wife/25/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1891/Maud Hayward/Daughter/3/Hackney, London/Census
1891/Augustus Hayward/Son/11 months/Hackney, London/Census
1891/William Hollier/Servant/35/Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex/Census
1891/Maria Horne/Servant/23/Pimlico, London/Census
1891/Annie Baker/Servant/21/Mile End, London/Census
1891/Rose Harlow/Servant/19/Spitalfields, London/Census
1891/Annie Miller/Nurse/16/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Harriet College/Nurse/27/Stoke Newington, London/Census
1891/Emma Holman/Domestic Servant/63/Limehouse, London/Census

1894/George Child / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1896/Thomas Fredk Barlow/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1900/Joseph Sykes/../../../P.O. Directory **

1904/Coope & Chamberlain/../../../Post Office Directory **

1910/Richard John Tuckfield/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1911/Richard John Tuckfield/Licensed Victualler/39/Limehouse, London/Census ****
1911/Florence Tuckfield/Wife, Assistant/33/Holloway, London/Census
1911/Florence May Tuckfield/Daughter/10/Long Lane EC/Census
1911/Gladys Rose Tuckfield/Daughter/2/Hackney, London/Census
1911/Alice Farrar/Cook/33/Hampshire, Hants/Census
1911/Rose Temple/Housemaid/19/Tottenham, London/Census
1911/Louisa Shaw/Barmaid/20/Islington, London/Census
1911/Cissie Fenton/Barmaid/18/Roxborough, Scotland/Census
1911/Herbert Waltan/Barman/27/Hackney, London/Census
1911/Hanry Dakins/Potman/28/Homerton, London/Census

1915/Robert Henry Lange/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1921/Alfred Blount/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1924/William Pryor/../../../P.O. Directory **

1934/Sidney M Robinson/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Philip Lotinga/../../../Post Office Directory ****