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Blue Coat Boy, 415 City Road, Finsbury, Islington

at 1 Upper Duncan Place, City Road in 1856; By 1983 it had been renamed the 'Blue Angel'. It closed and was demolished in 1990. **

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

Blue Coat Boy, 415 City Road - in 1987

Blue Coat Boy, 415 City Road - in 1987

"From the Archives of East London & City CAMRA".

The following entries are in this format:

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

1839/Thomas Scott/../../../Pigots Directory **

1852/Hutchinson & Houghton/../../../Watkins Directory **

Joseph Roseblade is at the Perseverance, 9 Weston Street, Somers Town in 1851 *

1856/Joseph Roseblade/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1861/Joseph Rosiblade/Licensed Victualler/46/Astoby, Oxford/Census ****
1861/Mary Rosiblade/Wife, /45/St Marylebone, London/Census
1861/Charles Vivian/Brother in Law, Gentleman/30/St Marylebone, London/Census
1861/Ruth Evans/Cook/22/Shrewsbury/Census
1861/Frederick Hayward/Potman/18/Hoxton, London/Census
1861/Cornelius Church/Barman/18/Goldington, Beds/Census
1861/Henry Ross/Barman/21/Shoreditch, London/Census
1861/Sarah Whites/Barmaid/28/Goldington, Beds/Census

1862/Joseph Roseblade/../../../Post Office Directory **

1869/Joseph Roseblade/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1869/J Roseblade/Outgoing Licensee/../../License Transfer Era - 30 May 1869 *

1869/George Creswell Martin/Incoming Licensee/../../License Transfer Era - 30 May 1869 *

1882/Joseph Dyke/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1883/Joseph Dyke/../../../Post Office Directory **

1884/Joseph Dyke/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Alfred Holder/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1892/Alfred Holder/../../../Post Office Directory **

1895/Alfred Holder/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Alfred Holder/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1902/Alfred Holder/../../../Post Office Directory **

1910/Edward Moore & Son/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My Grandfather was the manager of the Blue Coat Boy. He was Joseph William Wilford who came to London, circa 1899. He was woking there circa 1901, as a bottle man, working his way up to manager. He married a Rose Adelaide (nee Evans). They had a sweet / cigarette shop in Camden Passage, and a house in St Peters Street.  ***

61 St Peters Street (private address) ***
1911/Joseph William Wilford/Public House Manager/33/Rotherham, Yorks/Census
1911/Rose Adelaide Wilford/Wife/30/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1911/William Joseph Wilford/Son/6/Islington, London/Census
1911/Ivy Mabel Wilford/Daughter/8/Islington, London/Census

1915/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1934/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By Mike Walton

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Margaret Baker [Nee Wilford]

**** 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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