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Grosvenor, 75 Grosvenor Road, Islington N5

Islington index

aka Grosvenor Hotel

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.

Grosvenor Arms, Grosvenor Road, Islington - circa 1940

Grosvenor Arms, Grosvenor Road, Islington - circa 1940

Kindly provided by John Askins

 

Grosvenor, 75 Grosvenor Avenue, Islington - in 1999

Grosvenor, 75 Grosvenor Avenue, Islington - in 1999

Kindly provided by John Askins

The Snooty Fox, Grosvenor Avenue, Islington - late 1900's

The Snooty Fox, Grosvenor Avenue, Islington - late 1900's

Kindly provided by John Askins

The following entries are in this format:

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

1869/Thomas Pawley/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Henry Hay/Licensed Victualler/53/Leigh, Essex/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth H Hay/Wife/43/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth H Hay/Daughter/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/James M Hay/Son, Stockbrokers Clerk/15/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Herbert H Hay/Son/13/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Clara Hay/Daughter/11/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Percy G Hay/Son/5/Stratford, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth A Mitchell/Niece/13/India/Census
1881/Florence Machin/Barnaid/25/London, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah Petchey/General Servant/30/Leigh, Essex/Census
1881/George Trabry/Waiter & Potman/24/../Census

1884/Mrs Elizabeth H Hay/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/George Gilby/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/Horace Josiah Moore/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Mrs Maria Folkes/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My Great Grandfather was Charles Alfred Clarke; he owned a number of pubs in Islington and London in the early 1900s, including the Grosvenor. He and his wife appear on the 1911 census as Licensed Victuallers at this address, along with their children, 2 Barmaids, a cook and a servant.

He also had the White Horse and Cross Keys, 140 Goswell Road, St Luke in 1908 to 1915, and The Lamb, in Leadenhall Market from 1917 to 1944, when he transferred it to his son-in-law George Amor. **
 
1910/Charles Alfred Clarke/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1911/Charles Alfred Clarke/Licensed Victualler/24/../Census **

1915/James Wm Joy/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1934/Frederick William Garner/../../../Kellys Directory ****

Arthur Askins, moved in as the Licensed Victualler in around 1933/4 it was called the Grosvenor Hotel, 75 Grosvenor Avenue, Highbury N5. Tel: Clissold 5111. Eleanor Rose Askins took over as LV in around 1941 until 1948, when the licence was transferred to Munro Stevenson. He was LV until 1953. ***

1938/Arthur Cleland Askins/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Mrs Eleanor R Askins/../../../Post Office Directory ****

** Provided By Mary Bryan

*** Provided By John Askins

**** Provided By Kevan

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