The London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex, Devon, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Oxfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Norfolk Pubs and UK best Broadband

The historical street directory shows details of an address through time. Search for an open OR closed pub by historical Pub name, surname or street address.
site search by freefind

Blue Posts, 73 & 75 West India Dock Road, Limehouse E14

Limehouse index

This pub was present by 1800 and was extensively re-built in 1876. It was demolished in 1987 or 1988 in a road-widening scheme. From about 1982 it had been called the Buccaneer.  **

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Limehouse, London  - in East London. The Limehouse, 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.

1792/John Perkins / Victualler & Cow Keeper /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1804/Flintoff/../../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1807/Flintoff/../../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1809/Thomas Drane & Thomas Brown / Brewers /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1818/Thomas Brown/../../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1825/John Corrigan / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1839/William Shelbourne/../../../Pigots Directory **

1841/William Shelbourne/../../../Post Office Directory **

1842/Wm. Shelbourne/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1851/Joseph Folkard/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1852/John Treble/../../../Post Office Directory **

1869/Charles Rayner Balls/../../../Post Office Directory **

1871/Charles R Balls/Licensed Victualler/61/Norfolk/Census ****
1871/Martha Balls/Wife/59/Middlesex/Census
1871/Susan Bell/Sister, Widow/61/Middlesex/Census
1871/Jane Balls/Sons Wife, Barmaid/38/St Albans/Census
1871/Sarah Mann?/Barmaid/21/Suffolk/Census
1871/Hy Chapman/Waiter/50/Middlesex/Census
1871/? Curtis/Waiter/22/Limehouse/Census
1871/Eliza Dent/Cook/21/Poplar/Census
1871/Mary A McCrow/Barmaid/20/Huntingdonshire/Census

1875/Onslow Sterry/../../../P.O. Directory **

1880/Joseph Cowell/../../../Post Office Directory **

1884/Joseph Cowell/../../../Business Directory of London **

1886/Joseph Cowell/../../../Business Directory of London **

1891/William Smith/Licensed Victualler/53/Felstead, Essex/Census ****
1891/Edward E Fosels Smith/Son, Merchants Clerk/20/At Sea, under British Flag/Census
1891/Ada Morris/Barmaid/23/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1891/Emily Jean Wallington/Barmaid/26/Limehouse, London/Census
1891/Caroline Sarah Seager/Barmaid/21/Poplar, London/Census
1891/Ann Harding/Barmaid/17/Poplar, London/Census
1891/Mary Ann Coulter/Cook, Widow/49/Aberdeen, Scotland/Census
1891/William John Smith/Son/10/North Shields/Census

1895/William Smith/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1896/William Smith/../../../Post Office Directory **

1897/William Smith/../../../Post Office Directory **

1898/Edward Euxine Foscolo/../../../Post Office Directory **

1899/Edward Buxine Foscolo/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1900/Edward Euxine Foscolo/../../../Post Office Directory **

1902/Edward Euxine Foscolo/../../../Post Office Directory **

1910/Charles Brown sen/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1914/Charles & James Brown/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Charles & James Brown/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1932/Charles William Brown/../../../Survey of London **

1933/Charles William Brown/../../../Kellys Directory **

1934/Charles William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Charles William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory **

Charlie Brown junior moved on to Woodford in 1938, where his next pub became known as Charlie Brown's, a name still in use today as Charlie Brown's Roundabout was named after the pub which used to stand on the site. **

1944/Mrs Florence I Busby/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1946/Mrs Florence I Busby/../../../Post Office Directory **


** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** 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.
site search by freefind

All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage or copying onto other websites without explicit permission. Many of the images, and all of the transcriptions are the work of myself and other contributors - please do not steal this work.
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.

The deadpubs news channel - deadpubs news site
Best Broadband Providers in the UK .

And Last updated on: Sunday, 01-Jan-2012 22:13:32 GMT