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Britannia, 759 Commercial Road, Limehouse E1

Limehouse index

At 1 St Anns Place in 1871 & earlier. This pub was established by 1770 and is now demolished.

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.

1794/David Brand / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1819/Harriet Hodgson / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1819/Emma Dent / Sister /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1819/Stephen Hanworth / Servant /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey

1839/Samuel Hodges/../../../per: Graham Hodges **

1842/Sam. Hodges/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1844/Abraham Watson / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1844/Mary Watson / Wife /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey

1851/George Thomee/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1851/George Thomee/Licensed Victualler/30/Transylvania/Census ****
1851/L Thomee/Wife/38/Reading, Berkshire/Census
1851/Frances Franter/Daughter/10/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1851/George Thomee/Visitor/61/Transylvania/Census
1851/Michl Goodwin/Waiter/25/Spalding, Lincolnshire/Census
1851/Lucy Minet/Cook/25/Chipping Hall, Essex/Census
1851/John Wm Hope/Visitor/20/Basingstoke, Hampshire/Census
1851/Lenard Johnson/Visitor/16/Sweden/Census
1851/John Clark/Barman/22/Mile End, Middlesex/Census

1853/George Thomey / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1853/William Adams / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey

1856/George Thomee/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1866/Geo. Absell/../../../P.O. Directory **

1869/George Absell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1871/Jno Clark/Licensed Victualler/25/Kensington/Census ****
1871/Hannah Clark/Wife/25/Holloway/Census
1871/Emily C H??/Servant/24/Marylebone/Census
1871/Emma Nelson/Servant/21/Deptford/Census
1871/Catherine Burrell/Servant/37/Cork, Ireland/Census
1871/Chas Badwin/Potman/23/Limehouse/Census
1871/Thos Tolld/Servant/23/St Georges East/Census
1871/Ellen Moran/Nurse, Widow/66/Manchester/Census

1877/William Brown/../../../P.O. Directory **

1881/Richard Brown/Licensed Victualler/31/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Mary Brown/Wife/32/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Clarretta Brown/Daughter/3/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/John Brown/Son/2/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edgar Brown/Son/3 months/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/James Lee/Father in Law, Licensed Victualler/60/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Lee/Sister In Law/15/../Census
1881/Sophia Marten/Visitor/59/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charlotte Thompson/Domestic Servant/27/Norton Folgate, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Goodwood/Domestic Servant/21/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1881/Maria Robinson/Nurse, Domestic Servant/23/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Cable/Barmaid/25/Merton, Surrey/Census
1881/Fred Smith/Barman/22/Tottenham, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Barton/Barman/19/Blackheath, Kent/Census
1881/Walter North/Barman/19/Norwich, Norfolk/Census

1882/Richard Brown/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Richard Brown/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/Richard Brown/../../../Business Directory of London **

1895/William Davies jun/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Charles Robertson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Herbert J Stevens/Licensed Victualler/27/Poplar, London/Census ****
1901/Beatrice Stevens/Wife/21/St Pancras, London/Census
1901/Edward Galliford/Barman/45/Swanbridge, Devon/Census
1901/Roland Bateman/Barman/31/Ireland/Census
1901/Maru O'Connor/Barmaid/27/Ireland/Census
1901/Anne Cakebread/Barmaid/21/Old Ford, London/Census
1901/Ada Craig/Cook/20/Poplar, London/Census

1910/Benjamin Walters/../../../Post Office Directory ****

Researching my Great Grandad I found he was a barman at 759 Commercial Rd Limehouse in the 1911 census this establishment was run by Victor F Newport  ***

1911/Victor Francis Newport/Licensed Victualler/40/London, Middlesex/Census ***
1911/William Adams/Barman/22/Plumstead, Kent/Census
1911/William Walter Ilsley/Barman/21/Reading, Berks/Census
1911/Thomas Alfred Pearce/Barman/26/Monmouth, S Wales/Census
1911/Margaret  Daisy Istead/House Keeper/24/Bromley, Kent/Census
1911/Emma Camerews/Cook/54/London, Middlesex/Census



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*** Provided By Angela Stepney

**** 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 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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