Poplar pub history index
Existed from at least 1814. aka Green Dragon railway Tavern. There was a Green Dragon in Poplar by 1690. It closed in around 1926 and is now demolished. **
At 198 Poplar High Street before 1871 and renumbering
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1805/William Collins, the Green Dragon, Poplar/../../Holdens Directory
1814/Roger Baker / Carpenter /../../Sun Fire Office records, Guildhall Library **
1828/Mr Pottinger/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1839/Joseph Pattendon/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1842/William Warren / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
1842/Thomas Stichell / Potboy / 18 /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1842/W Warren/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1850/Thomas Graves/../../../P.O. Directory **
1851/Thos Graves/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/Thomas Graves/Victualler/31/Hatfield, Essex/Census
1851/Caroline Graves/Wife/37/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1851/George Warren/Step son/9/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Graves/Daughter/3/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Jackson/Niece/3/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1851/Luisa Clark/Servant/23/Blackmore, Esex/Census
1851/Thomas Hoseman/Servant/32/Stratford, Essex/Census
2nd July 1860/Thomas Graves/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
2nd July 1860/George Frederick Wickers/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
George Frederick Wickers went to run a hotel in Jersey where his son Harry
married the sister of my great grandmother. ***
1861/George Frederick Wickers/Licensed Victualler/44/Bethnal Green,
Middlesex/Census
1861/Sarah Wickers/Wife/29/Camden Town, Middlesex/Census
1861/Emily Wickers/Daughter/1/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry Wickers/Visitor, Commercial Clerk, Widow/68/St Georges,
Middlesex/Census
1861/John White/House Servant/18/Ratcliff/Census
1861/Mary Martin/House Servant/19/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Margaret Donovan/House Servant/14/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Minnie Wickers/Daughter/2/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1862/George Wickers/../../../P.O. Directory **
1863/George Wickers / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
1864/George Wickers / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
November 1867/George Frederick Wickers/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1867/Henry John Marsh/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
November 1869/Henry John Marsh/ Outgoing Licensee /../../East London
Observer
November 1869/John Thomas Christoffer/ Incoming Licensee /../../East London
Observer
January 1870/John Thomas Christoffer/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1870/Samuel Cowper/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1874/S Cowper/../../../H D Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers
Directory **
23rd May 1874/Samuel Cowper/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
23rd May 1874/John Archer/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1876/James Edward Davies/Green Dragon Railway Tavern/../../Post Office
Directory
12th May 1877/James E Davies/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
12th May 1877/Frederick Davies/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
1881/Edward Davies/Licensed Victualler/37/Ilfracombe, Devon/Census
1881/Mary A Davies/Wife/35/Homerton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edward J Davies/Son/10/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1881/Harry Davies/Son/8/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1881/Amos Smith/Potman/33/Billington, Bedford/Census
1881/Mary Smith/Domestic Servant/35/Billington, Bedford/Census
1881/Ellen Smith/Servant Daughter/7/Edmonton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Joseph Smith/Servant Son/5/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Smith/Servant Son/3/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1884/Mary A Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Henry James Dartnell / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 28
January 1887 **
1891/Alfred Robert Richardson/../../../Post Office Directory
1893/William Richard Tuckwell/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Frank Boulton Hill/../../../Post Office Directory
On January 8th, 1896 is the marriage of William John Taylor, age 24, Publican “Green Dragon”, High Street, Poplar; and Enma Bridger, aged 25, at 135 St James Road. *
It is likely he was a barman at the Royal Oak, Whitechapel road in the 1891 census.
1898/William Taylor, Green Dragon, 179 Poplar High street/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Walter William Wood/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Walter W Wood/Licensed Victualler/28/Cubitt Town, London/Census
1901/Mary E Wood/Wife/28/Sunderland/Census
1901/Alpheus C N Wood/Son/8 months/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Alice E Kelly/Housekeeper/18/Limehouse, London/Census
1901/Kate H Simmons/Barmaid/25/Victoria Park, London/Census
1901/Lillie Linglow/Domestic Servant/19/Australia/Census
1910/Walter William Wood/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Walter William Wood/../../../Post Office Directory
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