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Crosby Head, 1 Old Street, Shoreditch

It has had a variety of former addresses, including 1 Old Street, 38 Pitfield Street and 1 Pitfield Street. At 1 & 3 Pitfield Street in 1944. It had been rebuilt at the foot of a modern development by 1983 and in 2005 was renamed Bar Ria, the name in use today. **

Shoreditch index

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

Crosby Head, 243 Old Street, EC1 - in 1986

Crosby Head, 243 Old Street, EC1 - in 1986

Crosby Head, 243 Old Street, EC1 - in 1986

Crosby Head, 243 Old Street, EC1 - in 1986

Two pictures, 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.

1802/John Axe / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **

1846/Henry Gurney/../../../Post Office Directory **

1851/Henry Gurney/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1870/Francis Frebout / Licensed Victualler, deceased / Died, in or about the month of December 1870 /../../London Gazette, 18 August 1874 **

1881/James Squire/Public House Manager/41/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Samuel Darby/Barman/27/Surrey/Census
1881/Edwin Griffith/Barman/19/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Julia Webell/Barmaid/23/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Francis Percival/Servant/41/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census

1909/John Griffiths & Frederick Uffelmann / Wine & Spirit Merchants /../../London Gazette, 9 July 1909 **

1923/Harry Herbert Norton/../../../Post Office Directory **

1944/Herbert Rd Hooke/../../../Post Office Directory **

G H Yolland, of the Crosby Head, Shoreditch, received a large size coloured poster of Bing Crosby recently. The film stars gift prompted some research into the origin of the name of the house; one theory is that it is named after Sir John Crosby, a distinguished citizen of Shoreditch in the fifteenth century ***

1950/G H Yolland/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***


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