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Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address, i.e. use the search box below. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs, beer retailers, taverns and hotels; and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission. Many of the Pubs are still open, as I do not differentiate between dead and open Pubs. The site is updated every day, mainly during pub opening hours. Please contact: Kevan with any updates and additional details to the site/s. Thanks.
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The Britannia, 87 Commercial Street, Spitalfields

Demolished in 1929 **

 

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Spitalfield  - now in London. The Spitalfield, East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.The Britannia (left foreground), The Ten Bells (right background)

The Britannia (left foreground), The Ten Bells (right background)

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The following entries are in this format:

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

1881/Walter Wringer/Beer Retailer/40/Birthurp, Norfolk/Census ****
1881/Matilda Wringer/Wife/37/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1881/Arthur Wringer/Son/13/Walton, Surrey/Census
1881/Florence Wringer/Daughter/11//Census
1881/Harry Wringer/Son/9/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Edith Wringer/Daughter/6/Dover Rd Bermondsey/Census
1881/Ada Wringer/Daughter/4/Dalston, Middlesex/Census
1881/Rhoda Spartellan/Barmaid/20/Broad St City/Census

On one of the Jack the Ripper websites: "The landlord in 1888 was officially Walter Ringer - rather curious since according to researcher Adam Wood he had been dead since 1881! That is why contemporary accounts place Mrs. Matilda Ringer behind the bar". **

1891/Matilda Ringer/Beer Retailer, Widow/47/Rotherhithe/Census ****
1891/Arthur Ringer/Son, Electrical Engineer/23/Walton, Surrey/Census
1891/Harry Ringer/Son, Sign Writer/19/Gravesend/Census
1891/Edith Ringer/Daughter, Dressmaker/16/Southwark/Census
1891/Ada Ringer/Daughter/14/Dalston/Census
1891/Kate Lidkard/Barmaid/23/St George East/Census

1894/Matilda Hannah Penniall otherwise Ringer / Deceased / Died 2 October 1894 /../../London Gazette, 26 February 1895 **

1899/Annie Blanche Haseman/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1908/George Williams/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory **

1912/Mrs Harriet Townsend/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory **

1917/Ernest Carpenter/Beer Retailer/../../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 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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