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Gun & Tent, 10 Fort Street, Spitalfields

At 9 Fort Street in 1839 & 1856

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.

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

In reference to the "Gun & Tent" at Artillery Ground, my gggggrandmother had this Inn and it is mentioned in her Will of 1828 - she left this to her eldest son Henry Carey Drury. In her Will the address is: "Gun and Tent of the Old Artillery Ground in the Liberty of the Old Artillery Ground in the County of Middlesex".

I am assuming that this is the same one that is listed as now as being at 10 Fort Street, Spitalfields?

I think she [Charlotte] had had this pub for some time, probably from her first marriage to Thomas Drury in 1792 - when he is listed as a Victualler; her second husband likewise, my gggggrandfather Abraham Luya; and husband number three also, i.e. Thomas Wood. My Charlotte outlived them all. *

1792/Thomas Drury / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1806/Thomas Wood / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1808/Thomas Wood / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1809/Thomas Wood / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1819/Charlotte Wood / Widow /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1822/Henry Drury / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1823/Henry Drury / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1830/John Casey / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1832/Thomas Homewood senior / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 8 May 1832 **

1832/Thomas Homewood / Manager /../../London Gazette, 8 May 1832 **

1834/John Williams / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1839/Jane Moyce/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1842/Jno. Leach/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1851/Alfred Miles Homer/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1856/Alfred M Homer/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1874/Walter Keylock/../../../H D Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers Directory **

1881/Walter Stokes/Licensed Victualler/44/Spitalfields, London/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth Stokes/Wife, Landlady/40/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1881/William Stokes/Son, Potman/18/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1881/Caroline Stokes/Daughter, Barmaid/16/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1881/Clara Schofield/Relative/7/Old Ford, London/Census
1881/Edward Schofield/Relative/5/Old Ford, London/Census
1881/James Blake/Boarder, Cork Cutter/23/Mile End, London/Census
1881/William Blake/Boarder, Labourer/29/Suffolk/Census

1884/Walter Stokes/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/John Hillier/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/Christopher William Pfleger/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Edward Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided by Su Solomon

** 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.
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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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