This pub was previously called the Lion & Lamb at 49 Golden lane, barbican, being renamed the Duke of Bedford on 13 March 1828. **
St Luke pub history index
Residents at this address.
Lion & Lamb :
1774/Martin Lennan/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1800/Joseph Bennett / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **
1802/John Moorcraft / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1805, William Moorcraft, Lion and Lamb, 49 Golden lane/../../Holdens Directory
1827/William Eagle/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1827/Nicholas Morriss, Lion & Lamb, 49 Golden lane, Barbican/../../Pigots Directory
Duke of Bedford :
1828/William Lankston / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
1830/Mr Thomas Vickress, Duke of Bedford, Golden lane/../../Licensed
Victuallers Association
1838/Philip Grisley / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
1839/Thomas Weale/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1839/Thomas Weal / Public House Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
**
1839/Edward Dedderidge / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1841/Thomas Weale/../../../Post Office Directory **
1842/Thomas Weale/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1843/Thomas Weale, Duke of Bedford, 49 Golden lane, St. Luke's/../../Kellys
Directory
Morning Advertiser 24 August 1846
Transfer of Licences
Duke of Bedford, Golden lane, John Gresley to Charles Adams
1848/Charles Adams / Formerly Licensed Victualler & Wood Turner, now
Out-of-Business /../../London Gazette, 30 June 1848 **
July 1848/Charles Adams/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
July 1848/Robert Alfred Wigman/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
October 1848/Robert Alfred Wigman/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
October 1848/William Walker/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
April 1849/William Walker/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
April 1849/William Ragget/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
July 1850/William Raggett/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1850/Abraham Skeggs/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/Abraham Skeggs/../../../Kellys Directory
September 1853/Donald Frazer/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
September 1853/James Drake/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1856/James Drake/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/William Kipling/Licensed Victualler/37/Durham/Census
1861/Mary Ann Kipling/Wife/37/Shoreditch Middlesex/Census
1861/Amelia Margaret Kipling/Daughter/1/St Marys Strand Middlesex/Census
1861/Joseph Kipling/Brother/22/Durham/Census
1861/John Haythorp/Potman/20/Shoreditch Middlesex/Census
1861/Ellen Welch/House Servant/19/Westminster, Peter St/Census
Morning Advertiser 21 November 1859 - Transfer of Licenses
Duke of Bedford, Golden lane, Henry Platt, deceased, to Charlotte Elizabeth Platt
March
1866/John James Renshaw/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1867/James John Renshaw / Licensed Victualler, Bankrupt /../../London Gazette, 24 May 1867 **
Duke of Bedford, 49 Golden Lane, St Luke EC2 ***
1891/James Kinsey/Head/M/53/Licensed Victualler Pub, Employer/Bishop Stortford/census
1891/Ann Kinsey/Wife/M/54/Bury St Edmunds/census
1891/Emma A Kinsey/daur/S/22/London/census
1891/Helen C Kinsey/daur/S/20/London/census
1891/Louisa Harred/Servant/S/21/Barmaid Inn/London, St John's Wood/census
1891/Kate McHoney/Servant/S/20/General Servant - Domestic
James Kinsey died at the pub late January 1892.
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*** Provided By Anna Hayward