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Bessborough Arms, 11 Bessborough Place, St John, Westminster

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at 33 Bessborough Place before 1891

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

The following entries are in this format:

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

The first licensee of this pub, William Dean, was a pianoforte maker.
23rd March 1848 / New License granted to William Dean /../../../ The Era *

17th April 1849 / License transfer from William Deane to Nathaniel Humpage /../../../ The Era *

14th Oct 1849 / License transfer from Nathaniel Humpage to Henry Thomas Carter/../../../ The Era *

8th Oct 1850 / License transfer from Thomas Carter to James Carter /../../../ The Era *

27th Jan 1852 / License transfer from James Carter to John Bromwell /../../../ The Era *

1856/John Brumwell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

12th Aug 1856 / License transfer from John Brumwell (dec) to Mary Brumwell /../../../ The Era *

25th Jan 1860 / License transfer from Mary Bramwell to Richard Roake /../../../ The Era *

12th Nov 1861 / License transfer from Edward Roake to William Bent /../../../ The Era *

11th Aug 1863 / License transfer from William Bent to John Ford /../../../ The Era *

6th Feb 1866 / License transfer from John Ford to William Glanville /../../../ The Era *

6th Aug 1867 / License transfer from William Glanville (dec) to Jane Glanville /../../../ The Era *

1869/Mrs Jane Granville/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Elizabeth Cornwell/Licensed Victualler, Widow/39/Nidd, York/Census ****
1881/Charles Frederick Cornwell/Son, Chemists Apprentice/18/Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma M Gill/Sister/21/Wtcliffe, York/Census
1881/Christiana Walker/Cousin, Widow/63/Birdwith, York/Census
1881/Ellen Mogrichaux/Barmaid/21/Middlesex/Census
1881/Louis G W Bolmer/Potman/26/Hatcham, Surrey/Census
1881/Alice L Stamp/General Servant/14/Brighton, Sussex/Census

1891/Joseph George Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/Joseph George Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Thomas Rawlings/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1910/Thomas Rawlings/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Mrs Louisa Maud Rawlings/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Butler & Allen/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My late father, Frederick Thomas Allen, took over the license of the above pub from Mrs Rawlings some time in 1941. We moved in 1943 when my father took on the license of the Richmond Arms, 1 Orchardson Street, NW8. ***

The full list of the licensees who succeeded my father right up to the closure of the Bessborough Arms in 1961 is - ----- Burry,  Jesse Fuller,  Robert Brindle and Isaac Whittingham. I do know that Mr Whittingham was the last tenant when the pub was demolished in 1961 to make way for a Roman Catholic Primary School (which still stands on the site). ***


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*** Provided By Tony Allen

**** 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.
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