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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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Brown Bear, 44 Albert Gate, St Margaret, Westminster

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On the north side of Knightsbridge, just east of Knightsbridge Barracks. The pub pre-dates the barracks, and dates back to at least the early 18th century. The address in the 19th century oscillated between 30 High Row and 30 Albert Terrace until 1881, when it became 44 Albert Gate. The site between the barracks and Park Place (today’s Park Close) which included the Brown Bear, was purchased in 1886 by a builder, who demolished the existing buildings and erected a block of flats, which remains to this day as Albert Gate Court. *

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Westminster, St Margaret - London. The Westminster - St Margaret,  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.

1826/Thomas Triller/../../../Directory *

1839/Thos Lloyd/../../../Pigot’s Directory *

1841/T Lloyd/../../../Trade Directory *

1841/Thomas Lloyd/Publican/45/outside Middlesex/Census *
1841/Jane Lloyd/../40/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Margaret Lloyd/../18/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Jane Lloyd/../17/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Thomas Lloyd/../15/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Sarah Lloyd/../9/Middlesex/Census
1841/Eliza Lloyd/../6/Middlesex/Census
1841/Richard Lloyd/../1/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Goodman/../65/outside Middlesex/Census

10th Apr 1848/License transfer from Thomas Lloyd to Joseph Piercy/../../../The Era *

1851/Joseph Piercy/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1851/Joseph Piercy/Victualler/40/../Census ****
1851/Sophia Piercy/Wife/42/../Census
1851/Kezia Piercy/Daughter/1/../Census
1851/Mary Ann Piercy/Sister/42/../Census
1851/Edward Piercy/Father, Widow/75/../Census
1851/James Hill/Barman/33/../Census
1851/Sarah Spencer/Servant/55/../Census

1856/Joseph Piercy/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1861/Joseph Piercy/Licensed Victualler/50/Caversham Oxfordshire/Census *
1861/Sophia Piercy/Wife/52/Horsewendon Kent/Census
1861/Mary A Piercy/Sister/52/Caversham Oxfordshire/Census
1861/Henry Turner/Visitor/21/Bury Suffolk/Census

25th Mar 1868/License transfer from Joseph Piercy to Christopher Elgie/../../../The Era *

1871/Christopher Elgie/Licensed Victualler/39/Boston Yorkshire/Census *
1871/Anne Elgie/Niece/20/Newton Yorkshire/Census
1871/Charles Elgie/Nephew/14/Newton Yorkshire/Census
1871/William Bridger/Potman/28/St Georges Middlesex/Census
1871/Ann Peacock/General Servant/27/Woolwich Kent/Census
1871/Fanny Chandler/Barmaid/19/Reigate Surrey/Census

1881/Joshua Beardwell/Licensed Victualler/39/Colchester ((Stepingly)), Essex/Census ****
1881/Mary A Beardwell/Wife/40/Ramsgate, Kent/Census
1881/Rebecca G Beardwell/Daughter/6/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Dakin/Waiter (Licensed Victualler)/34/Stepingly, Bedford/Census
1881/James Sparrow/Valet/40/Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jospeh Flack/Barman/32/Aveley, Essex/Census
1881/Ellen Windsor/Barmaid/29/Hendon, Middlesex/Census
1881/Patrick McMorrow/Visitor/26/Ireland/Census
1881/John French/Boarder/20/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Ashwell/Boarder/56/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Wallow Davis/Boarder/23/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Lovekin/Lodger, Groom/22/London, Middlesex/Census

1882/Joshua Beardwell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Joshua Beardwell/../../../Post Office Directory ****


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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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