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Castle Tavern, 17 Great Chapel Street, St Margaret, Westminster

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Stood on the corner of Little Chapel Street. The house was demolished for the construction of St Ermin’s Mansions in 1889. The mansions were converted into the St Ermin’s Hotel around 1897.
[I cannot explain how the Post Office Directory finds Mrs Sophia Smith as licensee of this pub in 1891. All the references give the date of opening of St Ermin’s Mansions as 1889, and there is no trace of Nos 8-17 Great Chapel Street in the 1891 Census.] *

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.

21st Dec 1825/Thomas Foulkes/../../../ Sun Fire Office Catalogue MS 11936/509/1039642 *

23rd Aug 1827/ Thomas Foulkes/../../../ Sun Fire Office Catalogue MS 11936/515/1065034 *

1839/George Mount Cleggett/../../../Pigot’s Directory *

1841/G M Cleggett/../../../Trade Directory *

1848/George Snape/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1st Aug 1848/License transfer from George Snape (decd) to Jane Snape/../../../The Era *

12th Aug 1849/License transfer from Edward Wordley to John Cook/../../../The Era *

1851/John Cook/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1851/John Cook/Licensed Victualler/37/Scotland/Census
1851/Mary Ann Cook/Wife/38/Wimborne, Dorset/Census
1851/Charles Macdonald/Barman/19/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Sarah Cummings/House Servant/28/Bloomsbury, Middlesex/Census

25th May 1852/License transfer from John Cook to William Comber/../../../The Era *

1856/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory ****

29th Jan 1856/License transfer from William Wheeler to Elias Glover/../../../The Era *

7th Nov 1857/License transfer from Elias Glover (decd) to Ann Glover/../../../The Era *

10th Aug 1858/License transfer from Ann Braund (late Glover) to William Braund/../../../The Era *

29th May 1860/License transfer from William Brand to Joseph Newport/../../../The Era *

13th Nov 1860/License transfer from Joseph Newport to William Henry Bodding/../../../The Era *

20th May 1861/License transfer from William Henry Bedding to Edwin Chapman/../../../The Era *

1861/Edwin Chapman/Licensed Victualler/24/Starington Norton Dorset/Census *
1861/Mary Chapman/Wife/19/St Pancras Middlesex/Census
1861/John C Leary/Barman/21/Southwark Surrey/Census

18th Mar 1862/License transfer from Edwin Chapman to Henry Carter/../../../The Era *

11th Aug 1863/License transfer from Henry Carter to John William Truman/../../../The Era *

9th Aug 1864/License transfer from John William Truman to Alexander Mill/../../../The Era *

7th May 1867/License transfer from Alexander Mill to Henry Burt/../../../The Era *

1869/H Burt/../../../Post Office Directory ****

2nd Nov 1869/License transfer from Henry Burt to Henry Gibson/../../../The Era *

1871/Henry Gibson/Licensed Victualler/44/Nottingham, Notts/Census ****
1871/Fanny Gibson/Wife/43/Nottingham, Notts/Census
1871/James Gibson/Son/26/Nottingham, Notts/Census

1881/Charles Stares/Licensed Victualler/58/Millbrook, Hampshire/Census ****
1881/Hannah Stares/Wife/62/Nursling, Hampshire/Census
1881/Eleanor Chadburn/Niece/28/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/James Bitts/Barman/25/Wapping, Middlesex/Census

1882/Charles Stares/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Mrs Sophia Smith/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By John Hills

**** 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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