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Westminster Hotel, 1 Bridge Court, St Margaret, Westminster

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This Hotel stood by the river on the northern side of Bridge Court. I do not know when it was founded, but its extensive refurbishment was announced by T. Scrivener, late of Mr Dunn’s (“The Swan”) in The Morning Post of 27th March 1826. For a while it rivalled The Swan as a fashionable place to stay or to entertain, but it seems to have fallen on harder times by 1858: the freeholders tried to let it in January, but apparently without much success as it was advertised for sale in April. Bridge Court disappeared completely with the building of Westminster station on the Metropolitan and District Railway in 1868. ***

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.

23rd Jun 1837. A small ad. in The Morning Post gives as a forwarding address: “N.S at Nichols’s Hotel, Westminster Bridge.” ***

1841/Will Nichols/Tavern Keeper/50/outside Middlesex/Census ***
1841/Harriot Nichols/../45/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Harriot Hawkins/../30/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Jane Hawkins/../19/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Ann Smart/Female Servant/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Thos. Double/Male Servant/40/Middlesex/Census
1841/Wm Randale/Male Servant/18/Middlesex/Census
1841/Francis Jessop/Male Servant/24/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/John Charlton/Male Servant/18/Middlesex/Census
1841/Thos Coxswill/Male Servant/28/Middlesex/Census
1841/Will Murray/Gent/55/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Andrew Thompson/Gent/40/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/George Banks/Gent/40/outside Middlesex/Census
1841/Ann Garnett/../30/Middlesex/Census
1841/Nathl. Mason/../30/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Duncan/../45/Scotland/Census
1841/Penelope Mason/../7/Middlesex/Census
1841/Kate Mason/../12/Middlesex/Census
1841/Ann Mason/../36/Middlesex/Census
1841/Willm. Mason/../36/Middlesex/Census

18th Jan 1844. Small ad. in The Times gives as address: “A.B., Nichols’, Westminster Bridge Hotel, Bridge Street, Westminster” ***

13th Oct 1844/Mr Rhodes/../../../ The Era (witness in a case of theft of silver spoons) ***

1st Aug 1848/License transfer from Richard Charles Rhodes to William Fisher/../../../ The Era ***

1851/William Fisher/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1851/William Fisher/Hotel Keeper/42/Newington, Surrey/Census ****
1851/Anne Hawkes/Barmaid/25/Stanmore, Middlesex/Census
1851/Charlotte Hawkes/Housekeeper/23/Stanmore, Middlesex/Census
1851/Maria Forrester/Cook/25/Allesley, Warwickshire/Census
1851/Mary Ann Thomas/Housemaid/21/St Brides, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Hawkes/Kitchen Maid/29/Somerset/Census
1851/William Stevens/Porter/27/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census

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

3rd Mar 1858/License transfer from William Fisher (decd) to Charlotte Fisher (widow and executrix) /../../../ The Era ***

10th Aug 1858/License transfer from Charlotte Fisher to Frederick Rickards /../../../ The Era ***

25th Jan 1860/License transfer from Frederick Rickards to Edmund David Fitzgerald /../../../ The Era ***

13th Nov 1860/License transfer from Edmund David Fitzgerald to Charles Gibbons /../../../ The Era ***

1861/Martha Dormer/Housekeeper/42/London Middlesex/Census ***
1861/Jane Jewells/Barmaid/25/Highgate Middlesex/Census
1861/Bridget Dwyer/Kitchen Maid/17/Turnham Green Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary A Higgins/Housemaid/18/London Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry Dering/Porter/22/Weston Farwells Buckinghamshire/Census


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