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Prince of Denmark, 1 Graces Alley, Wellclose Square, Whitechapel

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Early records list this as the King of Denmark. Also known as the Mahogany Bar in the 1861 census and at other times.

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By at least March 1818 when the next Eden child was baptised, Allrich Eden was living at No 1 Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square above the King of Denmark, and this is where the first sheet of my Truman's transcription comes in. He had previously been at the Horn & Horseshoes.  In Allrich's will of May 1821, it states (twice) he was "at the Sign of the King of Denmark, Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square". Further evidence of this is Pigot's Commercial Directory for 1826/27 and Pigot's Metropolitan Directory for 1827, in which his son-in-law, James Lemon (who married his eldest daughter, Sarah Eden) is also shown at the "Mahogany Bar PH" Grace's Alley, Wellclose Square, which was the same place basically. Allrich Eden died in January 1826 so this last directory was a bit out of date by then! *

1818/Allrich Eden/../../../Baptism *

1821/Allrich Eden/../../../Will *

1826-27/Allrich Eden/../../../Pigots Directory *

1827/James Lemon/../../../Pigots Directory *

What's incredibly interesting about the King of Denmark and the Mahogany Bar in Grace's Alley is that they are still there, operated by the Wilton's Music Hall people. John Wilton built the Music Hall in the backyards of house 1-4 in Grace's Alley in 1858, but he retained the pub. James Lemon took over the pub from Allrich Eden in 1826 and Matthew Eltham was the Victualler by 1830 when it was known as the Prince of Denmark, but the Mahogany Bar is still there.  *

1839/Matthew Eltham/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1851/John Wilton/../../../Kellys Directory ****

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

1861/John Wilton/Licensed Victualler/40/Bath, Somerset/Census ****
1861/Ellen Wilton/Wife/33/Bath, Somerset/Census
1861/Elizabeth Ashbolt/Barmaid/24/Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire/Census
1861/Angelina Whitchurch/Barmaid/23/Bristol, Somerset/Census
1861/Emma Jacobs/Barmaid/23/Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Marshall/Barmaid/20/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Ellen Cooper/Barmaid/18/Bloomsbury, Middlesex/Census
1861/Margaret Adshead/Cook/45/Herefordshire/Census
1861/Ann E Greensted/Housemaid/39/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/George H Clark/Waiter/40/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1861/James Lawrence/Waiter/27/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census

1869/John Wilton/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../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.
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All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage or copying onto other websites without explicit permission. Many of the images, and all of the transcriptions are the work of myself and other contributors - please do not steal this work.
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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