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Seven Stars, 111, 112 & 113 High Street, Whitechapel

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This pub closed in 2005 and was demolished in 2006. **

Seven Stars, Whitechapel High Street - circa 1914 (lower right corner)

Seven Stars, Whitechapel High Street - circa 1914 (lower right corner)

Kindly provided by Graham Osborne

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Whitechapel, London  - in East London. The Whitechapel  East 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.

1744/Edward Morgan/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1793/Nathaniel Turner/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1835/J Smith/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1839/George Webb/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1841/G Webb/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1842/Geo. Webb/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1852/George Webb/../../../Watkin’s Directory **

1856/George Webb/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1869/Geo Webb/Wine & Spirit merchant./../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Charles A Williams/Manager/34/Colchester, Essex/Census ****
1881/Margery C Williams/Wife/25/Mistley, Essex/Census
1881/Ethel M Williams/Daughter/5/Brixton, Surrey/Census
1881/Winnifred M Williams/Daughter/3/Brixton, Surrey/Census
1881/Beatrice E Williams/Daughter/1 month/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah A Young/Nurse (SMS)/39/Crewkerne, Somerset/Census
1881/Elizabeth A Welsh/Governess/44/Wimborne, Dorset/Census
1881/Anna M Harrington/Cook/22/Pentlow, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Chambers/Housemaid/15/Cavendish, Suffolk/Census
1881/Henry Hallam/Barman/23/London City, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Randall/Barman/16/Southampton/Census
1881/Mary Ann Ellis/Barmaid/39/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Blank/Barmaid/29/St Albans, Hertford/Census
1881/Anne M Bartley/Barmaid/30/Morcombe, Dorset/Census
1881/Emily Snow/Barmaid/24/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/Alice Merchant/Barmaid/18/Horsley Down, Surrey/Census

1886/James Cox / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1886/Ada Hewitt / Barmaid /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1886/Henry Allum / Employee /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1886/Thomas Higginson / Head Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1886/John Edwards / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1886/Richard Hart / Door Porter /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey

(Name: - Kent & Essex ?)
1901/Charles Seymour/Public House Manager/41/Chinnor, Oxon/Census ****
1901/William Osborne/Barman/20/Roydon, Essex/Census
1901/Harold Le Mottee/Barman/22/Jersey/Census
1901/Frederick Witham/Barman/21/Stratford, Essex/Census
1901/Henry Appleby/Barman/20/Stepney, London/Census
1901/William Morgan/Barman/19/Enfield, Middx/Census
1901/John H Harris/Barman/19/Stepney, London/Census
1901/Frank Sparrowhead/Barman/20/Marylebone, London/Census
1901/James Ridgeon/Barman/24/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1901/Mary Havanagh/Cook/30/Castleray, Ireland/Census
1901/Jane Havanagh/Housemaid/23/Castleray, Ireland/Census

It was managed by my Great-Grandfather until 1923, his name was William Osborne and was born in Roydon, Essex. He became barman in 1901 and was later promoted to manage the whole pub on behalf of Webbs & Co from at least 1911 (probably earlier but this is the earliest documented date I can find so far & is confirmed on the 1911 census) until around 1923. Why he stopped working there is rather a mystery; as he went from a poor farm labourers son in 1900 to EXCEEDINGLY stinking rich within a few years working at the pub then died a very poor man in 1925. *

1911/Alfred W F Craggs/Public House Manager/39/Southampton/Census *
1911/Denry Alfred Craggs/Son/14/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1911/Henry Maidment/Cellerman/24/East Ham, Essex/Census
1911/Ernest Pearce/Barman/25/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1911/Edward Bristow/Barman/23/Stepney Green/Census
1911/Rowland Ballard/Barman/21/Tamworth, Staffordshire/Census
1911/James Carson/Barman/21/Chapeltown Luke, York/Census
1911/Sydney Dodd/Barman/21/Shoreditch, London/Census
1911/Ada Todeland/General Servant/29/Camberwell/Census
1911/Lilian Challenger/General Servant/28/Prckham/Census

1915/Webb & Co/Wine & Spirit merchants/../../Post Office Directory ****

1921/Webb & Co/Wine & Spirit merchant./../../Post Office Directory ****

31st July 1923/NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between me, the undersigned, Ella Mabel Barker and William Osborne, carrying on business as Licensed Victuallers, at 111 & 112, High-street, Whitechapel, under the style or firm of "WEBB & CO.," has been dissolved... /London Gazette *

1938/William Barker & Sons (D Ds Ltd)/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By Graham Osborne

** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** 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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