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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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Vine Inn, London Street, Chertsey, Surrey

The address is sometimes given as Bridge Road. This pub was established in around 1600 and closed in 2009. It is now awaiting conversion to flats. **

Vine Inn, London Street, Chertsey - in July 2010

Vine Inn, London Street, Chertsey - in July 2010

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Surrey . The Surrey 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.

1855/Joseph Henry Ginger/../../../Post Office Directory **

1870/Edward Burke/../../../Post Office Directory **

1878/Thomas Poole/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Thomas Poole/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1891/Elizabeth Poole/Licensed Victualler, Widow/54/Peebles, Scotland/Census ***
1891/Elizabeth Poole/Daughter/20/Farnham, Surrey/Census
1891/Sarah Poole/Daughter/11/Chertsey, Surrey/Census
1891/Ada Betson/Domestic Servant/20/Oxfordshire/Census
1891/Richard Hardy Houlder/Boarder, Carpenter/22/At Sea/Census
1891/Arthur Tidy/Potman/34/Chertsey, Surrey/Census

My Great Grandfather, Thomas James Lewis, ran The Vine Inn in 1901. He married an Annie Lily Poole (formerly Giles) and a previous landlord was Thomas Poole, so I have been trying to make a connection. In 1891 (Census) The Vine Inn was being run by Elizabeth Poole (not Thomas) as she was a widow by then. Thomas James Lewis’s brother, William John Lewis was the Landlord of the White Hart, Ripley in 1891; and the Royal Albion, Hastings in 1901.  ***

Around this time the Lewis family started building a chain of pubs; by 1901, three of the five siblings were licensed victuallers. The third was Mary Elizabeth Attfield ( maiden name Lewis) Who ran the Jericho House, 57 Walton Street, Oxford. Caroline Lewis who was the mother of William, Thomas and Mary was also living with Mary in 1901. ***

1901/Thomas J Lewis/Licensed Victualler/31/Wormley, Hertfordshire/Census ***
1901/Annie L Lewis/Wife/31/Wolverhampton/Census
1901/George G Lewis/Son/2/Chertsey, Surrey/Census
1901/Lilley M Lewis/Daughter/1/Chertsey, Surrey/Census
1901/Walter G Lewis/Son/1 month/Chertsey, Surrey/Census
1901/Littie D Lewis/Daughter/9/Kingston/Census
1901/Alice Britton/General Servant/21/London/Census

1913/Harry Mathews/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1918/Harry Mathews/../../../Kellys Directory ****


** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Perry Lewis

**** 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.
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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