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Canning Town index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
City Arms, 2 Dock Road, Canning Town E16 - in 1919
Also see the History of Canning Town
Listed at2 Dock Road, Tidal Basin in 1896 and 1911 census
Residents at this address
1867/John Platt/../../../Post Office
1870/John Platt/../../../Kelly's
1871/John Platt/Licensed Victualler/47/Liverpool, Lancs/Census
1871/Eliza Platt/Wife/38/City, Middx/Census
1871/Mary Platt/Daughter/10/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1871/Peter Platt/Son/3/West Ham, Essex/Census
1871/Rebecca Dawson/Barmaid/20/City, Middx/Census
1871/William Howell/Barman/18/Charton, Wilts/Census
1871/David Cole/Potman/24/Deal, Kent/Census
1871/Lucy Turner/Servant/17/Southwark, Middx/Census
1872/John Platt/../../../Kelly's
1874/John Platt/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Emblin/../../../Kelly's
1882/William Alfred Payne/../../../Kelly's
1882/George Payne/../../../Kelly's
1886/George Payne/../../../Kelly's
1891/George Payne/Publican/30/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1891/Harriett R Payne/Wife/30/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Lily Payne/Daughter/8/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/George Payne/Son/7/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Harriett Payne/Daughter/5/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Rose Payne/Daughter/2/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Daisey Payne/Daughter/1/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Edith Payne/Daughter/6 weeks/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Mary Hughes/Mother in Law, Widow/63/Buckinghamshire/Census
1891/Ernest J Chapman/Barman/16/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/William Evans/Potman/34/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/Charles Beacon/Potman/16/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1891/John Payne/Barman/25/West Ham, Essex/Census
1896/John Payne/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Frederick Harrison/Licensed Victualler/39/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1901/Elizabeth Harrison/Wife/38/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1901/Elizabeth Mary Harrison/Daughter/13/Bromley, Middlesex/Census
1901/Frederick C R Harrison/Son/11/Bromley, Middlesex/Census
1901/Ernest W Harrison/Son/9/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1901/Violet Ellen Harrison/Daughter/3 months/West Ham, Essex/Census
1901/Richard George Pearce/Barman/20/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1901/Clara Rice/Cook/19/West Ham, Essex/Census
1901/Kate Johnson/Housemaid/15/West Ham, Essex/Census
1902/Sidney Henry Smith/../../../Kelly's
1908/Sidney Henry Smith/../../../Kelly's
1911/Thomas Sidney Smith/Licensed Victualler/56/Sy Georges, London E/Census
1911/Mary Ann Smith/Wife/54/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Florence Mary Birchill/Daughter, Assistant, Widow/33/West Ham,
London/Census
1911/Maude Caroline Smith/Daughter, Assistant/26/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Grace Alice Smith/Daughter, Typist/20/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Getrude Ellen Smith/Daughter, Drapers Apprentice/18/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Cyril John Smith/Son, Drapers Apprentice/16/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Doreen Florence Birchill/Grand Daughter/8/West Ham, London/Census
1911/Frederick William Chambers/Barman/19/West Ham, London/Census
1911/Henry William Johnson/Barman/22/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1911/Minnie Lockhart/Cook/43/Lambeth, London/Census
1911/Effie Kennedy/Housemaid/31/Dimlands, Perth/Census
1912/Thomas Sidney Smith/../../../Kelly's
1913/Day/../../../Freehold
1914/Royden William Day/../../../Kelly's
1917/Royden William Day/../../../Kelly's
1919 - 1920/Glaze Brothers/../../../Freehold
My father, Harry Joseph, was the licensee here. It was his first pub after serving in the WWI. *
In 1921 census at 2 Dock Road, Tidal Basin, West Ham
Constance James Cowen, Licenced Victuallers Manager to Messrs Glaze Brs, 5 Blommsbury Square, London, aged 33 and born in West Ham, Essex
Alice Elizabeth Cowen, Wife, Housekeeper, aged 22 and born in West Ham, Essex
Alfred Gilbert Faulkner, Barman, aged 19 and born in Lambeth, London
Ada Bell, Domestic Servant, aged 16 and born in Hull, Yorkshire
Frederick Thomas Pountney, Barman, aged 16 and born in West Ham, London
1923 - 1926/Joseph/../../../Freehold
1925/Harry Joseph/../../../Kelly's
Early, in 1927, Harry Joseph moved to his second pub, the Victory, Albany Street. *
1927 - 1931/Libow/../../../Freehold
1934/Jack Harry Libow/../../../Kelly's
* Provided by Don Joseph
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