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At 29 Ruscoe Road in 1950
This pub closed in 2002 and is now in residential use. In its latter days it was known as the New Shakespeare's Head. **
Shakespeare's Head, 29 Ruscoe Road, E16 - in December 2006
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Residents at this address
1862/John Maddison/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
Note: Premises not named in 1862
September
1863/John Maddison/License (spirits) granted/../../Essex Standard
1867/John Maddison/../../../Post Office
1870/John Maddison/../../../Kelly's
1871/John Maddison/Licensed Victualler/45/Northamptonshire/Census
1871/Matilda Maddison/Wife/40/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1871/William Maddison/Son, Joiner/18/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Samuel Maddison/Son, Joiner/16/Canning Town/Census
1871/Matilda Maddison/Daughter/14/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ester Maddison/Daughter/12/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jessie Maddison/Daughter/5/Canning Town/Census
1874/James Ingledew/../../../Kelly's
1878/Thomas Watson/../../../Kelly's
1881/George T. Wardell/Licensed Victualler/39/Shadwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Wardell/Wife/37/St. Pancas, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lydia S. Wardell/Daughter/14/Shadwell, Middlesex/Census
1882/George Thomas Wardell/../../../Kelly's
1886/Joseph Lyons/../../../Kelly's
1891/Fredk H Marsham/Victualler/39/Waltham, Berkshire/Census
1891/Eliza Marsham/Wife/39/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1891/Lizzie Marsham/Daughter/14/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1891/Henry Webb/Potman/56/Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire/Census
1891/Eliza Harding/Domestic Servant/22/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1896/C Nobbs/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Ernest Howell/Publican, Widow/37/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1901/Ernest Howell/Son/12/Tidal Basin, Essex/Census
1901/Winifred Howell/Daughter/10/Tidal Basin, Essex/Census
1901/Florence Howell/Daughter/8/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1901/Daisy Howell/Daughter/6/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1901/Charles Howell/Son/4/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1901/Minnie Dawn/Sister in Law, Barmaid/26//Census
1901/Annie Lappage/Domestic Servant/17/Stepney, London/Census
1902/E S Howell/../../../Kelly's
1908/James Gubbings/../../../Kelly's
1911/James Gubbings/Licensed Victualler/32/West Ham, Essex/Census
1911/Isabell Gubbings/Wife/30/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Harrold James Gubbings/Son/4/West Ham, Essex/Census
1911/Reginald Gubbings/Son/3/West Ham, Essex/Census
1911/Leslie Gubbings/Son/1/West Ham, Essex/Census
1912/James Gubbings/../../../Kelly's
1917/Percy Stevens/../../../Kelly's
1925/Percy S. Tompkins/../../../Kelly's
1934/Henry Hill/../../../Kelly's
1950/Coman's Catering Co Ltd/../../../BT Telephone Directory [ALBrt Dk 3386]
1951/Richard Watts Coman/../../../Kelly's
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