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Also known as the Greyhound
The Greyhound in Balaam Street is one of the five oldest pubs in Plaistow mention in 1742, and was formerly the Greyhound and Hare, the name to which it has now reverted after a spell as 'The Sportsman' in the trendy 1970s. Rebuilt in 1773, parts of the present building although altered, may date from that time.
Thanks to Lal & Amy
Greyhound & Hare, 174 Balaam Street, Plaistow E13 - in March 2009
Greyhound & Hare, 174 Balaam Street, Plaistow E13 - in December 2018
Residents at this address
1826/Richard Turner/../../../Pigot's
1828-9/Richard Turner/../../../Pigot's
1832-3/Richard Turner/../../../Pigot's
1839/Richard Turner/../../../Pigot's
[Named in 1841]
1841/William Hurdman/Licensed Victualler/34/../Census
1841/Ann Hurdman/../35/../Census
1841/Sarah Johnson/Female Servant/14/../Census
1841/Thomas Taylor/Independant/70/../Census
1845/Thomas Potts/../../../Post Office
1848/John Drysdale/../../../White's
1851/John Drysdale/../../../Post Office
1851/James Drysdale/licensed victualler/40/London City/Census **
1851/Mary Drysdale/wife/30/Cambridge/Census
1851/Adelaide Day/niece/16/Cambridge/Census
1851/Mary L Day/niece, scholar/06/London City/Census
1851/Thomas Smith/potman/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1861/John Carr/Licensed Victualler/45/St Georges E, Middx/Census
1861/Mary Carr/Wife/45/Melbourne, Cambs./Census
1861/Edmund Carr/Son, Carpenter & Joiner/21/Stepney, Middx/Census
1861/Eleanor Carr/Daughter, Assistant/18/Stepney, Middx/Census
1861/Henry Roach/Potboy/15/Hertford, Herts/Census
1861/George Duck/Lodger, Dock Labourer/21/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1862/John Carr/../../../Kelly's
1867/John Carr/../../../Post Office
1870/Joseph Whalley/../../../Kelly's
1871/John Booth/Licensed Victualler/32//Census
1871/Mahala Booth/Wife/23/Barking, Essex/Census
1871/Mahala Porter/Mother in Law, Widow/54/Manningtree, Essex/Census
1871/Rosetta Shellitoe/Visitor/23/Barking, Essex/Census
1874/John Booth/../../../Kelly's
1878/William Evans/../../../Kelly's
1881/Samuel Higgs/Publican/32/Bury, Suffolk/Census
1881/Henrietta Higgs/Wife/29/Inworth, Essex/Census
1881/Henrietta E. Higgs/Daughter/5/Barking, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Higgs/Son/4/Barking, Essex/Census
1881/Frank Higgs/Son/2/Barking, Essex/Census
1881/Marian Higgs/Daughter/7w/Paistow, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Smith/../56/Dagenham, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Gardner/General Servant/14/Dagenham, Essex/Census
1882/Samuel Higgs/../../../Kelly's
1886/Samuel Higgs/../../../Kelly's
1896/Henry George Graham/../../../Post Office Directory
My Great, great grandfather 'William Wood' was the publican here in 1891. Although the pub is not named he is described as being the publican and living at 174 Balaam Street, Plaistow in the 1891 census.He was previously the landlord at the Hallsville
tavern. ***
1891/William Wood/Publican/54/Stratford, Essex/Census ***
1891/Jane Wood/Wife/56/Hertfordshire/Census
1891/Maggie Wood/Daughter/16/Stratford, Essex/Census
1891/Mary E Davey/Barmaid/19/Stratford, Essex/Census
1891/Rebecca Orgar/Domestic Servant/15/Canning Town, Essex/Census
1891/Henry Hammond/Potman/20/Canning Town, Essex/Census
1902/John Day/../../../Kelly's
1906/John James Griffiths/../../../Kelly's
1908/John James Griffiths/../../../Kelly's
1911/John James Griffiths/Licensed Victualler/54/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1911/Harriet Jane Griffiths/Wife/50/Widford, Hertfordshire/Census
1911/Kathleen Connock/Visitor/32/Yeovil, Somerset/Census
1911/Ralph Harry Connock/Visitor/5/Yeovil, Somerset/Census
1911/Alice Rosetta Holdgate/Barmaid/19/Plaistow, Middlesex/Census
1911/Ada Alice Turner/Barmaid/24/Bromley, Middlesex/Census
1912/John James Griffiths/../../../Kelly's
1914/Hermann Gabriel/../../../Kelly's
1917/Septimus Guest/../../../Kelly's
1922/Septimus Guest/../../../Kelly's
1925/Septimus Guest/../../../Kelly's
1938/Septimus Guest/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/B Guest & A Tucker/../../../Post Office Directory
1988 - 90/P Allen/../../../Watney Truman publicans list
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