Walthamstow pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex. The Essex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
At Union Road, pre 1900
Residents at this address.
21/9/1872/Edward Genever/../../../Petty Sessions
01/8/1885/Celia Genever/../../../Petty Sessions
1/12/1894/Walter J Crowe (sole executor to Celia Genever)/../../../Petty
Sessions
14/12/1895/Edward Geo Genever/../../../Petty Sessions
1901/Walter Crowe/Beer Retailer/48/Dalston, London/Census
1901/Annie Crowe/Wife/42/Wanstead, Essex/Census
1901/Bertie Crowe/Son/7/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1902/Walter J Crowe/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's
See BBC Archives of people at war for information about the
Mercer family, here in in 1939
1946- 63/Mr & Mrs Herbert Thorp/../../../Black Eagle Journal
***
Mr & Mrs Thorp, Markhouse Arms in 1963
Kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson
Just off Markhouse Road in Walthamstow is the Markhouse Arms, and there for
the last 17 years have been Mr and Mrs Herbert Thorp. The Markhouse is their
second house, and they took over the licence in 1946, following Mrs Thorp's
parents, who had moved into the pub shortly after it had been rebuilt in the
mid-thirties.
Mr and Mrs Thorp's first pub was the
Lea Tavern in White
Post Lane in Hackney, which they took over in 1939, just before the outbreak
of war.
When the war started, Mr Thorp worked in his old trade of boiler maker in
the London Docks helping to repair ships and also joined the Home Guard in
which he was stationed at the docks.
Mrs Thorp looked after the Lea Tavern in the meantime, and suffered an
unfortunate experience of having the pib blitzed during the latter part of
the war. They both vividly remember the hardships of running a pub during
the wartime.
Although the Thorps have been in but two houses, Mrs Thorp's parents, the
Mercers, were in the trade 45 years holding the licence at the Old Sydney
Arms (now closed), the
Falcon in East India Dock Road and the
Tidal Basin Tavern, Mr and
Mrs Thorp were married, and later moved into the Lea tavern at about the
same time as her parents took the Markhouse. Today many of Mrs Thorp's
relatives are still in the trade, one of the pubs in the family being the
Rest at Kenton.
Herbert Thorp was a very active sportsman in his younger days, being
particularly keen on cricket and football. For a number of years he played
in the LV North v South of Thames cricket matches. Nowadays he occasionally
watches Essex, but is a firm supporter of West Ham United and seldom misses
a home match. Although not watching Essex much, he still takes a lot of
interest in the County, and this season is raffling a bat autographed last
year by Essex, Lancs, Glamorgan, Surrey, Worcester, Gloucester and the
Pakistanis in aid of Bill Greensmiths benefit.
Anybody going into the Markhouse would be struck by the fact that not only
darts, but also shove ha'penny and cribbage are played regularly in the
house.
Mr and Mrs Thorp have a family of three, two daughters, now married, and a
son who is an apprentice with The Times.
*** Kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson
Trying to avoid privacy and cookie settings overwriting content
Trying to avoid privacy and cookie settings overwriting content