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By the early 1970s, this was a Watney's Schooner Inn. Later known as the Old Spotted Dog, closed in 2004 and boarded up as of mid-2014. ***
Spotted Dog, Forest Gate
Kindly provided by Peter Fry
The Spotted Dog, Forest Gate
Kindly provided by Colleen
circa 1900
Supplied by Kevan (Silvertown, 1900 - Arthur Philip Crouch))
29th March 2003
Taken by Brian Berry
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1826/Jas Bridger/../../../Pigot's Directory
1839/William Vause/../../../Pigot's Directory
1841/William Vause/Inn Keeper/40/Essex/Census
1841/Ann Vause/../35/../Census
1841/James Vause/../7/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Vause/../9/Essex/Census
1841/Henry Thompson/Male Servant/60/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah French/Female Servant/15/Essex/Census
1845/William Vause/../../../Post Office Directory
1848/William Vause/../../../White's Directory
1851/William Vause/licensed victualler/52/Low Leyton, Essex/Census **
1851/Ann Vause/wife/51/Bromley, Hampshire/Census
1851/Sarah Vause/daughter/20/West Ham, Essex/Census
1851/James Vause/son, apprentice engineer/18/West Ham, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Roffey/house servant/22/Carshalton, Surrey/Census
1851/Robert Waring/potman/20/Stratford, Essex/Census
1855/William Vause/../../../Post Office Directory
1862/William Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
1867/James Vause/../../../Post Office Directory *
1870/James Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
1871/James Vause/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/James Vause/Publican/39/Upton, Essex/Census
1871/Sarah Vause/Wife/32/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1871/Amy Vause/Daughter/6/Upton, Essex/Census
1871/Constance Vause/Daughter/1/Upton, Essex/Census
1871/Amelia Barnes/Domestic Servant/19/Weymouth, Devon/Census
1871/Jane Heaverman/Domestic Servant/30/Goswell Road, London/Census
1871/Matilda Wilson/Visitor/10/Islington, London/Census
1874/James Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
1878/Mrs. Harriet Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
1881/Sarah A. H. Vause/Publican/42/../Census
1881/Ellen A. Vause/Daughter, Barmaid/20/Upton, Essex/Census
1881/Mary A. Vause/Daughter, Milliners Assistant/19/Upton, Essex/Census
1881/Lucy M. H. Vause/, Milliners Improver/17/Upton, Essex/Census
1881/Mary M. Vause/Daughter, Apprentice Milliner/14/Upton, Essex/Census
1881/Gertrude Vause/Daughter/8/Upton, Essex/Census
1881/Clara Rodgers/General Domestic Servant/13/Braintree, Essex/Census
1896/Mrs. Sarah A. H. Vause/../../../Post Office Directory
1902/Mrs. Sarah A. H. Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
1906/Mrs Sarah Ann H. Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory *
1908/Mrs. Sarah A. H. Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
1911/Sarah Vause/Licensed Victualler, Widow/76/Camberwell, London/Census
1911/Edith Vause/Daughter/42/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1911/Constance Digby/Daughter, Widow/40/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1911/Emma Wilson/Barmaid/36/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1911/Mary Platt/Barmaid/31/Stratford, Essex/Census
1911/Florence Caines/Servant/33/Islington, London/Census
1911/Margaret Catchpole/Cook, widow/44/East Dereham, Norfolk/Census
1912/Mrs. Sarah Ann H. Vause/../../../Kelly's Directory
February 1913/Veteran Landlady and historic Inn: The death of Mrs Sarah Ann
Haylock Vause, of the Old Spotted Dog, Upton, occurred on Monday night. The
deceased was the widow of James Vause, and was 76 years of age. Her
association with the Old Spotted Dog lasted for more than half a century.
She came there to reside with her husband after her marriage on the 29th
November 1859, and the whole of her married life and widowhood has been
spent in that historic old hotel. It is estimated that the house has been in
the Vause family for about 150 years. Throughout that period the various
generations of the family have striven to retain the old fashioned character
of the building. The City coat of arms still ornaments the broad mantel
piece which the Merry Monarch and his courtiers warmed their hands and feet
during the plague in the seventeenth century/Chelmsford Chronicle
1914/Alfred Henry Gane/../../../Kelly's Directory *
1917/Alfred Henry Gane/../../../Kelly's Directory
1922/Alfred Henry Gane/../../../Kelly's Directory *
1925/Alfred Henry Gane/../../../Kelly's Directory
1934/Alfred Henry Gane/../../../Kelly's Directory
1944/Alfred Henry Gane/../../../Post Office Directory
1983/../Old Spotted Dog/../../Pub Directory
1988/M H Dipple/Old Spotted Dog/../../Grand Met Pub Directory
1991/../Old Spotted Dog, Grand Met - Watneys/../../Pub Directory
* Provided by Ewan
** Provided by John Mead
*** Provided by Tris
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