Existed from at least 1812. The early address is at 4 Abbey Street, or 5 Abbey Street
Bermondsey pub history index
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1812/William Dingley/victualler [Bermondsey Square]/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1822/Charles Bryan/King Johns Head, Bermondsey Square/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1825/Charles Bryan/King Johns Head, Bermondsey Square/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
February 1826/John Wright/King Johns Head, Bermondsey Square/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1832/John Brett/../../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/John Brett,
King Johns Head, 4 Abbey Street, Bermondsey/../../Pigots Directory
1835/Edward Attwood/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1837/Mr Wright/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1839/John Groombridge/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/John Groombridge/../../../Post Office Directory
There are a number of licensed premises which George Spreadbury can
vbe linked to prior to the King Johns Head, one is the
Weavers Arms, Bakers Row,
Whitechapel in about 1842. Others prior to this are at Britannia Passage,
Peckham in 1839; and Broadwall in 1837 - both of these adrresses are listed
as him being a Victualler at the baptisms of children.
23 July 1847/Louisa, daughter of George John & Sarah Spreadbury, Abbey
Street, Bermondsey - Licensed Victualler./Baptism
1848/Geo Spreadbury/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Geo Spreadbury/../../../Post Office Directory
George Spreadbury is at the
Castle, Old
Kent Road by the 1851 census.
September1850/George John Spreadbury/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1850/William George Tarrant/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/Wm George Tarrant/Licensed Victualler/31/Beddington, Surrey/Census
1851/Ellen Tarrant/Wife/34/Ireland/Census
1851/Mary Ann Bonner/Sister in Law, Barmaid/19/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/William Long/Barman/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Jas Briant/Potman/34/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Harley/House Servant/30/Ireland/Census
November 1851/William George Tarrant/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
November 1851/John Page/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
August 1852/John Page/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
August 1852/Luke Muncy/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
July 1853/Luke Muncey/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1853/Henry Newton/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/Henry Newton/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/Hy Wolfe/Victualler/25/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1861/Susan Jane Wolfe/Wife/21/Bloomsbury, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry Wolfe/Son/2 months/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/George Evans/Barman/15/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1861/Ann Sullivan/Housemaid/15/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1861/William Castle/Potman/20/Windsor, Berkshire/Census
1867/Mr McHenry/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1869/Charles Chedzoy/../../../Post Office Directory
July 1873/Charles Chedzoy/Outgoing Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
July 1873/Robert Spencer/Incoming Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
1881/John Rainbird/Publican/34/Bishops, Hertford/Census
1881/Charlotte Rainbird/Wife/30/Oxford St, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Rainbird/Son/5/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charlotte Rainbird/Daughter/11/(City E C), Middlesex/Census
1881/Lillian Rainbird/Daughter/9/(City E C), Middlesex/Census
1881/Florence Rainbird/Daughter/7/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Brown/Brother In Law, Barman/25/Strand, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Turner/General & Domestic Servant/16/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1882/Jn Nance Gooch/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/William Tonsley/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Chas Robert Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Wheatley/Licensed Victualler/56/Lower Caldecote
Bedfordshire/Census **
1891/Emily Wheatley/Wife/38/Hackney Middlesex/Census
1891/Sarah Lyon/Aunt Housekeeper single/73/Portsmouth Hampshire/Census
1891/Harry Gladman/Servant Barman married/46//Isleworth Middlesesx/Census
1895/Alfred Samuel Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Frederick Chas Allen/../../../Post Office Directory
I am in the process of tracing my family tree and I have found out that my
great grandfather was a licensed victualler, at 10 Abbey Street, Bermondsey. The 1901 census shows him living there
with his wife and a barmaid. His name was Thomas H Veasey he was 35 years
old. ***
1901/Thopmas H Veasey/Licensed Victualler/35/Daulting, Somerset/Census
***
1901/Selina Veasey/Wife/36/Chatsworth, Glos/Census
1901/Louisa Forster/Barmaid/23/Dulwich, London/Census
1901/Nellie Forster/Visitor/18/Greenwich, London/Census
1910/Mrs Elizabeth Holder/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Elizabeth Holder/Licensed Victualler/48/Cambridge/Census
1911/Walter Nourse/Barman/47/Walworth, London/Census
1911/Mary Chilvers/General Servant/19/Chelsea, London/Census
1915/Walter Nourse/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Walter Nourse/../../../Post Office Directory
1923/Walter Nourse/King Johns Head/../../Electoral Register
1923/Elizabeth Nourse/../../../Electoral Register
1923/Alice Broderick/../../../Electoral Register
1934/Albert Edward Clark/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Henry Coe/../../../Post Office Directory
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