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Existed from at least 1812. The address is 23 West Lane before 1944. *
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Two Brewers, 35 West Lane, Bermondsey SE16 from the 1986 film Sid And Nancy
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Two Brewers, West Lane, Bermondsey - in March 2009 - now residential
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Two Brewers, West Lane, Bermondsey - in August 2016
Rebuilt - probably in the 1930s - and now with the address of 35 West Lane.
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Residents at this address.
[Bisse Philips Sanderson 1788-1830 was the brother of Edward Henry Sanderson, apprentice of Edward Sherman and manager for Sherman at the Bull & Mouth, Bull and Mouth Street, Aldersgate.
Bisse left the Two Brewers around 1813 and was listed in Newgate Street, Aldersgate, close to the Bull & Mouth, as a Wine Merchant. His eldest child was born in Southwark not long before Bisse was recorded as bankrupt in 1816 and incarcerated at Kings Bench debtors' prison Southwark.
He subsequently moved around the city and to Worcester, as a Wine Merchant, before being bankrupt and in King's Bench prison again in 1824. His youngest son Arthur Sanderson 1829-1888 was born less than a year before Bisse died, age 42.
Arthur became a stationer, then went on to found world famous "Sanderson Wallpapers".
The condition of Bisse's mortal remains and his in-laws, the Stringfield family, was documented during an archaeological excavation of the crypt of St George's, Bloomsbury. **]
1812/Bisse Sanderson/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1822/William Wells/Two Brewers, West lane/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1825/Charles Grattan/Two Brewers, West lane/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1826/Charles Grattan/Two Brewers, West lane/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1829/Charles Grattan/spirit dealer and victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1839/Thomas Molyneux/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1842/Clarke Thompson/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/George Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory
1869/Abner Litten/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1871/Abner Litten/Beer Retailer/32/Bishopsgate, Middlesex/Census *
1871/Hanna Litten/Wife/31/Buckinghamshire/Census
1871/Hanna M. Litten/Daughter/9/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1871/Elizabeth M. Litten/Daughter/6/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Henrietta Litten/Daughter/5/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Abner W.A. Litten/Son/3/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/James G. Litten/Son/1/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Arthur W.A. Litten/Son/6 months/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Emma Leach/Sister, Visitor/15/Old Kent Road, Surrey/Census
1871/Daniel Weedon/Visitor/26/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1881/Charles John Bassett/Beer Retailer/52/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Hannah Bassett/Wife/41/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Elizabeth Maria Litten (Bassett)/Step Daughter/17/Bermondsey,
Surrey/Census
1881/Henrietta Litten (Bassett)/Step Daughter/15/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Abner Litten (Bassett)/Stepson/13/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/James Litten (Bassett)/Stepson/11/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Arthur Litten (Bassett)/Stepson/10/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Ada Litten (Bassett)/Step Daughter/7/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Charles Bassett/Son/2/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1882/Charles John Bassett/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1891/Mrs Hannah Bassett/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1895/Mrs Hannah Bassett/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1899/Sydney Thomas Pusey/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1910/John Charles Bodfield/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1914/John Charles Bodfield/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1911/John Charles Bodfield/Licensed Beer House/25/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1911/Francis Bodfield/Brother, Assistant/43/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1911/Mary Ann Bodfield/Wife of Francis, Assistant/41/Bermondsey,
Surrey/Census
1911/Hilda Wells/General Servant/15/Sutton, Surrey/Census
1915/John Charles Bodfield/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1921/John Charles Bodfield/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1923/Francis Bodfield/Two Brewers/../../Electoral Register
1923/John Charles Bodfield/../../../Electoral Register
1934/John Charles Bodfield/Beer Retailer/../../Kellys Directory
1938/Frederick Albert James/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1944/Mrs Violet James/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
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