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Woolf's Arms, 38 Woolf street, Dockhead, Bermondsey SE1

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Existed from at least 1861. In 1869, only the Woolf's Arms exists in Woolf Street; by 1895 the address is at 38 Woolf street; the pub is also named in the 1911 census return *

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Residents at this address.

1861/William Lester/Beer Retailer/37/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1861/Mary Lester/Wife/39/Malpas, Cheshire/Census
1861/Emma Lester/Daughter, Barmaid/17/London City, Middlesex/Census

1869/William Lester/../../../Post Office Directory

Morning Advertiser 31 March 1871 - licence applications :
Woolfs Arms, Woolf street, Dockhead, to Michael O'Neill, Licence refused.

1881/William Marchant/Beerhouse Keeper/32/Sussex/Census
1881/Elizabeth M Marchant/Wife/35/St Pancras/Census
1881/Allen Marchant/Son/3/Brixton/Census
1881/Chas Marchant/Son/1/Cambridge/Census
1881/Mary L Engham/Mother In Law, Widow/69/Clerkenwell/Census
1881/W P Munday/Uncle, Messenger/63/Middlesex/Census
1881/Geo Coppack/Waiter/49/Holborn/Census

1882/William Marchant/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

1891/James Smith/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

1895/Jesse Underwood/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

1899/Chas Brockett/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

James Aylett was a beer house keeper at the Wheatsheaf, Amersham in 1891, and by 1911, his son Percy is at the Dolphin, Kensington

1901/James Aylett/Public House Manager/60/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Mary Aylett/Public House Manageress/59/Hull, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Joseph Aylett/General Labourer/24/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Charles Aylett/Licensed Victualler/22/Limehouse, London/Census
1901/Percy Aylett/Wheelwright/19/Poplar, London/Census

1910/William Gibson/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

1911/William Gibson/Beer Retailer/45/Slinfold, Sussex/Census *
1911/Annie Gibson/Wife/41/Warnham, Sussex/Census
1911/Reginald William Gibson/Son, Wireman's Assistant (Stepney Borough Council)/17/Battersea/Census
1911/Ronald Stanley Gibson/Son/11/Hove, Sussex/Census

1914/Paul Recknell/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

1915/Leonard John Holland/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *

1921/Leonard John Holland/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *


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