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Existed from at least 1861. The 1891 census lists the entry as something looking like the Hunters Arms.Closed by the Compensation Authority in 1908 when it is listed as cslled The Sportsman.
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1861/Thomas Squire/Beer shopKeeper/38/Devon/Census **
1861/Elizabeth Squire/Wife/48/Devon/Census
1861/Ellen Squire/Daughter/15/Devon/Census
1872/J Podevint/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1881/John H Davy/Beer Shop Keeper/39/Glastonbury, Somerset/Census
1881/Sophia Davy/Wife/38/New Brompton, Kent/Census
1881/Harriett Davy/Daughter, Dressmaker/16/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie L Davy/Daughter, Paste Fitter/15/Notting Hill, Middlesex/Census
1881/John J Davy/Son/9/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/George W Davy/Son/8/Walthamstow, Essex/Census
1881/Benjamin M Davy/Son/2/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1891/William John Peters/Beer House Keeper/53/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1891/Annie Peters/Wife/40/Burnham, Norfolk/Census
1895/Thomas Leigh/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1899/William Eason/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1901/Andrew Reeves/Beer Retailer, Widow/49/Camberwell, London/Census
1901/Henrietta Brunswick/Housekeeper, Widow/52/Germany/Census
1903/Russell Leonard/../../../P.O. Directory **
November 1904/Transfer of Beer and Wine On licence of 1 Cambridge circus, William
John Reed to George Haynes/../../East London Observer
London Evening Standard 12 June 1907 - List of premises to be considered by the Compensation Authority :
The Sportsman, 1 Cambridge circus, Bethnal green, Beer, Albert Ernest Lincoln
Morning Post 29 January 1908
More Lost Licences. £323,342 awarded in six hours as compensation.
Licenses ordered for extinction under the Licensing Act, 1904 were:
Sportsman, Cambridge circus, Bethnal green £1374
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