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Fountain, 93 Virginia Road, Bethnal Green E2

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This pub was present by 1790 with an early address of 13 Virginia Row; it had closed by 1923. **

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By 1790, there is a Simon Jackson, victualler at the Fountain, Virginia row, Bethnal green/Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 10 December 2019), May 1790, trial of WILLIAM JENKINSON WILLIAM READ HENRY WHITE (t17900526-7). He is at the George (Halfway House), Commercial road prior to this.

1790/Mr Jackson/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *

1808/John Theroulde/../../../Holden's Directory *

1825/Mr Franklin/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1827/Henry Fearon / Victualler / /../../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **

1833-34/James Stitchbury, Fountain, Virginia row, Hackney road/../../Pigots Directory

1842/James Stitchbury/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1851/Henry Hawkes /../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1851/Henry Hawkes/Licensed Victualler/41/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Margaret Hawkes/Wife/34/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Margaret Hawkes/Daughter/16/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Sarah Hawkes/Daughter/15/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Henry Hawkes/Son/13/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Robert Hawkes/Son/11/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Hannah Hawkes/Daughter/9/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/John Hawkes/Son/7/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Hawkes/Daughter/4/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Eliza Hawkes/Daughter/1/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Harriett Hawkes/Daughter/13 Days/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census

May 1853/Henry Hawkes/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

May 1853/Henry Rowland Brown/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1856/Henry Rowland Brown/../../../Post Office Directory

1857/Henry Rowland Brown / Licensed Victualler /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1861/Henry R Brown/Victualler/40/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Caroline Brown/Wife/34/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary A Humphrey/Servant/20/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Matilda Townsend/Servant/16/Christchurch, Middlesex/Census

September 1864/Mary Ann Tillyard/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

September 1864/Charles Peggott/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

November 1866/Charles Piggott/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

November 1866/Samuel Butler/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1869/Samuel Butler/../../../Post Office Directory *

January 1870/Samuel Butler/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

January 1870/Anna Margaret Dorothy Verdenhalven/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

1871/Anna Verdenhalven/Mother, Licensed Victualler/33/Breman, Germany/Census
1871/Neta Verdenhalven/Daughter/8/Whitechapel/Census
1871/Conrad Verdenhalven/Son/5/St Georges East/Census
1871/Jane Sharkey/General Servant/26/Ireland/Census

1872/D Verdenhalven /../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **

January 1872/Anna Margaret Dorothy Verdenhalven/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

January 1872/Jonathan William Kothan/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

July 1872/Jonathan William Rothan/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

July 1872/John Smith/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

1876/John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory **

1882/James Smith/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Brandon & Capon/../../../Post Office Directory

1885/William Fowler / Victualler /../../London Gazette, 5 March 1886 **

1886/Alfred Kitchiner/Publican/../../Baptism *+
1886/Elizabeth Maud Kitchiner/../../../Baptism
1886/Alfred George Kitchiner/born 30th June 1886/../../Baptism

1891/Joseph Winter/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Charles Harris/Publican/44/Millwall, London/Census
1891/Mary Ann Harris/Wife/35/Canning Town, London/Census
1891/Florence Harris/Daughter/12/Stratford, London/Census
1891/Amy Harris/Daughter/7/Mile End, London/Census
1891/Charles Harris/Son/4/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1891/Harriet Earl/Relative, Domestic Servant/26/Canning Town, London/Census

1895/William Mattock/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Geo Gentry/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/Philip Von Erden/Licensed Victualler/55/Germany/Census
1901/Eleanor Von Erden/Wife/57/Germany/Census
1901/Philip Von Erden/Son, Barman/24/London/Census
1901/Harry Von Erden/Son, Barman/23/London/Census
1901/William Gebhardt/Potman/32/Germany/Census
1901/Louise Zanetti/Domestic Servant/23/London/Census

1910/Mrs Daisy Esther Crowe/../../../Post Office Directory

1911/Walter Frederick Nodram/Publican/37/Bow/Census
1911/Florence Nodram/Wife/34/Ratcliffe/Census
1911/Walter Frederick Nodram/Son/5/Shadwell/Census
1911/Florence Nodram/Daughter/11/Shadwell/Census

1913/William James Barber/../../../Post Office Directory

Ernest William Thomas Easty is the licensee at the Horns, Crucifix lane about the time of the 1911 census; and is the licensee of the Ship Afloat, Lower Thames street, at the time of the 1901 census; he is next at the Coach & Horses, Fann street in about 1918

1915/Ernest William Thomas Easty/../../../Post Office Directory

1921/Louis Haar/../../../Post Office Directory *


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