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Existed from at least 1839. The address is 10 Anns Place, Pritchards Road in the 1882 Directory and earlier, prior to street renumbering. It is named as the King's Head in the 1839 Directory, and in an 1828 Sun Fire Office insurance record. Closed in 1915 as a pub through the compensation award scheme. *
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[an error occurred while processing this directive]Residents at this address.
1839/James Webb/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1842/William Wise/../../../Robson’s Directory **
May 1848/Elizabeth Hookham/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1848/George Lewin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/George Lewin /../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1851/George Lewin/Licensed Victualler/36/../Census
1851/Ann Lewin/Wife/37/../Census
1851/Elizabeth Lewin/Daughter/11/../Census
1851/Sarah Mott/Servant/26/../Census
November 1852/George Evans, administrator of George Evans/Outgoing
Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
November 1852/William George Burn/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1856/W G Burn/../../../Post Office Directory
1856/William George Burn/../../../Post Office Directory
March 1862/Thomas Pratt Livermore/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
March 1862/William Bain/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
July 1863/William Burn/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1863/Richard Billham/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
January 1866/Richard Billham/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1866/Lancelot Hoskins/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
4th July 1868/William James Yardley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
4th July 1868/John Blackwood Wilson/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
1869/John Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
November 1868/John Blackwood Wilson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1868/Charles John Osborne/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/John Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
May 1871/Thomas Dodd/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1871/James Skillecorn/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1871/James Skillecorn/Licensed Victualler/23/Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1871/Susannah South/Mother in Law, Widow/53/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1871/John Hoogood/Servant, Widow/54/Surrey/Census
1872/J Skillecorn /../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
14th July 1874/Thomas Hulme/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
14th July 1874/William Horne/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
22nd January 1876/George Henry Sykes/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
22nd January 1876/William Lorricaux Harrison/Incoming Licensee/../../East
London Observer +
1881/George W Fortescue/Licensed Victualler/37/Cambridge/Census
1881/Eliza Fortescue/Wife/35/Meopham, Kent/Census
1881/Caroline A Fortescue/Daughter/4/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah A Fortescue/Daughter/2/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edwin W Fortescue/Son/4 months/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1882/Robert Warner/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Robert Warner/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Jamas Bishop/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/James Bishop/Publican/59/Mile End, London/Census
1891/Louisa Bishop/Wife/57/Hesse Darmstead, Germany/Census
1891/Jessie/Domestic Servant/28/Bethnal Green, London/Census
15th August 1891/James Bishop/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
15th August 1891/Richard Gentry Patrick/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
1895/Richard George Patrick/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Albert Edward Wheatley/../../../Post Office Directory
My great grandfather, Frederick John Cole, was shown living at this address
in 1900. He was later the publican at the
Percy Arms, Maxey
Road, Plumstead by the 1901 census, and then the
Duke of Sussex in Oakley Road, Lambeth
by 1906. *+
1901/Henry J Smith/Licensed Victualler/52/Shoreditch, London/Census
1901/Rose J Cooper/Manageress/31/St Georges East, London/Census
1901/Florry Smith/Daughter/13/Hoxton, London/Census
1901/Henry R Smith/Son/2/Hackney, London/Census
1901/Victor J Smith/Son/5 months/Bethnal Green, London/Census
November
1904/Transfer of licence of the Kings Arms, Pritchards road, Lewis Isaacs to
Clement Husk/../../East London Observer
1910/George Henry Haslewood/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Charles T Orme/Publican/32/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/Margaret Orme/Wife/27/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/Valentine Orme/Son/2/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/William Orme/Brother, Barman/27/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1915/Ernest John Piper/../../../Post Office Directory
London Evening Standard 03 June 1914
Licensing Act 1904 Notice of principal meeting to discuss by the Compensation authority on 1st July 1914
Tower
Kings Arms, Pritchards road, Bethnal Green, Full, Ernest John Piper
Westminster Gazette 14 July 1915
Compensation Authority for the County of London under the Licensing Consolidation Act 1910. The recipients of the money were the freeholders, leaseholders, and tenants of twenty seven licensed premises in the Metropolis, which are to be closed at the end of July as redundant. The awards totalled £59,651.
Kings Arms, Pritchard road, Bethnal Green, £826
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