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Pub established by 1808 at least. Pub closed in 2001 - premises now house a posh French Restaurant. At 25 Bethnal Green Road in 1891 census, and before closure in 2001 **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bethnal Green, Middlesex - now in East London.
Knave of Clubs, 25 Bethnal Green Road - in May 2006
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1808/Samuel Hagger/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1811/Benj Prior, Knave of Clubs, 17 Club row, Spitalfields/../../Holdens Directory
1825/Mr Richardson, Knave of Clubs, Club row, Bethnal green/../../Licensed Victuallers
Association
1833-34/John Davis, Knave of Clubs, 23 Club row, Bethnal green/../../Pigots
Directory
The Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser of Monday 10 November 1834 lists
Pearson Goward as the landlord (he was summonsed for selling beer on a
Sunday and harbouring drunken and disorderly characters). ***
Morning Advertiser lists Pearson Goward as the landlord, on Monday 26
January 1835 ***
Morning Advertiser lists Pearson Goward as the landlord, on Monday 11 April
1836 (charged with allowing betting on draughts). ***
1836/Pearson Goward/../../../Pigots Directory
1839/Pearson Goward/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/Pearson Goward/Licensed Victualler/65/Middlesex/Census
1841/Sarah Goward/../50/Middlesex/Census
1841/James Goward/Baker/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Goward/../10/Middlesex/Census
1841/Eliza Goward/../7/Middlesex/Census
1841/Anne Pontin/Female Servant/15/Middlesex/Census
1842/P Goward/../../../Robson’s Directory **
Morning Advertiser lists Pearson Goward as the landlord, on Thursday 13
August 1846 ***
1848/Pearson Goward /../../../P.O. Directory **
The Era lists Pearson Goward as the landlord, on Sunday 26 May 1850 (at the
death of his wife Sarah) ***
1851/Pearson Goward/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/Pearson Goward / Licensed Victualer / 73 / Bethnal Green, Middx/census
**
1851/Pearson Goward / Son / 21 / Bethnal Green, Middx/census
1851/John Goward / Son / 19 / Bethnal Green, Middx/census
1851/Eliza Goward / daughter / 17 / Bethnal Green, Middx/census
1851/Margaret Walsh / general servant / 17 / Spitalfields, London/census
1851/Sarah Partaut / grand-daughter / 11 / Shoreditch, London/census
The Era lists Pearson Goward as the landlord, on Sunday 10 July 1853 (when
the licence passed from Pearson Goward Snr to Pearson Goward Jnr) ***
July 1853/Pearson Goward/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1853/Pearson Goward, the younger/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
September 1855, Pearson Goward, aged 34, marries Susan Bird, aged 21, at St
Leonards Shoreditch; witnesses are Eleanor Cooke (nee Goward) and George
Cooke.
Morning Advertiser - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on
Thursday 10 June 1858 (selling a cart) ***
Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed
as the landlord on Sunday 24 April 1859 ***
Pearson Goward Snr died 18th May 1859 - his death announcement in The Era -
Sunday 29 May 1859 lists him as "late of the Knave of Clubs, Club Row" ***
Also, John Goward, of Vicar Of Wakefield, 83 Coventry Street, Bethnal Green
E1 and Princess
Alexandra, 34 Charnock Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney (and possibly
Duke Of Cambridge,
25 Felix Street, Hackney Road, Bethnal Green E2) is the son of Pearson
Goward Snr. ***
Probate for Pearson Goward was granted in 1859 to "John Goward of "The Vicar
of Wakefield" Suffolk Street, Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green... Innkeeper and
Pearson Goward of 23 Club-row Shoreditch... Innkeeper... the Sons and the
Executors" ***
Sporting Life - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Wednesday 25
May 1859 (taking bets on a shooting match) ***
1861/Pearson Goward/Licensed victualler/40/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Susan Goward/Wife/28/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Susan Goward/Daughter/2/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary Rufus/Servant/11/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
Sporting Life - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Saturday 26
July 1862 (umpiring a running race) ***
Clerkenwell News - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Wednesday
06 August 1862 (letting a house and two workshops) ***
Morning Advertiser - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Tuesday
05 May 1863 (selling a four wheel carriage) ***
Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on
Sunday 04 October 1863 (fined for having illegal measures) ***
Sporting Life - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Wednesday 15
November 1865 (hosting a fishing club) ***
(Note that Susan Goward, Pearson Goward's first wife, died in 1864 and he
married Ann in 1866 - Ann is my great great grandmother (I am descended from
a child of her previous marriage). ***
September 1866, Pearson Goward, widower, marries Ann Bridgeman, widow, at St
John the Baptist; fathers are Pearson Goward and William Strahan
Sporting Life - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Saturday 19
January 1867 ***
Morning Advertiser - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on
Wednesday 30 January 1867 (donation to the Licensed Victuallers Asylum; his
brother
was the governor). ***
Sporting Life - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Saturday 09
April 1870 (when he offered a "handsome silver cup... as a prize for the
greatest take of fish by the gentlemen using his establishment. To be fished
for on Wednesday next... at Dagenham Lake.") ***
Morning Advertiser - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord on Tuesday
04 April 1871 ***
1871/Pearson Goward/Victualler/50/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census ***
1871/Ann Goward/Wife/44/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Susan Goward/Daughter/13/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Pearson Goward/Son/3/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Eliza Bennett/Servant/20/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1872/P Goward /../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1873/Pearson Goward /../../../P.O. Directory **
Hackney and Kingsland Gazette - Pearson Goward Jnr is listed as the landlord
on Wednesday 08 May 1878 (when the licence transferred from P Goward to
James Willmott). ***
11th May 1878/P Goward/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
11th May 1878/James Willmott/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1882/Chapman/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1884/William H Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Henry Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William H Chapman/Son, Licensed Victualler/29/Islington, London/Census
1891/Ambrose Dolden/Barman/29/East Farleigh, Kent/Census
1891/William F Mercer/Barman/19/Deptford, London/Census
1891/Arthur C Chapman/Barman/20/Braintree, Essex/Census
1891/Mary Rudd/Housekeeper, Widow/39/Devonport, Devon/Census
1891/Jessie Barnes/Domestic Servant/20/St Georges East, London/Census
1895/William Henry Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/William Henry Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Ambrose Dolden/Manager of Public House/38/East Farleigh, Kent/Census
1901/Lucy J Dolden/Wife, Assistant/34/Islington, London/Census
1901/Lucy G Dolden/Daughter/5/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1901/William O Dolden/Son/3/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1901/Joseph T Blake/Barman/24/Islington, London/Census
1901/Arthur Smith/Barman/21/Peckham, London/Census
1901/Alice Jones/Domestic Servant/26/Tredegary, Wales/Census
1910/Samuel Jesse/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Samuel Best Jesse/Licensed Victualler/35/Basingstoke, Hants/Census
1911/Amy Amelia Jesse/Wife/35/Streatham, Surrey/Census
1911/Samuel James Jesse/Son/13/London/Census
1911/Henry Freerick Jesse/Son/9/Peckham, London/Census
1911/Edith Amelia Jesse/Daughter/3/Tottenham, Middlesex/Census
1911/Ellanor Sanford/Domestic Servant/23/Bow, London/Census
1911/Lillian Edith Bryant/Domestic Servant/15/Bow, London/Census
1911/Arthur Percy Fish/Barman/24/Bow, London/Census
1913/Samuel Jesse/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/William Bunn/../../../Post Office Directory
1916/William Bunn/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Frederick Charles Newitt/../../../Post Office Directory
1923/Frederick Charles Newitt/../../../Post Office Directory
1929/Thomas Abraham Dupree/../../../Post Office Directory
1932/Jack H Bodinetz/../../../Post Office Directory
Harry Goldapple is the son of Phillip Goldapple of the
Fountain, at 86 Jamaica street by
1916 having previously been at the
Rising Sun, Sidney street
during the famous siege in 1911.
1934/Harry Goldapple/../../../Kellys Directory
1939/Harry Goldapple/Publican/Born 10th Feb 1884/../Electoral register
1939/Fanny Goldapple/Domestic Duties/Born 9th Nov 1894/../Electoral register
1942/Harry Goldapple/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Harry Goldapple/../../../Post Office Directory
1948 - 60/Harry Goldapple/25 Bethnal green road/../../Electoral register
1948 - 60/Ida Goldapple/25 Bethnal green road/../../Electoral register
1948 - 60/Fanny Goldapple/25 Bethnal green road/../../Electoral register
1948 - 60/Leonard Goldapple/25 Bethnal green road/../../Electoral register
1961/Harry Goldapple of The Knave of Clubs 25 Bethnal Green Road London E1
died 25 November 1960 at the London Hospital London E1 Adminstration London
8 March to Leonard Goldapple public house manager. Effects £3736 15s 11d
1964 - 65/Leonard Goldapple/25 Bethnal green road/../../Electoral register
1964 - 65/Ida Goldapple/25 Bethnal green road/../../Electoral register
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