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Existed from at least 1858. At 23 St Peter Street in 1871 census and earlier. This was demolished by enemy action on the 19th April 1941 and closed. The address is at 77 St Peters Avenue by 1940, following street renaming. *
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Oxford Arms, 77 St Peter Street, Bethnal Green E2 - in 1919
Oxford Arms, 77 St Peter Street, Bethnal Green E2 - in 1941
Residents at this address.
May 1858/George Page/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1858/William Richardson/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
Tower Hamlets Mail 20 November 1858 - Licence transfers :
Oxford Arms, Peter street, William Richardson to Frederick Hucks
1861/Fredrick Hucks/Victualler/37/Hoxton, Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census *
1861/Rosetta Hucks/Wife/37/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry J. Leah/Brother-in-Law, Auctioneer/18/Romford, Essex/Census
1861/Martha Martin/Servant/18/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1861/Joseph Smith/Potman/19/St Andrew Holborn, Middlesex/Census
October 1862/Frederick Hucks/ Outgoing Licensee /../../East London Observer
October 1862/Matthew Thomas Manchester/ Incoming Licensee /../../East London Observer
August 1864/Matthew Thomas Manchester/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
August 1864/William Henry Stanton/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1869/Joseph Comly/23 St Peter Street/../../Post Office Directory
1871/Joseph Comly/Licensed Victualler/58/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1871/Sarah M Comly/Wife/43/Walworth, Surrey/Census
1871/Elizabeth Comly/Daughter, Assistant/19/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sarah Comly/Daughter, Assistant/17/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Edward Comly/Son, Apprentie to Lithographic Artist/14/Stepney,
Middlesex/Census
1871/William Frost/Pot Boy/15/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary Watson/Niece/20/Old Ford, Middlesex/Census
1872/J Cornley/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
January 1875/Joseph Cowley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1875/Rienzi Hillier/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1882/J. H. Bockelmann/../../../Post Office Directory *
1891/Jno Bockelmann/Publican/22/Whitechapel/Census
1891/Henry Holstein/Barman/16/Whitechapel/Census
1891/Lellett Grace/Housekeeper/56/Sussex/Census
1895/J. H. Bockelmann/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Henry George Pope/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Joseph Midgley/Publican/33/Canning Town, Essex/Census
1901/Eliza Midgley/Wife/30/Blackheath, London/Census
1901/Joseph R Midgley/Son/7/St Lukes, London/Census
1901/L De Maid Midgley/Barmaid/19/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1901/Annie Treadwell/Cook/33/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1905/Joseph Midgley /Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 24 January 1905 **
1910/William Charles Creeden/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/James Lewis/Licensed Victualler/63/St Mary, near Rochester, Kent/Census
1911/Mary Ann Burton/Domestic Servant/74/Tacklestone, Norfolk/Census
1911/Issabella Helen Burton/Barmaid/25/Arrengton/Census
1911/Charles Walter Thomas Burton/Barman/22/Kingsland, London/Census
1913/Gordon/../../../Freehold
1915/Charles Frederick Gordon/../../../Post Office Directory
1919 - 1929/Cornish/../../../Freehold
1921/Arthur A Cornish/../../../Hughes Directory
The 1921 census at 77, St. Peter Street, Bethnal Green
Arthur Cornish, Licensed Victualler, aged 25 years 8 months and born in Stepney, Middlesex, Employer
Jessie Cornish, Wife, Licensed Victualler, aged 26 years 11 months and born in Marylebone, Middlesex, Employer
William Norman, Bar Man, aged 19 years 8 months and born in St Luke's, Middlesex
Phyllis Cornish, Daughter, aged 10 months and born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex
1930 - 1931/Aris/../../../Freehold
1932 - 1941/Poole/../../../Freehold
1938/Albert Ernest Poole/../../../Post Office Directory
1940/Albert Ernest Poole/../../../Post Office Directory *
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