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Existed from at least 1801. The address is 36 Little Eastcheap in 1839 and earlier. * At 36 Eastcheap in 1856. Earlier census for this address are in St Andrew Hubbards. This pub was rebuilt in its present form in 1892, and At 27 & 29 Eastcheap by 1898. In around 1916 it was renamed the Bodega, and continued under that name until at least 1952. The premises are now in retail use. ** The pub was designed by Bird & Walters in the Queen Anne style. ***
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Cow & Calf Tavern, 27-29 Eastcheap, EC3 - in June 2007
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Residents at this address
1801/William Thurland/dealer in spirituous liquors/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1802/William Thurstand/dealer in spirituous liquors/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1804/William Thurland/dealer in spirituous liquors/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1806/Mr Farmer, Cow and Calf, Little Eastcheap/../../London Brewery 1806 customer for supplying the public with genuine malt liquor
1827/Christopher Burrow, Cow & Calf, 38 Little Eastcheap/../../Pigots Directory
1829/T Burrow/../../../Robsons Directory
1839/Thomas Burrow/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/Thomas Burrow/../../../P.O. Directory **
1844/Luke Bell/../../../Thompsons Directory **
1851/Joseph Irish/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1856/Joseph Irish/../../../Post Office Directory
Morning Advertiser 20 February 1860 - Transfer of Licences
Cow and Calf, Eastcheap, to Elizabeth Irish, widow and executrix of Joseph Irish, the late occupier
1861/Elizabeth Irish/Licensed Victualler, Widow/53/Beckenham, Kent/Census
1861/Charlotte Pulham/Barmaid/25/Dorking, Surrey/Census
1861/Ann Pigott/General Servant/22/London/Census
1861/Thomas Pryer/Barman/27/Sutton, Surrey/Census
1861/William Blackburn/Barman/18/Chichester, Surrey/Census
1869/Mrs Elizabeth Irish/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Felix Estaugh/Barman/22/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Frederick Barton/Barman/30/St Johns Wood, Middlesex/Census
1871/Elizabeth Dunham/Barmaid/25/Bridport, Dorset/Census
1871/Elizabeth Stemp/General Servant/32/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1878/Henry Geo P Irish/../../../Post Office Directory **
1879/Charles Pearce/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/George Pearce/Licensed Victualler/20/Marylebone/Census
1881/Arthur Pearce/Brother, Licensed Victualler/21/Marylebone/Census
1881/Mary Evans/Barmaid/34/Montgomeryshire/Census
1881/Eleanor Gray/Barmaid/22/Leicester/Census
1881/Emma Nash/General Servant/26/Islington/Census
1881/Charles Walters/Barman/18/Marylebone/Census
1882/Walter Samuel Millis/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Walter S Millis/../../../Business Directory of London **
1889/Percy A Millis/../../../Post Office Directory **
1894/F F Antiss/../../../City of London Directory **
1895/Anstiss & Parriss/../../../Post Office Directory *
1898/Augustus David John Chinnery, Cow & Calf Tavern, 27 & 29 Eastcheap EC/../../Post Office Directory
The history of Thomas John Sewell, licensee
1899/Thomas John Sewell/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/H W Brown & Co, Cow & Calf Tavern, 27 & 29 Eastcheap EC/../../Post Office Directory
1904/H W Brown & Co/../../../Post Office Directory **
1911/George John Taylor/Manager/32/Newport, Monmouthshire/Census
1911/Helen Ford/Housemaid/26/High Barnet, London/Census
1911/Thomas Albert Hutchinson/Barman/18/Blackfriars, London/Census
1911/Henry Frederick Mathias/Barman/22/Shoreditch, London/Census
1911/Henry James Gardner/Barman/27/Wandsworth, London/Census
1911/William Moses/Barman/23/Whitechapel, London/Census
1915/Frederick Jago/../../../Post Office Directory **
1921/Bodega Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory **
1923/Bodega Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory **
1926/Bodega Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory **
In 1939 at the Cow and Calf, 27-29 Eastcheap, in Billingsgate is
Kenneth M Paton, manager of Licensed premises, born 20th July 1903;
Monica L Paton, manageress of Licensed premises, born 23rd Nove3mber 1905.
1953/Bodega/../../../Bt Telephone Directory
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