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Bishopsgate street in 1682 Morgans Map records 853 Red Lion Inne and 863 Catherine wheel Inne. It also records 855 Soapers alley ; 862 Crown yard ; 856 Horshoe alley ; 857 White hind Court ; 858 Three Tunn alley ; 859 Half moon alley ; 862 Crown yard ; 864 Swan yard ; 867 Bottle alley plus 865 Rose alley and 866 Vine Court.
This old coaching inn was certainly present by 1682 at least. It was demolished in 1911, by which time it was the last
surviving galleried coaching inn in the City **
In the 1839 Pigots directory, there is a Catherine Wheel and an Old Catherine Wheel a few doors apart. In the 1841 census, Joseph Burton exists as a publican in Catherine Wheel alley.
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Old Catherine Wheel Inn, 40 Bishopsgate Street Without, although the Pub is gone it is remembered by a roadsign - in December 2006
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The 1682 Morgans Map records a '863 Catherine wheel Inne' in its index, which is in Bishopsgate street
John Strype Survey of London in 1720 - Bishopsgate Ward lists '60 Katherine wheel Inn'.
The 1746 Rocques Map records a Catherine wheel Inn, which is in Bishopsgate street
1794/Samuel Ager (Tap)/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
The 1799 Rocques Map records a Catherine wheel alley, which runs between Bishopsgate street and east to Petticoat Lane
1806/Mr Rust, George and Catherine Wheel, Bishopsgate street/../../London Brewery 1806 customer for supplying the public with genuine malt liquor
1808/Richard Walter, George and Catherine Wheel, George and Catherine Wheel yard, Bishopsgate Without/../../Holdens Directory
1809/Joseph Burton / Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
Lockies description in 1810/Catherine Wheel Inn, Bishopsgate Without, is a few doors North from New Street by Catherine wheel alley.
1814/Joseph Burton / Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1819/Joseph Burton / Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1821/Joseph Burton / Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
April 1827/William Sykes/Catherine Wheel, Bishopsgate street without/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1827/William Sykes/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1829/William Walter / Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
Catherine Wheel, Catherine Wheel alley :
1832, William Sykes, Catherine Wheel Inn, 40 Bishopsgate without/../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/Jos Burton, Catherine Wheel, 3 Catherine Wheel alley/../../Pigots Directory
1839/Joseph Burton/Catherine Wheel, 43 Bishopsgate without/../../Pigots Directory
1841/Joseph Burton/Publican/50/../Census
1841/William Burton/../20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Edgar Burton/../15/Middlesex/Census
1841/James Burton/../12/Middlesex/Census
1841/Charles Burton/../10/Middlesex/Census
1841/Agness Burton/../1/Middlesex/Census
1841/Henry Burton/../15/Middlesex/Census
1841/Mary Prossen/Female Servant/20/../Census
1842/W Sykes, Catherine Wheel Inn, 40 Bishopsgate without/../../Robsons Directory
1842/J Geddes, Catherine Wheel Tavern, 40 Bishopsgate without/../../Robsons Directory
1848/William Robins/../../../Post Office Directory
October 1847/William Robins/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
October 1847/John Lewis/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
May 1850/John Lewis/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1850/Joseph Rowe/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/Joseph Rowes/Licensed Victualler/32/Shoreditch/Census
1851/Mary Ann Rowes/Wife/26/Shoreditch/Census
1851/Mary A R Rowes/Daughter/3/Bethnal Green/Census
1851/Margaret Roach/Domestic Servant/18/Cork, Ireland/Census
1851/George Whiting/Domestic Servant/26/Shoreditch/Census
1852/Joseph Rowe/../../../Watkins Directory **
Old Catherine Wheel Tavern, 40 Bishopsgate without :
1839/John Geddes/Old Catherine Wheel Tavern, 40 Bishopsgate without/../../Pigots Directory
1841/J Geddes/Old Catherine Wheel Tavern, 40 Bishopsgate without/../../P.O. Directory **
1841/John Geddes/Publican/35/Middlesex/Census
1841/Mary Geddes/../30/Middlesex/Census
1841/Mary Geddes/../7/Middlesex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Painte/Female Servant/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Hannah Lee/Female Servant/15/Middlesex/Census
1841/George Phillips/Male Servant/15/Middlesex/Census
1843/John Geddes/Old Catherine Wheel Tavern, 40 Bishopsgate without /../../P.O. Directory **
1851/John Alex. Geddes/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1851/John Giddes/Wine Merchant, Licensed Victualler/44/Clerkenwell/Census
1851/Mary Ann Giddes/Wife/40/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1851/Eliza A Giddes/Daughter/18/Sheerness, kent/Census
1851/Mary A Giddes/Daughter/16/City of London/Census
1851/Catheine Emma Giddes/Daughter/14/Botolph, Bishopsgate/Census
1851/Sarah Cole/Barmaid/19/Botolph, Bishopsgate/Census
1851/Agnes Marshall/Barmaid/21/Ireland/Census
1851/Ann Meyer/Cook/19/Ireland/Census
1851/Mary O'Connor/Housemaid/19/Ireland/Census
1851/William Young/Boots/22/Warwickshire/Census
1851/Isaac Benton/Ostler/67/Ely, Cambridgeshire/Census
1851/Mathew Benton/Ostler/43/Ely/Census
1851/John E Taylor/Visitor, Butcher/57/Burley, Kent/Census
1851/James Walton/Visitor/65/Hepworth, Suffolk/Census
1855/J Geddes/../../../P.O. Directory **
1856/J Geddes/../../../Post Office Directory
John Geddes is listed in Bracknell in the 1861, a wine merchant and father in law.
1861/Mary A Geddes/Victuallers Wife/../Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1861/Mary A Geddes/Daughter/26/London/Census
1861/Catherine E Geddes/Daughter/24/London/Census
1861/?/Niece/19/Ely, Cambridgshire/Census
1861/Elizabeth Baird/Barmaid/20/Chatham, Kent/Census
1861/Emma E Guiva/Barmaid/20/Baddow, Essex/Census
1861/Ann Cocklin/Kitchenmaid/22/Ireland/Census
1861/Caroline E Beech/Housemaid/29/Henham, Essex/Census
1861/William R Hall/Potman/17/Fenstanton, Huntingdon/Census
1861/William Saval/Yardman/22/Thaxted, Essex/Census
1865/J Geddes/../../../P.O. Directory **
1869/J Geddes/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/John Geddes/Catherine Wheel Inn, Widow/64/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary Geddes/Daughter/36/London/Census
1871/Katherine Geddes/Daughter/34/London/Census
1871/Elizabeth Geddes/Daughter/38/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1871/Emily Feltz/Barmaid/19/Haggerston, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary Berry/Cook/28/Ireland/Census
1871/Margaret Rook/Housemaid/20/Redhill, Surrey/Census
1871/George Frosburg/Potman/22/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
3 April 1873/The Will of John Geddes late of the "Old Catherine Wheel" Inn
40 Bishopsgate street in the City of London innkeeper and Wine Merchant who
died 4 March 1873 at the "Old Catherine Wheel" was proved at the Principal
Registry by Charles Edmeades Tolhurst of East Hamstead Villa Bracknell in
the County of Berkshire Gentleman Mary Ann Geddes and Catherine Emma Geddes
both of the "Old Catherine Wheel" Spinsters the Daughters the Executors.
Effects under £5000
1874/L B Crout/../../../Licensed Victualler & Hoteliers Directory
1876/James Benjamin Walker/../../../P.O. Directory **
1878/George Carey/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/Henry Batchelor/Ostler - Inn/41/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1881/Ellen Jane Batchelor/Wife/39/Paxton, Somerset/Census
1881/Bertha Batchelor/Daughter/10/Stoke Newington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Arthur Batchelor/Son/7/Stoke Newington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Batchelor/Daughter/5/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Batchelor/Son/2/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Hornsey/Licensed Victuallers Manager/25/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Clara Hornsey/Wife/23/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Barker/Barman/19/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ann Clarborough/Domestic Servant/45/Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1881/Chas Weller/Lodger, Commercial Traveller/65/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1884/Henry H Finch/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Joseph D Bouffler/../../../Business Directory of London **
1891/Joseph Bouffler/../../../Post Office Directory **
1893/Henry Hobson Finch/../../../Post Office Directory **
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