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I am trying to confirm a pub inscribed on the base of a circa 1890 pewter
pint mug I have just bought. It is inscribed �Hit or Miss�, Cork Street,
Camberwell and the dealer thinks the monogram on the front is �JGR� and that the
pub belonged to Highbury Brewery. I have been able to establish that there was a
pub at 10 Cork Street but not the name of the pub situated there.
I have also been able to establish that Highbury Brewery had a �Hit or Miss� pub
in Cork Street, Camberwell which was amongst five of its dozen or so pubs
�referred for compensation in 1907� to which I have connected that in 1896 FH &
AS Taylor (later Taylor Walker C/L) of 52/54 Holloway Road Islington registered
to acquire / take over various breweries / pubs which it did by 1912, closing
some 40 public houses in the process.
So presumably Taylor Walker took over Highbury Brewery which the Hit & Miss was
owned by / tied to and that was the end of the Hit & Miss and it was completely
closed and the site used for other purposes. **
Named in the 1906 compensation authority
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Residents at this address
1878/Grayson Whiley/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1881/../beer shop, no one lives there/../../Census *
1891/Henry Riggall/Beer Retailer/48/Bolton, Lincolnshire/Census *
1891/Eliza Riggall/Wife/46/Bolton, Lincolnshire/Census
1891/Kate Riggall/Daughter/17/Bermondsey/Census
1891/Thomas Riggall/Son, Barman/16/Bermondsey/Census
1891/Ada Riggall/Daughter/8/Walworth/Census
1892/J G Richards/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1896/Richard Crowe/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *
1898/Richard Miles Boyle/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1902/Charles William Jackson/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1901/Charles W. Jackson/Beer House Keeper/36/Islington/Census *
1901/Rose Jackson/Wife/32/Islington/Census
1901/Charles W. Jackson/Son/10/Islington/Census
1901/William C. Jackson/Son/7/Islington/Census
1901/Sidney Jackson/Son/5/Islington/Census
1901/Arthur Jackson/Son/3/Islington/Census
1901/Rose Jackson/Daughter/2/Islington/Census
1902/John Graham/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1903/John Graham/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1904/James Moir/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1905/Josiah Hedley Wilson/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
London Evening Standard 06 June 1906
Licensing Act 1904 Notice of principal meeting to discuss by the Compensation authority on the 2nd day of July 1906.
Newington
The Hit or Miss, 10 Cork street, Camberwell, Beer on, James Long
At the Session House, Clerkenwell, the Compensation authority dealt with licenses referred for Compensation from the Kensington, Newington, Paddington, St James and St Margarets divisions.
The Hit or Miss, 10 Cork street, Camberwell. Valuers figure was £1,164. The tenant, Mr James Long received £80, the Highbury Brewery Company £950, and the freeholder £134.
* Provided By Ewan
** Provided By Dennis Taylor
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