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This pub was established in the seventeenth century and rebuilt in its present form in around 1892. It is now called the Pig’s Ear (2009). **
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Black Lion, Church Street, Chelsea - in 1820
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Black Lion, Church Street, Chelsea - in 1865 - J E Hudson
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Black Lion, 35 (Old) Church Street, SW3 - in February 2009
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Residents at this address
1805/J Hanneycutt, Black Lion, Church lane, Chelsea/../../Holdens Directory
1823-24/Thomas White, Black Lion, Church street/../../Pigots Directory
1825/Mr Frost/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1826/Js Pearson, Black Lion, Church street/../../Middlesex Directory
1833-34/William Page/../../../Pigots Directory
St Lukes Lodge meets at the Black Lion, Kings road, Chelsea, London in 1839
1839/Jno & Benjamin Davis/../../../Pigots Directory
1843/John & Benjamin Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Davis/Victualler/43/Richmond, Surrey/Census
1851/Georgiana Davis/Wife/35/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Lydia Davis/Daughter/9/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Fanny Davis/Daughter/7/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Louisa Davis/Daughter/5/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Georgiana Davis/Daughter/3/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Charlotte Davis/Daughter/10 months/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Chrush/House Servant/21/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/James Bouland/Potman/21/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1856/John Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/William A Gosney/Victualler/38/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1861/Sarah Gosney/Wife/33/St Brides, Middlesex/Census
1861/William F Gosney/Son/6/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1861/Edward A Gosney/Son/2/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1861/William L Satchell/Potman/27/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Smith/General Servant/18/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
October 1865/John Edward Hudson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
October 1865/William Honnor Johnson/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/A J Beagle/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Frederick Alexandra/Licensed Victualler/23/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Ann Eastor/Cousin, Housekeeper, Widow/36/Cottenham,
Cambridge/Census
1881/Laura Turner/Barmaid/19/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1881/Mary Green/Servan/19/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Francis North/Waiter/46/Codicote, Hertford/Census
1882/Mrs Mary Pierce/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/George Keeling/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Elizabeth Codd/Licensed Victualler, Widow/36/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1891/Thomas Moss/Barman/27/London, Middlesex/Census
1891/Esther Richold/Servant, Widow/48/Huntingdonshire/Census
1891/Winifred Hill/Visitor, Apprentice/15/London, Middlesex/Census
1892/Mrs Elizabeth Codd/../../../Post Office Directory **
1899/Mrs Lilla Charlotte Bucklow/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/Mrs Lilla Charlotte Bucklow/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/Ernest J Allen/Manager (Licensed Victualler)/25/St Leonards,
Sussex/Census
1901/Georgina E Patterson/Housekeeper/41/Henbury, Gloucestershire/Census
1901/Edith Talbot/Barmaid/28/Claydon, Oxon/Census
1901/Edith Reed/General Servant/22/Fulham, London/Census
1907/Mrs Lilla Charlotte Bucklow/../../../Post Office Directory **
1921/Mrs Lilla Charlotte Bucklow/../../../Post Office Directory **
In 1921 census at 35 Church Street, Chelsea, are
Lilla C Bucklow, Licensed Victualler, Black Lion, Chelsea, aged 60 years 3 months, and born in Henbury, Gloucestershire
John Bucklow, Husband, Art Master, aged 55 years 1 month, and born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Marion E Bucklow, Daughter, School Teacher Assistant, London County Council, aged 25 years 8 months, and born in Bedford, Bedfordshire
1934/Arthur Hy Carter/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Arthur Hy Carter/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Philip Welford, Black Lion, 35 Old Church Street SW3/../../Post Office Directory
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