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At 131 Wirtemburg Street in the 1881 census, and still at this address in 1896. W�rttemberg Street was renamed Stonhouse Street 14 March 1919 ** This pub and street were probably renamed as a result of Germanophobia following World War I. Later The Windsor Arms, 165 Stonehouse street by 1921, and renamed as The Stonhouse around 2009. *+
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Windsor Arms, 165 Stonehouse street, Clapham SW4
Residents at this address.
1851/John Rapley/Beer House Keeper/44/Handford, Surrey/Census ***
1851/Maria Rapley/Wife/46/Walton, Surrey/Census
1851/George Rapley/Son, Clerk/17/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1851/Maria Rapley/Daughter/15/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1851/Emma Rapley/Daughter/11/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1851/Charles Rapley/Son/8/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1851/William Rapley/Son/6/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1851/Ellen Rapley/Daughter/3/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1851/Frederick Rapley/Son/2/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1856/John Rapley/beer retailer, Wirtemberg street/../../../Post Office Directory
1858/John Rapley, Wirtemberg Arms, Wirtemberg street/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/John Rapley/Licensed Victualler/54//Census ***
1861/Maria Rapley/Wife/50//Census
1861/Maria Rapley/Daughter/24//Census
1861/Charles Rapley/Son, Clerk in Ship B Office/17//Census
1861/William Rapley/Son/15/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1861/Ellen Rapley/Daughter/13/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1861/Frederick Rapley/Son/11/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1861/William Rapley/Nephew, Clerk to Hay Selesman/20/Tooting, Surrey/Census
Reeve James Wilkinson, The will of James Wilkinson Reeve late of the Wertemberg Arms, Wertemberg Street Clapham in the County of Surrey Victualler deceased who died 21 December 1868 at the Wertemberg Arms.
In 1861, James Wilkinson Reeve is at the Two Mariners, 15 Hardinge
Street, Ratcliffe
March 1867/William Rapley/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
March 1867/Charles Rapley/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1868/James Wilkinson Reeve/../../../../Probate - 21st December 1868 *
1871/Mary Reeves/Landlady of Wurtemberg Arms, Widow/57/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/James R Reeves/Son/28/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/Frederick R Reeves/Son/23/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/Harriet Reeves/Daughter/19/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/Ellen Broom/Servant/20/Reading, Berkshire/Census
1878/Mrs Mary Reeve/../../../../Surrey Directory
1881/Mary Reeves/Licensed Victualler, Widow/67/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1881/Frederick Reeves/Son, Assistant/33/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1881/Richard F Thornton/Grandson, Waiter/15/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1881/Alicia Weston/Barmaid/22/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Caroline Holloway/Domestic Servant/26/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1892/Mrs Rhoda Mary Skinnard/../../../../Post Office Directory
1896/Mrs Rhoda Mary Skinnard/../../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Rhoda M Kingdom/Licensed Victualler/48/South Molton, Devon/Census
1901/Maud M Skinnard/Daughter, Assists/16/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1901/Mary E Derry/General Servant/46/Cardiff, Wales/Census
1901/Mrs Rhoda Mary Skinnard/../../../../Post Office Directory
1904/James Edward Manktelow/../../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Frederick George Gerlick/../../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Frederick George Gerlick/../../../../Post Office Directory
Windsor Arms - changed in 1915:
1921/F G Gerlach/../../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at Windsor Arms, 165 Stonhouse St, Sw4, Stonhouse Street
Robert Cox, Public House Manager, F G Gerlach Licensed Victualler, aged 33 years 4 months and born in Bethnal Green, London
Beatrice Cox, Wife, Public House Manageress, F G Gerlach Licensed Victualler, aged 34 years 6 months and born in Portsea, Hampshire
Alice Richens, Barmaid, R Cox Manager Public House, aged 27 years 6 months and born in Wanborough, Wiltshire
Elizabeth Mary Gittus, Cook, R Cox Manager Public House, aged 35 years 9 months and born in Herefordshire
George W Dibley, Barman, R Cox Manager Public House, aged 18 years 11 months and born in Camberwell, London
You have my families licensing of the Windsor Arms, Stonhouse street, Clapham, in the 1920's and quite a tragic end for the landlord his wife and eldest son. They were Thomas Shields Senior and Junior and wife Alice Margaret. ****
The son died of Pneumonia in 1928. His mother soon after as bereft of her son and then her husband died some two years later as reported in the press. ****
South Western Star. 13 July 1928
Shortly before 12 o'clock on Wednesday, when Clapham High street was crowded with shoppers, a terrible accident happened.
A motor-car mounted the pavement at the corner of High street and Stonhouse street. It struck Mis Louis Beale of 109 Stonhouse street and forced her through a plate glass window of Messrs Meakers shop.
Among those who witnessed the terrible spectacle was Mrs Alice Spicer, a daily help employed by Mr T Shields, licensee of the Windsor Arms public house, Stonhouse street. When she was on her way home she unexpectedly found hereself in the crowd outside Meakers shop. Seeing what had occurred she collapsed and had to be carried back to the Windsor Arms
Streatham News. 11 April 1930
The children of the late Mr Thomas Henry Sheilds of the Windsor Arms, Stonhouse street, Clapham, desire to thank all those who sent floral tribuyes and letters of sympathy during their recent great bereavement.
South Western Star. 28 September 1934 License Transfers
Windsor Arms, 165 Stonhouse street, Clapham, Robert Sidney Manktelow to Aubrey William Webb
In 1934 Mr Webb took over the Windsor Arms after being "Mine host" of the Bell in Wandsworth road
1938/Audrey W Webb/../../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Audrey W Webb/../../../../Post Office Directory
South Western Star. 10 December 1943
Mr A W Webb, "The Windsor Arms," 165 Stonhouse street, Clapham, was summoned at South Western Police court on Monday for failing to keep on the premises on September 27 an accurate record of fish purchased for consumption in a catering establishment; obtaining between July 25 and September 18, 27 pounds of wet fish in excess of his authorisation; failing to keep an accurate record of the quantity of rationed foods obtained; and of meals and hot beverages served; and disposing of three and a half pounds of tea in excess of the amount permitted to be used.
Pleaded guilty to all the summonses. Fines totalling £30, with £5 5s costs were imposed.
South Western Star. 01 February 1963 - Getting to know the Guv'nor.
Connected to the licensing trade since he was 13, Mr Aubrey Webb, guv'nor of the Windsor Arms in Clapham, Stonhouse street, and now aged 68, understandably says that things ain't what they used to be in his business - particularly in small family pubs.
Looking back over the years spent behind the bar he recalls how customers used to get much more entertainment in their locals than now.
"The young customers nowadays puzzle me", he said , "They don't seem to enjoy themselves so much in the pubs and some of them look lost"
The Windsor Arms still returns a lingering pre-war look about it. Television has not replaced the radio and a piano has not been ousted by a record player.
Indeed the only time the pub has seemed to bow to change and public opinion was in 1915 during the first world ward. The proprietor hastily changed the name of the premises from the Wurtemberg Arms to the Windsor.
In 1934 Mr Webb took over the Windsor Arms after being "Mine host" of the Bell in Wandsworth road. He recalled how he was soon doing a healthy trade with the locals living in a densely packed area near the pub.
But in the last decade trade has tapered off. Surrounding houses were knocked down and the population moved to another area.
Mr Webb indicated out of his front window a large patch of bare ground saying that many of his customers used to live there. There are to be new houses built on the site but that development is not expected to take place for two or three years.
Said the Guv'nor, "luckily this pub still atrracts a regular family trade and I am on first name terms with many of my customers.
The Present spell of cold weather has brought his trade tumbling down as never before. Many of his customers are staying indoors and he has been plauged with frozen pipes.
"I could write at least two books on what I have seen since starting in an off licence shop at 13 years of age".
Then he became a shop assistant in Brixton, but "decided to get in a more honest trade". and worked behind the bar in a Stockwell pub.
His service in three other pubs was interrupted by the First World War which took him to France, but he returned hone uscathed, and determined to have his own pub.
Soon he was Guv'nor of the Duke of York, Clapham, and moved to the Bell before finally settling in the Windsor Arms, where he says he will spend the rest of his life.
Mr Webb who lives above the pub with his wife Maria has a 37 year old son Albert who works in an insurance office.
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*** Provided by Philip Mayberry
**** Provided by Shona Perkins
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