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The address is given as 1 Owens Row in most directories up to 1915, but is also listed at 55 St John Street Road in 1841, and at 132 St John Street Road in 1895, before settling down to 360 St John Street by 1910, following street renaming. * It closed in 2000 and is now in use as a restaurant (2007). **
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Empress of Russia, 362 St John Street - in March 2007
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Residents at this address
1811/_ Ockwell, Empress of Russia, Owens row, Islington road/../../Holdens Directory
1829/Thomas Reid, Empress of Russia, 1 Owens row, Goswell road/../../Robson's Directory
1833-34/Henry Etheridge, Empress of Russia, 1 Owens Row/../../Pigot's Directory *
1836/Henry Etheridge, Empress of Russia, 1 Owens Row, Goswell road/../../Pigot's Directory
1839/Edward Scott/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/Edward Scott/../../../Post Office Directory *
1842/Benjamin Peacock/../../../Robson's Directory *
1843/William Bright/../../../Post Office Directory
1846/William Osborn/../../../P.O. Directory **
1848/Samuel Rayner/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/Samuel Rayner/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1856/Mrs Ann Rayner/../../../Post Office Directory *
1861/Ann Rayner/Licensed Victualler, Widow/74/Llanover, Brecon/Census
1861/John Rayner/Son, Licensed Victualler/46/Uxbridge, Middlesex/Census
1861/Ann Rayner/Daughter/39/Bloomsbury, Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary Rayner/Daughter/55/Hay, Brecon/Census
1861/Mary Ann Bosworth/House Servant/18/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
March 1866/William Carter/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/William Carter/../../../Post Office Directory *
1876/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1877/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1878/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1879/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1880/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1881/Henry Crozier/Licenced Victualler/58/Shoreditch/Census
1881/Jane Allenbery/Housekeeper/33/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Step/Barman/17/Strand/Census
1881/Frances Picon/Potman/19/Spitalfields/Census
1881/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1882/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1883/Henry Crozier/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1884/John Cross & Joseph Heywood/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1884/Jane Atterbury/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1884/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1885/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1886/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1887/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1888/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1889/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1890/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1891/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1892/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1893/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1894/Frederick Frampton Beard/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1895/Alexander Taylor/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1899/Henry William Winter/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/Henry William Winter/../../../Post Office Directory **
1910/Mrs Elizabeth Winter/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Mrs Elizabeth Winter/../../../Post Office Directory
1919/William James Bristow/../../../Post Office Directory **
In 1921 at 360, St John Street, Finsbury, London
William J Bristow, Licensed Victualler, aged 54 years 10 months and born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Amelia Bristow, Wife, aged 51 years 7 months and born in Walworth, Surrey
Edward Bristow, Son, Barman, aged 27 years 8 months and born in Walworth, Surrey
Alice Bristow, Daughter, Barmaid, aged 25 years 2 months and born in St Margarets, Middlesex
Elsie Bristow, Daughter-in-law, aged 28 years 1 month and born in Mortlake, Surrey
Edward Parry, Boarder, Clerk, aged 50 years 5 months and born in Walworth, Surrey
1934/Michael Nathan/../../../Post Office Directory
Holloway Press. 14 April 1934 Transfers;
Empress of Russia, 362 St John street, Michael Nathan to Richard Percival Robinson
1938/Rd Percival Robinson/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Chas N G Dibsdall/../../../Post Office Directory
1983/EMPRESS OF RUSSIA: 362 St John Street EC1. Whitbread/../../Pub Listing
1991/EMPRESS OF RUSSIA: 362 St John Street EC1. Whitbreads./../../Pub Listing
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