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This Carpenters Arms is a very short lived beer house which is very close to the Prince of Wales in the 1861 census only. There only appears to be one beer retailer at the Carpenters Arms, and I have added a bit of their history.
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
On the 13th October 1859, Thomas Richard Cross, a widow, and a horse slaughterer, marries Mary Ann Finch, also a widow, both of South Hackney.
The witnesses to the marriage are a Henry Green, and a Ruth Cater. Parents listed as Richard Cross and John Samuel Cater.
1861/Thomas Cross/Beer Retailer/39/Camden Town. Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary A Cross/Wife/29/Homerton. Middlesex/Census
1861/Frances Cater/Sister in Law/32/Homerton. Middlesex/Census
1861/Thomas Cross/Son/7 months/Camden Town. Middlesex/Census
On January 1870, two baptisms take place, those of Georgina Elizabeth Cross, and also Frederick Thomas Cross, and their address is at 125 High street.
The father, Thomas Richard is described as a general dealer.
In the 1871 census, he is living at 125 High street, where his sister Georgina Green, aged 45, is the head of the household.
On 27th October 1876, Thomas Richard Cross is buried aged 54.
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