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Hackney Index
A watercolour of the Flying Horse exists at the Hackney Archive site ; This pub was long-established and may have been present as early as 1593. It was closed in 1914 and demolished in the 1930s. **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hackney, East London.
Flying Horse, Exmouth Place, 149 Mare Street, E8 - in 1903, by which time only the north wing of the pub was in use.
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1752/Michael Walton/../../../Hackney Petty Sessions Book **
1791/Pearson/../../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **
1805/T Pearson, the Flying Horse, Mare street, Hackney/../../Holdens Directory
1811/T Pearson, Flying Horse, Hackney/../../Holdens Directory
1823-24/John Collis, Flying Horse, Mare street/../../Pigot's Directory
1825/Mr
Collis, Flying Horse, Mare street, Hackney/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1826/Jno Collis/../../../Pigot's Directory
1836/John Clark, Flying Horse, Mare street/../../Pigot's Directory
1839/James Wand/../../../Pigot's Directory **
1842/James Wand/../../../Robson�s Directory **
1844/James Wand/../../../Thompsons Directory **
1847/J Wand / Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era, Sunday 17 January, 1847 **
1847/G Siggirs / Incoming Licensee /../../The Era, Sunday 17 January, 1847
**
1848/George Siggers/../../../Post Office Directory
1850/George Siggers/../../../Post Office Directory **
1851/George Siggers/../../../Kellys Directory
[In 1851 & 1861, the Public House is in Flying Horse Yard, Mare Street]
1851/George Siggers/Licensed Victualler/45/Burns, Essex/Census
1851/Lucy Siggers/Wife/46/Misley, Essex/Census
1851/George Siggers/Son/15/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1851/Ellen Drisco/Servant/22/Ireland/Census
1856/George Siggers / Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
May 1858/Joseph Smith/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1858/William Thomas Hudson jun/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer
1861/William F Hudson/Licensed Victualler/27/London/Census
1861/George Hudson/Brother/17/London/Census
1861/Selina McKeuley/Servant/23/London/Census
1861/Joseph Taylor/Servant/20/Rumford/Census
November 1863/William Thomas Hudson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1863/William Mosdell Herriott/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1864/Thomas Jolley / Manager /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
7th July 1866/Frederick H Lavell/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
7th July 1866/Edward Searles Davis/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
1866/Edward Searles Davis/../../../Middlesex Post Office Directory
July 1867/Edward Davis/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
July 1867/Thomas Cobner/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
August 1867/Thomas Cobner/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
August 1867/John Reed/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
July 1870/John James Reid/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
July 1870/Thomas Adams/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1871/Thomas Adams/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1871/Alfred Wellman Fleck/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1872/A W Fleck/../../../Hackney Brabners Directory **
1874/Alfred Fleck/../../../Middlesex Post Office Directory
August 1877/Alfred Wellman Fleck/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer
August 1877/Robert K Arnold/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1878/Robert Riddle Arnold/../../../Middlesex Post Office Directory
1881/Albert Edward Cowell / Keeper /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1881/Nellie Butt / Barmaid /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1881/Albert Ed Cowell/Licenced Victualler/29/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Grace Ann Cowell/Wife/27/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Albert Ed Cowell/Son/3/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Jas Cowell/Son/5/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Pravy/Barmaid/27/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Bingham/Barmaid/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Bayere/General Servant Domestic/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1885/Albert Edward Cowell / Formerly Victualler & Livery Stable Keeper, now
Out-of-Business /../../London Gazette, 30 March 1886 **
1896/Walter Samuel Ffitch/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/John Hy William Seager/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/Walter Amos/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/Walter Amos/Licensed Victualler/30/Dartford, Kent/Census
1901/Maud Amos/Wife/30/Eynsford, Kent/Census
1901/Cicely Amos/Daughter/4/Lee, Kent/Census
1901/Hilda Amos/Daughter/4 months/Hackney, London/Census
1901/Harry Trannell/Servant/28/Kings Cross, London/Census
1901/Helen Woodhouse/Servant/19/City, London/Census
1901/Ada Parkins/Niece/12/Dartford, Kent/Census
1903/Arthur Robert Brunton/../../../Black
Sheep Index **
1904/George Mirams/../../../P. O. Directory **
1905/Harry Horton / Manager /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
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.
Tower
The Flying Horse, Mare street, St John at Hackney, Full, Deborah Frankford
1910/Frank Albert Woodcock/../../../Post Office Directory
London Evening Standard 22 June 1910
Licensing Act 1904 Notice of principal meeting to discuss by the Compensation authority on 12th July 1910
Tower
Flying Horse, Mare street, Hackney, Full, Frank Albert Woodcock
1911/F A Woodcock/Licensed Victualler/33/St Pancras, London/Census ***
1911/Poppy Woodcock/Wife/35/Islington, London/Census
1911/Edna S Woodcock/Daughter/5/Shoreditch, London/Census
1911/Harry J Woodcock/Son/3/Islington, London/Census
1911/Rose F Woodcock/Daughter/1/Hackney, London/Census
1911/Edith E Parrish/Nursemaid/16/Hackney, London/Census
+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By John Carnaby
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