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at Grosvenor Place, Holloway Road in 1881; renamed the Quays in 2001 **
The Half Moon, Holloway road in circa 1910 shows the pub as it was until it became The Quays in 2001. The second is 2016 when after a major refit the pub reopened as The Edward Lear, named after the local writer. It has since been renamed as The Owl & The Hitchhiker. ***
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Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in circa 1910
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Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in March 2008
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Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in 2016
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Residents at this address.
1805/Robert Graves/../../../Holden's Directory *
1809/Thomas Jenks, Half Moon, Holloway/../../Holdens Directory
1825/Mr Harland/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association records
1826/Richard Hartland/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1833-34/Richard Harland/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1856/Edward Norman/../../../Post Office Directory *
1862/Daniel Heath/../../../Post Office Directory *
April 1864/Daniel Heath, deceased/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
April 1864/Sophia Winchester/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
March
1866/Sophia Winchester/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
January 1867/Sophia Winchester/Outgoing Licensee/../../Islington Gazette
January 1867/Peter Osgood/Incoming Licensee/../../Islington Gazette
1867/Peter Olsgood/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association records
April 1868/Peter Isgood/Outgoing Licensee/../../Islington Gazette & Era
1869/James Whitcombe/../../../Post Office Directory *
April 1868/James Whitcombe/Incoming Licensee/../../Islington Gazette &
Era
November 1869/James Witcombe/Outgoing Licensee/../../Islington Gazette
November 1869/Charles Davis/Incoming Licensee/../../Islington Gazette
May 1872/Thomas Charles Watkins/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
May 1872/Thomas Wootton Gurney/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1874/S. Burnand/../../../Licensed Victuallers and Hotel Keepers Directory *
1878/Meeking & Son/../../../Post Office Directory **
Islington Gazette 26 May 1879
Transfer of Licenses
Half Moon, Holloway road, William Stephen Whelpdale to William Thomas Brown
1881/William T Brown/Publican/30/Ilminster, Somerset/Census
1881/Martha A Brown/Wife/21/Isle Of Dogs/Census
1881/William Franklin/Barman/19/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/John Lander/Barman/29/Camden Town, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ellen Smith/General Servant/30/Hatton, Warwick/Census
1882/William Thomas Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Walter Toombs/../../../Post Office Directory *
1891/Jas Daniel Donald/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Harry Moore/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Joseph Brown/../../../Post Office Directory *
1906/Alfred Dwarber Dodson/../../../Post Office Directory *
1910/Louis Lipman/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Louis Lipman/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Louis Lipman/../../../Post Office Directory
1927/Percy Thomas Elnaugh/../../../Post Office Directory *
1934/Percy Thos Elnaugh/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Percy Thos Elnaugh/../../../Post Office Directory
1940/Sydney Edward Morris/../../../Post Office Directory *
1944/Pioneer Catering Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
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** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Vincent O'Loughlin
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