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Half Moon, 471 Holloway road, Islington N7

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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

Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in circa 1910

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Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in March 2008

Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in March 2008

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in 2016

Half Moon, 471 Holloway Road, Islington, N7 - in 2016

Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin

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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