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At Holloway in 1851; At 1 & 2 Holloway Terrace, Holloway Road in 1869; This pub has closed in recent years and is now in use as an amusement arcade. ** The pub closed in 2004, towards the end it was renamed The Mustang Diner and finally O'Neills. ***
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Nags Head, Holloway road & Seven Sisters road, N1 - circa 1900 with landlord William Wheeler
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Nag's Head, 456 Holloway Road, N1 - in March 2008
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Residents at this address.
1848/William Newman/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *+
1851/William Newman/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
July 1854/William Newman/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1854/George Palmer/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/George Palmer/../../../Post Office Directory *+
1861/Joseph Wood /Head - Licensed victualler/50/Greenwich, Kent /census *
1861/Mary Selby Wood /wife /50 /Shoreditch, Middlesex /census
1861/Mary Elizabeth Wood /daughter /23 /St Pancras, Middlesex /census
1861/Ann Mansfield /servant /23 /St Pancras, Middlesex /census
1861/Henry Owen /servant /21 /St Pancras, Middlesex /census
August 1862/Mary Selby Wood/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
Richard Hollyman is born in 1834, and here in the 1871 census, and by August 1862 according to Petty Sessions records. He is a son of Richard Hollyman, also a victualler at the Dolphin, 16 Long Alley, Shoreditch.
August 1862/Richard Hollyman/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
March 1866/Richard Hollyman/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/Richard Hollyman/../../../Post Office Directory
July 1869/Richard Hollyman/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1871/Richard Hollyman/Licensed Victualler/36/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jane Hollyman/Wife/36/Harrow, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jane Hollyman/Daughter/12/St Clement Danes, Middlesex/Census
1871/Emma Hollyman/Daughter/10/St George Hanover Square, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thos Hollyman/Son/8/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Frederick Hollyman/Son/6/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Annie Hollyman/Daughter/5/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Christeen Hollyman/Daughter/3/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Samuel Burson/Barman/28/Finchley, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thos Thorne/Barman/20/Unknown/Census
1871/Jane Curby/Domestic Servant/21/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jessie Cuspson/Domestic Servant/14/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1877/Richard Hollyman/../../../Marriage of Sarah Jane Hollyman to Thomas Henry Jackson
1879/Richard Hollyman/../../../Post Office Directory
Islington Gazette 26 May 1879
Transfer of Licenses
Nags Head, Hollyway road, Richard Hollyman to Thomas Hollyman
By 1881, Richard Hollyman is at the
Earl of Lonsdale,
16 Archer Street, Kensington. He dies there in 1884.
1881/William Buxton/Manager To Publican/36/Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Buxton/Wife/31/Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Buxton/Daughter/5/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1881/Edith Buxton/Daughter/3/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Arthur Buxton/Son/2/Middlesex/Census
1881/Florence Buxton/Daughter/1/Middlesex/Census
1881/Arthur Bowyer/Barman/21/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Croxon/Barman/19/Finley, Essex/Census
1881/George Knolman/Barman/18/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Rosa Dickie/Barmaid/20/Middlesex/Census
1881/James Burrs/Potman/24/Birmingham, Warwick/Census
1881/Lucy Bent/General Servant21/Hackney, Middlesex//Census
1881/Mary Pryor/Nurse/17/Stratford, Essex/Census
1882/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory *+
1884/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory *+
1885/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory **
1891/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory *+
1899/William Wheeler/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Herbert Wheeler/Publican/23/Lambeth, London/Census
1901/Thomas E Abbott/Head Barman/37/Lambeth, London/Census
1901/Alfred Cooper/Waiter/42/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1901/Joseph J Powell/Barman/19/Hadleigh, Suffolk/Census
1901/Horace Grover/Barman/18/Hammersmith, London/Census
1901/John F Powell/Barman/18/Ireland/Census
1901/Florence M A Mead/Barmaid/27/Islington, London/Census
1901/Ada B Mead/Barmaid/23/Islington, London/Census
1901/Lillian R Whatmore/Barmaid/18/St Johns Wood, London/Census
1901/Helen L Scott/Barmaid/22/Middlesex Barracks/Census
1901/Annie Mitchell/Domestic Servant/26/London/Census
1906/William Wheeler Lim./../../../Post Office Directory *+
1910/Wm Wheeler Lim/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Wm Wheeler Lim/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/William Wheeler Lim/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 456 Holloway Road, Holloway, Islington,
Emma Britton, Licensed Victualler Manageress, aged 38 years 3 months, born in Tottenham, Middlesex
Florence Frances, Barmaid, aged 38 years 9 months, born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
George Endicott, Barman, aged 16 years 5 months, born in Kensington, London
Ethel Matilde Wright, Barmaid, aged 28 years 3 months, born in Staffordshire
Lottie Maria Knight, Barmaid, aged 36 years 2 months, born in Tottenham, Middlesex
Sarah Emily Marks, Cook, aged 62 years 6 months, born in Clerkenwell, London
1934/William Wheeler Ltd/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/William Wheeler Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/William Wheeler Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
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