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At 1 Fore Street in 1839; At 1 Three Colt Street in 1856 on the corner of Fore Street; and the Kings Head, 1 Fore Street in 1869. The 1863 and 1867 license transfers refer to this as the Kings Head, Limehouse corner, which is correct checking the 1861 census where it is referred to as the Old Kings Head. Aka the Spirit Stores in 1871 & aka Old Kings Head in 1891 and 1911; It is long-closed and now in residential use. ** The 1934 and 1938 directories lists the address as a banana merchant, the latter being Bert Andrew Lambert as per the 1930s photographs.
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Old Kings Head, Three Colt Street, Limehouse
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80 Three Colt Street - a Banana distributor B A Lambert sometime after 1938
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Kings Head, 80 Three Colt Street - in February 2007
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Residents at this address.
1790/Obadiah Reeves / Victualler /../../Records of Sun Fire Office,
Guildhall Library **
1827/William Gandar, Kings Head, Limehouse corner/../../Pigot's Directory
1833-34/George Jones, Kings Head, Three Colt street, Limehouse/../../Pigots
Directory
1839/Ambrose Mayes/../../../Pigots Directory
1843/Ambrose Mayes/../../../Kelly's
1850/Ambrose & Richard Mayes/../../../P.O. Directory **
1851/Ambrose & Richard Mayes/../../../Kelly's
1856/Richard Cross Mayes/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/William C Lee/Licensed Victualler/29/Taunton, Somerset/Census
1861/Emma Lee/Wife/29/Taunton, Somerset/Census
1861/James C Lee/Son/3/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Ellen C Lee/Daughter/2/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Holly C Lee/Daughter/1/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Margaret Edbrooke/Sister/25/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Frederick Phens/Servant/30/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1861/Emma Vinarcombe/Servant/13/Taunton, Somerset/Census
July 1863/Austin Vickers, assignee in bankruptcy of William Chedzoy
Lee/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1863/William Pratt/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
November 1867/William Hunt/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1867/James Thomas Waller/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/Henry Aley/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Henry Brambles/Manager in Spirit Stores/24/Yorkshire/Census
1871/William Cann/Barman/29/Devon/Census
1871/Charles Hammond/Barman/22/London/Census
1871/Sarah Hall/House Keeper/52/Yorkshire/Census
January 1873/James Thomas Waller/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer
January 1873/Henry Brambles/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1874/J W Williams/../../../H.D. Miles London & Suburban Licensed
Victuallers' Directory **
March 1874/Henry Brambles/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
March 1874/Henry Aley/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
22nd January 1876/Henry Aley, latte occupier/Outgoing Licensee/../../East
London Observer +
22nd January 1876/Julia Elizabeth Aley, widow/Incoming Licensee/../../East
London Observer +
January 1879/Julia Elizabeth Aley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer
January 1879/Henry Snape/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1882/Henry Snape/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory
1883/Henry Snape / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 3 July 1883 **
1884/Henry Snape/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Miriam Blomfield/House Keeper/40/St James, London/Census
1891/Ernest Johnson/Publicans Assistant/21/Bishops Stortford,
Hertfordshire/Census
1891/William Smith/Publicans Assistant/21/Westminster, London/Census
1891/William Virgo/Publicans Assistant/20/Westbourne Park, London/Census
1891/Walter Crook/Publicans Assistant/19/Bayswater, London/Census
1891/William Wright/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Joseph Thos Blunden/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Edward Wilson/../../../Post Office
1901/Frank Hills/Publican/30/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1901/Agnes Hills/Wife/35/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1901/Flora Hale/Domestic Servant/19/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1911/John Forrester/Licensed Victualler/49/../Census
1911/Louisa Forrester/Wife/39/Chelsea, London/Census
1911/Violet Forrester/Daughter/14/Battersea, London/Census
1911/John Forrester/Son/11/Battersea, London/Census
1911/Ada Forrester/Daughter/9/Shepherds Bush, London/Census
1911/Ethel Maud Taney/General Servant/19/East Reedham, Norfolk/Census
1921/Mrs Louisa Johanna Forrester/../../../Post Office
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