Newington pub history index
The early address is at 22 Virginia Terrace, Great Dover Street to at least 1841. The Virginia Plant was totally destroyed by a V2 rocket in December 1944 with the loss of 17 lives. **
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Newington, Surrey, London.
Virginia Plant, 82 Great Dover Street, Newington, London SE - circa 1940
Kindly provided by Peter Embling & Southwark Local History Library
Residents at this address.
1825/James Rogers/Virginia Plant, Great Dover street/../../Victuallers Recognizance
1827/Samuel James, Virginia Plant, Great Dover road, Borough/../../Pigots Directory
1832/Henry William Tullett/../../../Robsons Directory
1839/Richard Wallis/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/R Wallis/../../../Kellys Directory
1842/Lewis Rich/../../../Robsons Directory
June 1846/Mr Butterfield/../../../West Kent Guardian
1848/Thomas Winterbotham/../../../Post Office Directory
1856/Thomas Winterbotham/../../../Post Office Directory *
July 1860/Thomas Winterbotham/Meeting regarding increased spirit
duties/../../South London Chronicle
May 1862/Thomas Winterbotham/Licensed Victuallers Association/../../Era
April 1863/Thomas Winterbotham/Outgoing Licensee/../../South London
Chronicle
April 1863/William Chaplin/Incoming Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
1869/George Chaplin/../../../Post Office Directory
1877/William Chaplin/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Abdou Crimmen/Manager (Public House)/26/Fulham, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frank Eveleigh/Barman/23/Rockbeare, Devon/Census
1881/Walter Brown/Barman/18/York/Census
1881/George Reicket/Barman/17/Peterboro, Cambridge/Census
1881/Sarah Baynham/Barman/43/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1882/Deakin & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Deakin & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Charles Deakin & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/C. Deakin & Co./../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Harry Albert Winn Weston/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Harry Albert Winn Weston/../../../Post Office Directory
1904/Godfrey Langhelt/../../../Post Office Directory
1906/Godfrey Langhelt/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/William Wortley/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/William Wortley/../../../Post Office Directory
The Illustrated Police News - Plucky Constable Haytread & Brave Mrs Wright
Kindly provided by Peter Embling
10th January 1911/William Sumpton/Licensee/../../Old Bailey case of armed
robbery **
The trial relates to the attempted murder of PC George Haytread, and the
actions of a passer by, Mrs Wright. **
20th January 1911/PC Haytread was awarded the Kings Police Medal for his
actions, the perpetrator Charles Graham received a life sentence. Mrs Wright
was awarded �10 for her plucky actions./Western Gazette **
1911/William Sumpton/Licensed Victualler/60/St Sepulchre, City of
London/Census
1911/Selina Burton/Housekeeper/38/Battersea/Census
1911/Richard Hartwell Williams/Barman/23/Exeter, Devon/Census
1911/Walter Gibbons/Barman/25/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1913/William James Burgess/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/William James Burgess/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Death of William James Burgess on 17th July, at Worthing, of the
Virginia Plant, and formerly of Wimborne, Dorset/../../../Post Office
Directory
July 1921/William James Burgess/../../../Western Gazette
1934/Mrs Florence Burgess/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Mrs Amelia Ellen Wood/../../../Post Office Directory
1940/Mrs Amelia Ellen Wood/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/William H Grundy/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Ewan
** Provided By Peter Embling
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