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Existed from at least 1856. Also locally known as the Weybridge public house in 1861. **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Paddington, West London.
Bridge House Hotel, Westbourne Terrace Road - in January 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1856/ Charles Phillips, Bridge House, 13 Westbourne terrace road W/../../Post Office Directory
1858/ Charles Phillips, Bridge House, 13 Westbourne terrace road W/../../Post Office Directory
1860/W H Hicks, Bridge House, 13 Westbourne terrace road W/../../Post Office Directory
1861/William Henry Hicks/Hotel Keeper/28/Tiverton, Devon/Census
1861/Sarah F Hicks/Wife/21/St Martins in the Fields, Middlesex/Census
1861/Florence E S H Hicks/Daughter/3/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1861/George W H Hicks/Son/1/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Howard/Sister in Law/20/St Martins in the Fields,
Middlesex/Census
1861/Phillip Curgensen/Barman/24/Plymouth, Devon/Census
1861/Sarah Andrew/Cook/25/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1861/Ellen Stevenson/Nursemaid/15/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
The Bridge House Hotel was also known as "The Weybridge public house" back
in 1861. The hotel is mentioned in court documents in 1862, as the venue
where a crime was planned - a robbery that ended in attempted murder charges
and subsequent transportation to Australia for two of the perpetrators.
Bartender Philip Kirganwin gave evidence that the defendants had been in the
week before the crime and that he had served them with "six pennyworth of
rum and water". - Old Bailey **
1862/W H Hicks, Bridge House, 13 Westbourne terrace road W/../../Post Office Directory
October 1865/William Henry Hicks/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
October 1865/Henry Nicholson/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/Henry Nicholson, Bridge House, 13 Westbourne terrace road W/../../Post Office Directory
October 1869/Henry Nicholson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
October 1869/Henry Nicholson, executor of Henry Nicholson, late
occupier/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
September 1870/Henry Gordon Reeves/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
September 1870/Joseph Portch/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1871/J Portch/Publican/54/Bradford, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Jane Portch/Wife/52/Bushey, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Fanny Gittins/Servant/25/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1871/Rose Read/Servant/16/Turnham Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thomas Landley/Servant/21/London/Census
1881/Betsy Burton/Licensed Victualler/55/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Charles Burton/Son/29/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Ann Burton/Daughter/27/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Frank Burton/Son/18/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Florence Burton/Daughter/16/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Luther Burton/Daughter/14/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Hannah Simmonds/Servant/21/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1882/Nathaniel Burton/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Nathaniel Burton/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Charles Burton/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Charles Burton/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Charles Burton/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Walter Percy Pryer/../../../Hughes Directory
1934/Tom Waddling/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Morgan Webber/../../../Post Office Directory
1940/Morgan Webber/../../../Post Office Directory
1942/Jn H Eardley/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Jn H Eardley/../../../Post Office Directory
My family had this pub at the end of WW2. My grandfather Charles David Gould
(originally Davich Renovitch) died here in 1948. Grandmother Ethel Maud
Gould then took over the licence until about 1955. *
1971/../Bridge House, 13 Westbourne Terrace Road W2/../../Pub Directory
2018/../The Bridge House,13 Westbourne Terrace Road, London W2 6NG /../../Pub Directory
* Provided By Ron Gould
** Provided By Andrea Reeves
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