Paddington pub history index
The address is 19 Chippenham Terrace, Harrow Road in the 1869 Directory. At 51 Chippenham Terrace in 1882 and earlier. The slightly more modern address is at 464 Harrow Road. The pub is near to the junction with Chippenham Mews in 1938 (The modern Chippenham Mews has been moved). The modern pub building at 12 Elgin Avenue was rebuilt to the north-west of the original site on Harrow Road. *
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Paddington, West London.
Elephant & Castle, 12 Elgin Avenue, Paddington W9
The licence for the Elephant & Castle is resurrected in this modern pub of the same name, and reasonably local to the original. It closed in 2012.
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Residents at this address.
[April 4th 1857, Frederick Ralph Collins, a Musician, aged 29, married Sarah Ann Head, aged 22, both of Plumstead. His father is William Collins, a musician, her father is John Head, a Licensed Victualler]
Frederick Ralph Collins and Saeah are at the United Service, 80 Plumstead Road, Plumstead in the 1871 census.
Elephant & Castle, Chippenham Terrace, Harrow Road :
1869/Daniel Rudkin/../../../Post Office Directory
My distant relative Frederick Ralph Collins died in this pub in 1879. Other records show him as a “beer retailer” so he may well have been the licensee. ***
29 May 1879, The will of Frederick Ralph Collins late of the Elephant and Castle Public house Chippenham Terrace Harrow Road in the County of Middlesex who died 20 April 1879 at the Elephant and Castle was proved at the Principal Registry by Sarah Ann Collins of the Elephant and Castle Widow the Relict the sole executrix. Personal Estate under £4,000.
1881/Charles D Shannaw/Licensed Victualler/32/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harriet H Shannaw/Wife/31/Bures, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Birch/Mother In Law/64/St Osyth, Essex/Census
1881/Charles Cheese/Barman/36/Bayswater, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles M Hutton/Barman/25/Vauxhall, Surrey/Census
1881/Rebecca Rowlands/Cook/54/City Of London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Rowlands/Housemaid/25/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Stephen Finch/Potman/17/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1882/Charles Shannaw/../../../Post Office Directory
Elephant & Castle, 464 Harrow Road :
1891/John Newbery/../../../Post Office Directory *
1895/Newbery & Tratt/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Newberry & Tratt/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Newberry & Tratt/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Charles Burrough/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Charlie Burrough/../../../Hughes Directory
1938/Allens (Caterers) Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1939/Arthur E Stimpson, Hotel Licensee, 464 Harrow Road W2, born 7 Jan 1892/../../Electoral register
1939/Barbara Stimpson, Manageress, 464 Harrow Road W2, born 21 Nov 1905/../../Electoral register
1939/John S Roberts, barman, 464 Harrow Road W2, born 10 April 1917/../../Electoral register
1939/Kathleen Stead (Widdowson), maid, 464 Harrow Road W2, born 15 Feb 1918/../../Electoral register
1939/May Stenson, barmaid, 464 Harrow Road W2, born 21 Mar 1912/../../Electoral register
1944/James Duffell/../../../Post Office Directory
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** Provided By Tris
*** Provided By Alan O'Gorman
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