Poplar pub history index
Existed from at least 1848. This pub is also listed as 25 Woolmore Street in the 1899 and 1895 Post Office directories, as 28 Woolmore Street in the 1891 census, and as 24 Woolmore Street in the 1884 directory and earlier census returns. ***
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1848/Fredk. Rountree/../../../Post Office Directory ***
July 1851/Frederick Rountree/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1851/Thomas Jervias/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
July 1854/James Howard/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1854/Henry Hewlett/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
Era 2 October 1859 - Transfer of Licenses
Crown and Sceptre, Woolmore street, John Smith to Henry Meen
May 1861/Henry Keen/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1861/Robert Boyd/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1861/Robert Boyd/Victualler/30/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census ***
1861/George Hollington/Servant/48/Mile End New Town, Middlesex/Census
1861/Harriett Hollington/Wife, Servant/50/Kent/Census
October 1862/premises destroyed by fire last June, previous tenant Barker
surrendered license/ Outgoing Licensee /../../East London Observer
October 1862/Michael James Welch/ Incoming Licensee /../../East London
Observer
January 1864/Richard James Welch/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
January 1864/Robert Benttell/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
January 1866/Robert Benttell/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1866/William Henry Style/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
7th July 1866/William Henry Style/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
7th July 1866/James Cooper Corbett/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
29th September 1866/James Cooper Corbett/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
29th September 1866/James Millington Findlay/Incoming Licensee/../../East
London Observer +
November 1867/James Millington Findlay/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1867/Joseph Thomas Gunn/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1871/Betsy Treadwen/Licensed Victualler (Widow)/59/Wakefield,
Yorkshire/Census ***
1871/Charles Treadwen/Son, Billiard Marker/30/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1871/John Tomory/Nephew, Ship Steward/27/Padstow, Cornwall/Census
4th July 1868/Joseph Thorn Gunn/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
4th July 1868/Peter Trewin/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
12th May 1877/Betsy Tredman/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
12th May 1877/W A Stay/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
July 1878/W A Stay/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
July 1878/J Bridges/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1879/James Bridges/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1879/George Loader/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1881/Thomas B Atkins/Licensed Victualle/59/Deal, Kent/Census
1881/Elizabeth Atkins/Wife/62/Tragony, Cornwall/Census
1881/Emity E Atkins/Daughter/32/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1881/Mirriam M Atkins/Daughter/25/Plumstead, Kent/Census
1881/Henrietta C Atkins/Daughter/22/Plumstead, Kent/Census
1881/Thomas B Atkins/Son, Merchant Clerk/19/Plumstead, Kent/Census
1884/John H Banyard/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Matthew Wm Neal/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Jane Scott/Widow/59/Suffolk/Census ***
1891/Archr. Scott/Son, Publican/27/Suffolk/Census
1891/Priscilla Scott/Daughter, Forewoman/30/Stornobay, London/Census
1891/Walter Scott/Son, Publican/21/Islington, London/Census
9th July 1892/William Betts/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
9th July 1892/Henry Saunders/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1895/John Ashton/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Gibbs Farley/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Phillip Nichols/Publican/39/Battersea, London/Census
1901/Jane Nichols/Wife/38/Battersea, London/Census
1901/Charles Nichols/Son, Assistant/17/Wimbledon, London/Census
1901/Clement Nichols/Son/9/Amberley, Gloucester/Census
November
1904/Transfer of licence of the Crown and Sceptre, Woolmore street, Thomas
Hanery James Keeling to John Smith/../../East London Observer
1915/Philip Ellis/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Mrs Elizabeth Morton Jones/../../../Post Office Directory
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