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This pub was present by 1725 and closed in around 1861. It was demolished in the 1880s. **
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1802/William Pinchin / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records – Guildhall
Library **
1805/William Pinching, Plough tavern, Blackwall/../../Holdens Directory
1809/William Pinchin / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records – Guildhall
Library **
1814/William Ficham/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1821/Francis Pinchin / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records – Guildhall
Library **
1825/Fras. Pinching/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1830/Mrs Pinching, Plough, Blackwall/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1832/Frances Pinching / Tavern Keeper /../../Sun Fire Office records –
Guildhall Library **
1832/Frances Pinching/(execs of)/../../../Sun Fire Office records
– Guildhall Library **
1833-34/Plough, Frances Pinching, Blackwall causeway/../../Pigot's Directory
1841/James Breach/../../../Post Office Directory **
1842/C Bleadon/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1844/Wm. Bathe/../../../Thompson’s Directory **
1846/C Bleaden / Occupier /../../Property documents held at London
Metropolitan Archive **
1851/Charles Bleaden/../../../Kellys Directory
1852/Bleaden & Co./../../../Watkin’s Directory **
1857/Samuel Lovegrove jun. /../../../Survey of London **
The Woodman in George Street, St Alphage parish of Greenwich
John Harradence was definitely there by April 1848 when a bar man gave him as the publican at this pub as a reference. (Article on BNA in 7th April 1848 Morning Advertiser). He gave up the license in 1854 according to licence transfers. *
Plough Tavern :
You have him listed as Hawadence - which is the incorrect transcription of the 1861 census. John Harradence and his wife Sarah Ann are at the Plough Tavern in Poplar in the 1861 census. He was born in Litlington Cambridgeshire, only his wife was born in Wanstead Essex - there's an original transcription error by the census taker. They had probably left the Plough by 1864 when he applied to the Licensed Victualler's association for an Almshouse and gave a different address in Poplar of 2a newby Place Poplar. *
1861/John Hawadince/Head/65/Wanstead, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Hawadince/Wife/62/Wanstead, Essex/Census
Morning Advertiser 21 October 1864 :
John Harradence applies unsuccessfully for election to the Licensed Victuallers Association.
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