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Existed from at least 1871. At the junction with Union Road, and sometimes listed as Union Road. Union Road is renamed as Mellish Street by 1944. * Note: Officially, this pub was more usually named The Union (that's on the sign in the attached photo, but the name Union Tavern is on the card). Locals usually called it The Pin (& Cotter). Address is confusing too. Postal address was 102 West Ferry road, but it was some yards up a narrow road which was an extension of (and named) Mellish street, Sometimes also named as Union road. **
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Union Tavern, 102 West Ferry Road, Poplar
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Residents at this address.
1871/Adam Bolton, beer retailer, Union road, Millwall E & Robert Burns, Ferry roa west, Millwall/../../Post Office Directory *
1871/Mary Bolton/Beer Retailer/45/Kirkburton, Yorkshire/Census *
1871/Mary O'Callaghan/Visitor, Companion/55/Halifax, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Sarah Higham/Domestic Servant/20/Manchester, Lancashire/Census
1871/Edward Higham/Visitor, Labourer/15/Derby, Derbyshire/Census
1873-75/John Pope, beer retailer, Union road, Millwall/../../Post Office Directory *
1878/Mrs. Susannah Pope, beer retailer, Union road, West Ferry road/../../Post Office Directory *
1881/Susannah Pope/Beer House Keeper/56/Ashburton, Devon/Census
1881/Eliza A Pope/Daughter/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/William H Pope/Son/13/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas S Pope/Son/11/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/Mrs. Susannah Pope/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1884/Mrs. Susannah Pope, beer retailer, Union road, West Ferry road/../../Post Office Directory *
1885-1886/James Camm, beer retailer, Union road, Millwall/../../Post Office Directory *
1890-91/Frances Christopher Hill, beer retailer, Union road, Millwall/../../Post Office Directory *
1891/Sarah Janet Hill/Manageress of Beershop, Wife/36/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Lily Kate Hill/Daughter/14/Wellington, New Zealand/Census
1891/Violet May Hill/Daughter/7/Canning Town, London/Census
1891/Christopher Hill/Son/5/Canning Town, London/Census
1891/Daisy Frances Hill/Daughter/3/Homerton, London/Census
1891/Mabel Neta Hill/Daughter/1/Poplar, London/Census
Frances Christopher Hill is at the Torrington Arms in the 1891 census, which is confusing!
1893-95/Thomas Ings, beer retailer, Union road, Millwall/../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Charles Lowery/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1901/Charles Lowery/Beer Retailer/44/Millwall, London/Census
1901/Ellen Lowery/Wife/39/Poplar, London/Census
1901/William Allstrum/Barman/25/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Emily Fisher/Barmaid/18/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Alfred Andrews/Potman/19/Peckham, London/Census
1910/Charles Lowery/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1911/Charles Lowery/Beer Retailer/53/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Ellen Lowery/Wife/50/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Herbert Brown/Potman & Barman/24/Stepney, London/Census
1915/Thomas Ings/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1934/Mrs Sarah Ann Louisa Holford/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *
1944/Thos. Waghorn, Union, Mellish Street E14/../../Post Office Directory *
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