at 8 Neptune Street in 1851, 1869 and 1873, then 17 Neptune Street which becomes 17 Rupack Street by 1915 through partial road renaming.
Rotherhithe index
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Neptune, 17 Neptune Street - circa 1908
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Neptune, 17 Neptune Street, Rotherhithe
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Residents at this address.
1819/Ann Lawrence/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1825/Billy Wade/Neptune, Neptune street/../../Petty Sessions
1826/Billy Wade/Neptune, Neptune street/../../Petty Sessions
1839/Thomas Lulham (or Thomas Ludham)/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/Thomas Lulham/wine merchant/../../Post Office Directory *
1841/Thomas Lulham/Licensed Victualler/50/Surrey/Census
1841/George Lulham/Coal Man/26/Surrey/Census
1841/Julia Lulham/../24/Surrey/Census
1841/Thomas Lulham/Engineer/18/Surrey/Census
1841/Edw Lamcaster/Hatter/24/Surrey/Census
1841/Sarah Lancaster/../20/Surrey/Census
1841/James Kelly/Timber Merchant/22/Surrey/Census
1841/Thomas Sibley/Male Servant/21/Surrey/Census
1851/George Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/William Dawson/Publican/25/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1851/Maria Dawson/Wife/25/Bidston, Staffordshire/Census
1851/John T Wilkins/Pot Boy/16/../Census
1851/James Griffith/Vsitor, Clerk/26/Ireland/Census
September 1851/George Dawson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
September 1851/William Dawson/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
August 1852/William Dawson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
August 1852/John Cusack/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
November 1853/John Cusack/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1853/James Kelly/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
November 1854/Elizabeth Ann Kelly, widow and administratrix of James
Kelly/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
June 1855/Eliza Ann Kelly/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
June 1855/Philip Hinds Connell/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1856/Philip Hinds Connell/../../../Post Office Directory
December 1859/Philip Walter Froud/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
December 1859/Samuel Butcher/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1861/Samuel Butcher/Licensed Victualler/27/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1861/Adelaide Cross/Sister/30/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1861/William G Cross/Nephew/5/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/Harriett Hayton/Servant, Widow/45/Stratford upon Avon/Census
1861/Harriett Hayton/Visitor/20/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
April 1865/Samuel Butcher/Outgoing Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
Samuel Butcher transfers to the
Admiral Hawke at this time.
April 1865/George Evans/Incoming Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
1869/George Evans/../../../Post Office Directory
November 1870/George Evans/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1870/Charles Amos/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1871/John Hill/Licensed Victualler/25/Middlesex/Census
1871/Eliza Hill/Wife/19/Middlesex/Census
1871/Charles Wise/Porter/17/New Cross, Kent/Census
July 1873/Caroline Amos/Outgoing Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
July 1873/George Frederick Leech/Incoming Licensee/../../South London
Chronicle
1881/Charles W Baker/Licensed Victualler/34/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Emily Baker/Wife/32/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1881/Charles W Baker/Son/11/Surrey/Census
1881/Albert H Baker/Son/7/Surrey/Census
1881/Ernest J Baker/Son/5/Surrey/Census
1881/Neptune T Baker/Son/3/Surrey/Census
1881/Elizabeth Goosebury/Barmaid/19/Surrey/Census
1881/Alice Abraham/Niece/11/Surrey/Census
1882/Charles Wm Baker/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Richard W Barton/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Walter B Groves/Publican/24/Stepney, London/Census ***
1891/Alice M Groves/Wife/22/Poplar, London/Census
1891/John Dicks/Potman/18/Rotherhithe, London/Census
By 1899, Walter B Groves is at the
George Peabody, 146 High Street, Shadwell ***
1895/Chas Short/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/William John Stevens/../../../Post Office Directory
My great grandfather owned the Rodneys Head in Rotherhithe Street, but I have
little info on this establishment and suspect it was demolished during the
building of the Rotherhithe tunnel.
My grandfather was the licensee at the Neptune from 1906 to 1939 - or maybe
earlier **
1901/Thomas Ancona/Licensed Victualler/25/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1901/Francis Ancona/Wife, Assistant/24/Newmarket, Cambridgeshire/Census
1910/Thomas Ancona/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Thomas Ancona/Licensed Victualler/35/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/Francis Ancona/Wife/34/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/Thomas Ancona/Son/9/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/Horace Ancona/Son/7/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/Lilian Ancona/Daughter/5/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/Leonard Ancona/Son/3/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/John Ancona/Brother, Barman/23/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1911/Henry Ancona/Father, Widow/63/Rotherhithe, London/Census
1915/Thomas Ancona/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Thomas Ancona/../../../Post Office Directory
1923/Frances Ancona/Neptune/../../Electoral Register
1923/Thomas Ancona/../../../Electoral Register
1923/Thomas James Ancona/../../../Electoral Register
1934/Thomas Ancona/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Thomas Ancona/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/George Frederick William Wash/../../../Post Office Directory
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*** Provided By Don Hudson
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