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Rotherhithe index
At 197 Rotherhithe Street in 1869 and earlier. Rebuilt in 1932. The name is given as Ye Old Compasses in 1895 and 1899 directories. The address is given as 200 Rotherhithe Street in 1841 and in Sun Fire Office insurance records. *
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Three Compasses, 346 Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe
Three Compasses, 346-352 Rotherhithe Street, SE16 - in October 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1788/Richard Leveridge/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1791/Robert Duncan/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1792/Isaac Rigg/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1800/Isaac Rigg/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1817/Isaac Rigg/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1824/Anna Rigg & Thomas Rigg/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held
at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1825/Ann Rigg/Widow, Three Compasses, Rotherhithe street/../../Petty
Sessions
1826/Ann Rigg/Widow, Three Compasses, Rotherhithe street/../../Petty
Sessions
1835/Thomas Rigg/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1836/William Henry Apsey/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at
the London Metropolitan Archives *
1839/William Henry Apsey/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/W Henry Apsey/../../../Post Office Directory
1841/Betsy Harris/Publican/25/Surrey/Census
1841/Ann Sullivan/Female Servant/25/Ireland/Census
1841/William Cracknell/Male Servant/12//Census
1841/William Harris/Coalmeter/25/Surrey/Census
1841/Sophia Harris/../20/Surrey/Census
1841/William Harris/../3/Surrey/Census
1842/Betsy Harris/../../../Robsons Directory
July 1849/Stephen George Burridge/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1849/Robert Webster/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/Mrs M A Hooper/../../../Kellys Directory
1856/Hen Surridge/../../../Post Office Directory
1869/Robert Farman/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/William Sangwine/Licensed Victualler/27/St James, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Mary Sangwine/Wife/22/Bedford/Census
1881/Blanch Emily Sangwine/Daughter/1/Newington, Surrey/Census
1881/William John Sangwine/Son/1 month/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah Brook/Servant/14/Oxford/Census
1881/Elizabeth Shepherd/Visitor/8/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1882/William Sangwine/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Wiliiam J Bunbury/Licensed Victualler/28/St Georges east, London/Census
1891/Eliza Bunbury/Wife/26/Whitechapel, London/Census
1891/Mary E Bunbury/Daughter/3/Bermondsey, London/Census
1891/William C Bunbury/Son/2/Bermondsey, London/Census
1891/Albert C Bunbury/Son/3 months/Bermondsey, London/Census
1891/Clara Cecil/Sister in Law/11/Old Ford, London/Census
1895/Ernest Wyatt/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Henry Taylor/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Thomas F Ashdown/Publican/30/Ashford, Kent/Census
1901/Frank Bedford/Barman/25/Ongar, Essex/Census
1915/William Rab/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Ernest James Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1923/Charles Pickering/Three Compasses/../../Electoral Register
1934/Samuel G Spall/../../../Kellys Directory
My grandfather, Edward Brown is listed at the Three Compasses Rotherhithe.
He took the pub in 1937 and left in 1948 where he then took the tenancy for
The Railway Tavern (Charlie Browns), in Limehouse from 1948 - 1955. Both
my grandparents, Edward and Hilda Brown were the licensees. From 1956 to
1972 they were licensees at
The Duke of Cambridge, Kingston Vale, SW15. **
1938/Edward Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Edward Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Ewan
** Provided By Deborah Haynes
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