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This pub is now demolished. ** In the 1842 directory, this is listed as the Albion, but prior to this in 1832 it is named the Ship & Shears and not to be confused with the Ship & Shears at 16 Lower Shadwell. It exists as a public house until about 1924.
In 1920, The Albion, Shadwell High Street is at the corner of Mercer Street. Shadwell High Street is now part of The Highway, Mercer Street became Shadwell Street. The pub was destroyed in WW2.
Blue Gate Fields Infant School now stands on this site. ***
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Shadwell, East London.
In 1920, The Albion, 211 Shadwell High Street is at the corner of Mercer Street.
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Residents at this address
1832/William Needham/../../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/William Needham/Ship & Shears, 211 High Street, Shadwell/../../Robsons Directory
1836/James Henry/Albion, 210 High Street, Shadwell/../../Robsons Directory
1841/William de Burgh/../../../Missing Ancestors Website **
1842/George Bascomb/../../../Robsons Directory
1846/William Hawtin/../../../Post Office Directory
1850/Thomas Morse/../../../Post Office Directory **
1851/Thomas Morse/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1851/Thomas Morse/Licensed Victualler/46/Wiltshire/Census
1851/Mary A Morse/Wife/42/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary A Morse/Daughter/14/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1851/Esther Morse/Daughter/11/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Maria Mackinley/Barmaid/19/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
May 1852/Thomas Morse/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
May 1852/William Wortham/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1856/William Wortham/../../../Post Office Directory
1858/James Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/William Creighton/Victualler/37/Somerleytopn, Suffolk/Census
1861/Margaret E Creighton/Wife/37/Ashfield Thorpe, Suffolk/Census
1861/William E Creighton/Son/10/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry J Creighton/Son/8/Kensington, Middlesex/Census
1861/Frederick L Creighton/Son/3/Shadwell, Middlesex/Census
1861/Maria Preston/Visitor/55/Ashfield Thorpe, Suffolk/Census
1861/Thomas Cook/Barman/24/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry J Haspel/Barman/16/Tuddenham, Suffolk/Census
1861/Eliza Finch/Domestic Servant/28/Thorrington, Suffolk/Census
1861/Jane Morse/Domestic Servant/17/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1862/Charles Underwood / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
September 1867/William Creighton/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1867/James Clewley and Robert Samuel Keymer/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
November 1867/James Clewley, Samuel Keymer and Hammond Upton/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1867/James Clewley/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/James Clewley/../../../Post Office Directory
1874/J Clewley/../../../H.D. Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers' Directory **
August 1873/James Clewley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
August 1873/John Stott/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
March 1877/Henry Muddle/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
March 1877/Robert Payze/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1881/Alfred E Puzey/Licensed Victualler/30/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Anne E Puzey/Wife/21/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry G Brown/Barman/28/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jessie Coshan/General Servant/21/St George's East, Middlesex/Census
1882/Alfred Frank Puzcy/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Thomas Puzey/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Thomas Puzey/../../../Business Directory of London **
1891/John H Hart/Licensed Victualler/47/Gravesend/Census
1891/Martha Hart/Wife/43/City Road, London/Census
1891/Ethel A Hart/Daughter/13/St Pancras/Census
1891/Violet Hart/Daughter/11/Finsbury Park/Census
1891/May Hart/Daughter/8/Bloomsbury/Census
1891/Frederick W Dobbs/Barman/18/Cheshunt/Census
1891/Allice Pressman/Barman/15/Stepney/Census
1891/Charlotte Roper/Domestic Servant/14/Blackfriars/Census
9th July 1892/John Hampden Hart/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
9th July 1892/Thomas Puzey/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1895/John Hearn / Licensed Victualler/../../London Gazette, 18 January 1895 **
1895/George Robert Gwynne/../../../Missing Ancestors Website **
1899/David Hawkins/../../../Post Office Directory
1906/Joseph Rowe/../../../Morris’ Business Directory of London **
1910/Geo Lakeman/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Mrs Violet Mary Connolly/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Edward Harold Monro/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 212, High Street, Shadwell
Edward Munroe, Licensed Victualler, aged 37 years, and born in Wood Green, London, Own Account
Jessica Munroe, Wife, aged 38 years, and born in Edmonton, London
Elizabeth James, Niece, aged 14 years 10 months, and born in Edmonton, London
1924/Arthur William Lane/../../../Post Office Directory
To continue the list of owners. Around 1924, the Albion had become disused and was purchased or leased by the Quakers, Fred and Muriel Parsons. They converted it into a hostel for ex-prisoners, living in a flat on the premises until Fred re-married after Muriel’s death and moved to Chingford in 1936. *
Sources:
‘Fred Parsons, An Appreciation’ Edited by Will Hall, (1947) pamphlet; John Horner, Memoir, unpublished ms; ASF Logbook for 1930 (Friends House Archives). *
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