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The address is 1 & 3 Pitfield Street in 1944 and earlier, at 1 Pitfield Street in 1915 and earlier, and at 38 Pitfield Street in 1856 and earlier. The modern address is 243 Old Street. The name is given as the Crosby's Head in 1851 and earlier (and as the Shakespeare's Head in the 1856 Directory only). *
It had been rebuilt at the foot of a modern development by 1983 and in 2005 was renamed Bar Ria, the name in use today. ** Recently renamed as Roadtrip
(2014). *+
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Crosby Head, 243 Old Street, EC1 - in 1986
Crosby Head, 243 Old Street, EC1 - in 1986
Two pictures, From the Archives of East London & City CAMRA
Residents at this address
1802/John Axe / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **
1817/George Carman / Publican /../../House of Commons Committee Report/Police of the Metropolis 1817 **
1825/Mr Hart, Crosbys Head, Old street road/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
October 1826/William Hart / Victualler, Crosbies Head, Old Street Road /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives **
1827/William Hart/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1832/Hart/47 Old street road/../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/William Hart/47 Old street road/../../Pigot's Directory
1839/George Gurney/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/George Gurney/../../../Post Office Directory *
1846/Henry Gurney/../../../Post Office Directory **
1848/Henry Gurney/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/Henry Gurney/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1856/Francis Frebout/../../../Post Office Directory *
August 1860/George Gurney/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
August 1860/John Samuel Sweasey/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1866/John S Sweasey/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1866/Charles A Mackness/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/John Osborne Mackness/../../../Post Office Directory *
1870/Francis Frebout / Licensed Victualler, deceased / Died, in or about the month of December 1870 /../../London Gazette, 18 August 1874 **
1881/James Squire/Public House Manager/41/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Samuel Darby/Barman/27/Surrey/Census
1881/Edwin Griffith/Barman/19/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Julia Webell/Barmaid/23/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Francis Percival/Servant/41/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1882/John Osborne/../../../Post Office Directory *
1884/John Osborne/../../../Post Office Directory *
1895/Robert Turner/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Mrs Sarah Ann Winters/../../../Post Office Directory *
1909/John Griffiths & Frederick Uffelmann / Wine & Spirit Merchants /../../London Gazette, 9 July 1909 **
Hackney and Kingsland Gazette, July 1909 - Transfer of Licences:
Crosby Head, Pitfield street, Hoxton, Frederick Uffelmann to Charles Griffiths
1910/Charles Griffiths/../../../Post Office Directory *
1915/Harry Herbert Norton/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/H. H. Norton/../../../Hughes Directory *
In 1921 census at 1 & 3, Pitfield Street, Hoxton, Shoreditch
Herbert Henry Norton, Licensed Victualler, aged 58 years 10 months, and born in Camden Town, London
Emily Norton, Wife, aged 53 years 4 months, and born in Westminster, London
May Emily Norton, Daughter, Barmaid, H H Norton Liscenced Victualler, aged 19 years 10 months, and born in Finsbury, London
Cecil Frank Norton, Son, aged 11 years 4 months, and born inPaddington, London
1923/Harry Herbert Norton/../../../Post Office Directory **
1934/Douglas Henry Norton/../../../Post Office Directory *
1938/George Grimoldy/../../../Post Office Directory *
1944/Herbert Rd Hooke/../../../Post Office Directory **
G H Yolland, of the Crosby Head, Shoreditch, received a large size coloured
poster of Bing Crosby recently. The film stars gift prompted some research
into the origin of the name of the house; one theory is that it is named
after Sir John Crosby, a distinguished citizen of Shoreditch in the
fifteenth century ***
1950/G H Yolland/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***
1971/E. H. Cox/../../../BT Telephone Directory *
1983/CROSBY HEAD : 243 Old Street EC1. Trumans./../../Pub Listing
1991/CROSBY HEAD: 243 Old Street EC1. Grand Met-Trumans./../../Pub Listing
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