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At 49 Mansfield Street in 1851 and earlier; The address is latterly at 90 Whiston Road by 1944. It was rebuilt in its present form after WWII. ** This pub closed and was demolished in 2013. * A new house was opened in February 1965.
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Old King Johns Head, 90 Mansfield Street, Kingsland Road, Shoreditch E2
Old King John's Head, 90 Whiston Road, E2 - in November 2006
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Residents at this address.
1848/Stephen Jordan/../../../Post Office Directory
August 1848/James East/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
August 1848/Frederick Harding Ryan/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1849/Frederick George Manning/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1849/Daniel McBeath/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1850/Charles Jas. Shaw/../../../P.O. Directory **
September 1849/Charles Southby Shaw/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1849/William Holmes/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1851/William Holmes/../../../Kellys Directory
January 1855/Thomas Boorman/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
January 1855/John Pearson/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1856/John Pearson/../../../Post Office Directory
March 1856/John Pearson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Morning Advertiser
March 1856/Joseph James Stratton/Incoming Licensee/../../Morning Advertiser
2nd July 1860/Joseph James Stratton/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
2nd July 1860/Charles Forster/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
August 1861/Charles Foster/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
August 1861/William Bennett/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
August 1862/William Bennett/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
August 1862/John Grove/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
May 1863/John Grove/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1863/George Drury/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
September 1864/George Drury/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1864/William Bartwell/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
January 1866/William Burtwell/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1866/George Taylor/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
May 1866/George Taylor/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1866/James Smith/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/James Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
August 1869/James Smith/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
August 1869/Andrew Rogers/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1872/A Rogers/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1879/Andrew Rogers/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/Andrew Rogers/Licensed Victualler/54/Failsworth, Lancashire/Census
1881/Mary Rogers/Wife/55/Salford, Lancashire/Census
1881/Ann Maynard/Barmaid/23/Haggerston/Census
1881/Elizth Hetherington/Servant/44/Cripplegate/Census
1882/Andrew Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Andrew Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Mrs Mary Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Mrs Mary Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Walter Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Walter Sanders/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Ernest Chas Buckhurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Ernest Chas Buckhurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Ernest Charles Buckhurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Ernest Chas Buckhurst/../../../Kellys Directory
1934 - 1938/F D Griffin/../../../Leasehold
1938/Thomas Frederick Griffin/../../../Post Office Directory
1939 - 1950/S C Perry/../../../Leasehold
1944/Ernest Chas Perry/../../../Post Office Directory
1951 - 1954/Miss F Istead/../../../Leasehold
1955 - 1961/J R Istead/../../../Leasehold
1965/D Harman/../../../Leasehold
1966/A J Hurray/../../../Leasehold
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