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At 4 Boundary Street in 1851; then 7 Boundary Street in 1869;Pub closed in 1994 and is now in commercial usage ** The address is at Old Cock Lane in 1839 and earlier, prior to street renaming (at which time it is named just the Blue Ball in the Directory). The earlier address up until 1842 is at Cock lane, called the Ship and Ball, and there is also the Ship, in Cock lane. *
Shoreditch index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Shoreditch, East London. The ;Shoreditch, East London Pubs listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Ship & Blue Ball, 13 Boundary Street E2 - in 1990
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Ship & Blue Ball, 13 Boundary Street - in September 2006
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Ship & Blue Ball, 13 Boundary Street E2 - in 2015
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Residents at this address
1804/William Woodzell/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1811/Fran Johnson, Blue ball, Old Cock lane, Shoreditch/../../Holdens
Directory
1814/John Cambridge/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1827/William Brown, Blue Ball, 4 Cock lane, Shoreditch/../../Pigot's
Directory
1833-34/Thomas Bishop/Ship and Ball, Old Cock lane, Shoreditch/../../Pigots
Directory
1839/Thomas Bishop/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1842/T Bishop/Ship and Blue Ball, Cock lane, Shoreditch/../../Robson’s Directory **
In 1848, there is a Jane Burn at the Black Swan, Schoolhouse Lane, Radcliffe
1851/Mrs Jane Burn/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/James Burn/Licensed Victualler/35/Bethnal Green/Census
1851/Mary Burn/Wife/36/Margate, Kent/Census
1851/Joseph Burn/Son/9/Bethnal Green/Census
1852/James Burn/../../../Watkins Directory **
October 1854/Mary Ann Burn/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
October 1854/John Cooley Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1856/Mrs Elizabeth Turner/../../../Post Office Directory
October 1856/James Cook/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
October 1856/Thomas McCulloch/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
May 1859/Thomas McCulloch/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1862/Thomas McCulloch / Publican /../../London Gazette, 21 January 1862 **
May 1859/George Mills/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
March 1860/George Mills/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
March 1860/Henry Salisbury/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
August 1861/Henry Salisbury/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
August 1861/William Thomas Luke/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
William Lake was at the Middleton Arms
prior to this ***
1869/Wm Lake/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/William T Lake/Licensed Victualler/41/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Helen Lake/Wife/35/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1871/William W J Lake/Son/13/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1871/Christopher Lake/Son/11/Kingsland, Middlesex/Census
1871/Emma Lake/Daughter/10/Kingsland, Middlesex/Census
1871/Helen Lake/Daughter/6/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Annie Lake/Daughter/4/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Lizzie Lake/Daughter/1/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Rose Renton/Domestic Servant/16/Kingsland, Middlesex/Census
1872/W T Lake/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1874/W T Lake/../../../H.D. Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers'
Directory **
1881/William T Lake/Licensed Victualler/51/Poplar, Essex/Census
1881/Harriett [Helen] Lake/Wife/46/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/C Lake/Son/21/Kingsland, Middlesex/Census
1881/E Lake/Daughter/20/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/N Lake/Daughter/17/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/A Lake/Daughter/15/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/L Lake/Daughter/10/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/H Lake/Son/6/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Thos Lake/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Arthur Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1889/Charles Edward Anderson / Public House Manager, Brewers’ Servant and
former Cheesemonger /../../London Gazette, 12 July 1889 **
1891/James Edward Anderson/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Charles E Anderson/Publican/36/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Jane Anderson/Wife/34/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Charles Anderson/Son/13/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Alfred Anderson/Son/11/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Arthur Anderson/Son/9/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Louisa Anderson/Daughter/8/Stepney, London/Census
1891/William Anderson/Son/13/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Edward Anderson/Son/10/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Percy Anderson/Son/5/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Henry Anderson/Son/1/Stepney, London/Census
1895/William Ruffell/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Frederick Mellish Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1903/Frederick Mellish Johnson/../../../P.O. Directory **
1910/Frederick Mellish Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Frederick Mellish Johnson/Licensed Victualler/65/Stratford,
Essex/Census
1911/Beatrice Cowley/Cook/28/Westbourn Park/Census
1911/William Richard Clark/Barman/31/Hackney/Census
1911/Henry John Campbell/Potman/20/Bethnal Green/Census
1911/Florence Annis Sach/Barmaid/26/Romford, Essex/Census
1914/Frederick Mellish Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Frederick Mellish Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Lazarus Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Aaron Lissack/../../../Kelly's
1938/Philip Harris/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Mrs Anna Clemson/../../../Post Office Directory
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