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The early entries up until 1856 are the Queens Head, 63 Fashion street. This closed as a pub a long time ago and the premises are currently empty, a wholesale confectioner by 1934 at the junction with Fashion street. **
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Queens Head, 74 Commercial Street - in September 2006
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Queens Head, 74 Commercial Street - in 2016 during refurbishment
Kindly Provided by Keith Emmerson & Ian McDonald
Queens Head, 74 Commercial Street - in 2019 after refurbishment
Residents at this address.
1825/Mr Mills/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1827/George Mills, Queens Head, 63 Fashion street, Spitalfields/../../Pigot's Directory
1833/John Stitch/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1833-34/Jno Griggs, Queens Head, 63 Fashion street, Spitalfields/../../Pigot's Directory
1839/A Dennison/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/D Mason/../../../Post Office Directory
1842/Dan Mason/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/Daniel Mason/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/William Rudd Mace/../../../Kellys Directory
1856/T Castle/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/John Miller/Licensed Victualler/43/Stokesby, Norfolk/Census
1861/Harriett F Miller/Wife/46/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1861/Mary H Miller/Daughter/16/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1861/Mary A Goodwin/Visitor, Licensed Victualler/53/Stokesby, Norfolk/Census
1861/Alfred Goodwin/Visitors Son/14/Stokesby, Norfolk/Census
1861/Elizabeth Goodwin/Barmaid/22/Stokesby, Norfolk/Census
1861/George Atheas/Barman/25/Buckingham/Census
1861/Ellen Goodwin/Servant/23/Maidstone, Norfolk/Census
1862/John Miller/../../../Post Office Directory **
March 1864/Harriet Foster Miller/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
March 1864/Thomas Castle/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/Charles Castle/../../../Post Office Directory **
1873/Jon Smithers Cakebread/../../../Post Office Directory **
1874/J S Cakebread/../../../H.D. Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers' Directory **
1881/Richard Dipple/Licensed Victualler/39/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Amelia Dipple/Wife/32/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harry Dipple/Son/5/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Percy Dipple/Son/3/St Georges E, Middlesex/Census
1881/Hector Dipple/Son/1/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/baby Dipple/Son/1 week/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/George F Green/Barman/20/Shadwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alexander T Fraser/Barman/20/Shadwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick Paymer/Barman/17/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ann Druscal/General Servant Domestic/52/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Smith/Visitor/45/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Grace B Smith/Nursemaid/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1882/Richard Dipple/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Richard Dipple/../../../Post Office Directory
1888/Richard Dipple/../../../Post Office Directory **
In 1888, Liz Stride, one of the victims of ‘Jack the Ripper’ was seen in
here at 6:30pm on the evening she was murdered. **
1891/Morris Joseph Myers/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Morris J Myers/Licensed Victualler/34/London, Middlesex/Census
1891/Sarah Myers/Wife/36/Spitalfields, London/Census
1891/Joseph Myers/Son/10/Spitalfields, London/Census
1891/Esther Cohen/Sister in Law/42/City, London/Census
1891/Charles Weller/Barman/20/Peckham, London/Census
1891/Charles Barrow/Barman/21/Bolton, Lancashire/Census
1891/Minnie Dunglison/Servant/17/Hackney, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth Clark/Servant/14/Limehouse, London/Census
1895/Morris & Crown/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Tom Rodgers/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Mrs Albert Victor Rose/../../../Post Office Directory **
1910/David Isaacs/../../../Post Office Directory **
1911/David Isaacs/Licensed Victualler/60/City of London/Census
1911/Sarah Isaacs/Wife, Assistant/59/Spitalfields/Census
1911/Julia Isaacs/Daughter, Barmaid/29/Spitalfields/Census
1911/Nancy Isaacs/Daughter, Cigar maker/27/Spitalfields/Census
1911/Carrie Isaacs/Daughter, Cigar maker/24/Spitalfields/Census
1911/Louis Levy/Barman/23/Bethnal green/Census
1912/David Isaacs/../../../Post Office Directory **
1914/Mrs Sarah Isaacs/../../../Post Office Directory
1917/Lewis Levy/../../../Post Office Directory **
1921/Lewis Levy/../../../Post Office Directory **
The 1921 census at 74 Commercial street, the Queens Head are
Lewis Levy, Licensed Victualler, aged 33 years 10 months and born in London
Julia Levy, Wife, aged 38 years 6 months and born in London
David Levy, Son, aged 6 years 10 months and born in London
Louis Levy, Son, aged 1 year 8 months and born in London
Charles Levy, Son, aged 2 and a half months and born in London
Rose Levy, Niece, aged 13 years 10 months and born in London
The last date I have for the pub is 1926 when it was acquired by the Hoare & Co. Brewery of Lower East Smithfield (a brewery which was later absorbed into Charrington’s). I think it is possible that the tiled signage could date from 1926 – it looks to me to be in the fairly plain style used by Hoare’s. **
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