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This pub was present by 1820, but is now demolished. **
Spitalfields index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Spitalfields, London.
Residents at this address.
1805/William Meredith, the Old Will Summers, Crispin street, Spitalfields/../../Holdens Directory
1807/G Newman / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall
Library **
1820/William Henry Edwards / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **
1832/Rd Phillips, Old Will Summers, Crispin street, Spitalfields/../../Robsons Directory
1836/R Phillips, Old Will Summers, Crispin street, Spitalfields/../../Pigots Directory
1838/Thomas Munnings / Victualler /../../London Gazette, 3 April 1838 **
1839/Jos. Gower/../../../Pigots Directory **
1841/Thomas Lilly/../../../P.O. Directory **
1842/Rich. Phillips/../../../Robsons Directory **
1851/John F Peters/Licensed Victualler/39/Brickworks, Wales/Census
1851/Eliza Jane Peters/Wife/42/City of London/Census
1851/William J Peters/Son, Assistant/15/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1851/Eliza Ann Peters/Daughter/13/St Giles in Fields/Census
1851/Edwin Peters/Son/11/St Giles in Fields/Census
1851/Thomas Frabell/Lodger, Gentleman/67/Colnbrook, Buckinghamshire/Census
1856/C Widows/../../../Post Office Directory
Morning Advertiser 18 January 1859 - Licence transfers :
Will Summers, Crispin street, Charles Widows to William Smith Boult
1861/Samuel Robert Pether/Publican/31/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Eliza Pether/Wife/27/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1861/Eliza Pether/Daughter/10/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/Emma Pether/Daughter/5/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1861/William Poplar/Potman/26/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1861/James Steel/Lodger, Porter/22/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
July 1861/William Smith Boult / Outgoing Licensee / Era Newspaper **
July 1861/Samuel Robert Pethers / Incoming Licensee / Era Newspaper **
May 1862/S Robert Pather/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
May 1862/George Coleman/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
July 1865/Henry Hawkens/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
July 1865/Thomas Luty and George Luty/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
11th March 1866/Thomas Luty & George Luty/Outgoing Licensee/../../East
London Observer +
11th March 1866/Thomas Samuel Mortlock/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
7th July 1866/Thomas S Mortlock/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
7th July 1866/Henry Kemp/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
My great grandfather's older (by 4 years) brother, Henry Kemp, was also a
licensed victualler and ran the Old Will Somers pub at 25 Crispin Street,
Spitalfields/ChristChurch, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets. He later owned and
ran The Cock at 45 High Street, Whitechapel. ***
1869/H Kemp/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Henry Kemp/Licensed Victualler, Widow/34/Saint Pancras,
Middlesex/Census ***
1871/William H Kemp/Son/4/Christchurch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Arthur G Kemp/Son/2/Christchurch, Middlesex/Census
1871/George Kemp/Brother, Barman/29/Saint Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1871/George Moss/Potman/40/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1872/J Kemp/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
1874/H Kemp/../../../H D Miles Directory of Licensed Victuallers **
August 1873/Henry Kemp/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
August 1873/George Kemp/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1877/George Kemp/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1877/Montague Dalby/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1879/Montague Dally/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1879/John Morris/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1881/John Morris/Licensed Victualler/33/Chatham, Kent/Census
1881/Elizabeth Morris/Wife/27/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Morris/Mother/70/Hounslow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick C Free/Nephew/10/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick Glansford/Barman/22/Ramsgate, Kent/Census
1881/Ellen Lester/Housemaid/20/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Bessy Baker/Visitor, Patent Rubber (Rheumatic)/39/Sheffield,
York/Census
1884/Mary A Webster/../../../Post Office Directory
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** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Julie Kemp
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