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At 78 Ludgate Hill EC4 by 1882; The pub was built in 1870 and closed in 2005 - it is now split between a bank and a café. **
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Brides, London.
King Lud, Ludgate Circus - in 1896
Kindly provided by Colleen
Old King Lud, 12 Ludgate Circus, EC4 in 1909, the King Ludd is the building at the left of the photo.
Old King Lud, 12 Ludgate Circus, EC4 - in February 2008
Both Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1880/John Charles Bell/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/Edward N Dale/Manager to Licensed Victualler/35/Camberwell,
Surrey/Census
1881/Alice Dale/Wife/25/Deptford, Kent/Census
1881/Wiliam N Dale/Son/1/City of London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles N Dale/Son/7 months/City of London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Hooper/Barman/21/Radlette, Hertford/Census
1881/Alfred Brislow/Barman/20/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Edwards/Barman/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Hine/Barmaid/24/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1881/Ruth Clark/Barmaid/21/Staplehurst, Kent/Census
1881/Martha J Jones/Barmaid/21/Wales/Census
1881/Mary Ann Shaw/Barmaid/20/Rotherhithe, Kent/Census
1881/Alice F Hedger/Barmaid/19/Ewhurst, Surrey,/Census
1881/Emily Jones/Cook/21/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Elizabeth Jones/Housemaid/16/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Elizabeth Walker/Nurse/17/Bloomsbury/Census
1882/John Charles Bell/../../../Post Office Directory
1882/Emily Street / Barmaid /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1882/Mary Warton / Barmaid /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1882/Frederick Wenn / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1882/Charles Beresford / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
1884/Stephen James Kelson / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1891/Wm Henry Clark/../../../Post Office Directory
1896/Isaac Levy/../../../Post Office Directory **
1899/Levy & Franks/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/Levy & Franks/../../../Post Office Directory **
1911/Henry Albert Lloyd/Manager/36/Bristol, Gloucestershire/Census
1911/Edith Lloyd/Wife, assiatnt/27/Mile End, London/Census
1911/Lena Lloyd/Daughter/2/Kennington, London/Census
1911/Christina Elvia Brigden/Barmaid/18/Dublin, Ireland/Census
1911/Ada Rose Minks/Barmaid/19/Walworth, London/Census
1911/Alice Waters/Barmaid/22/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1911/Mabel K Watts/Barmaid/20/Kingston, London/Census
1911/Percy Charles Hore/Barman/22/Poplar, London/Census
1911/Stanley Walter Copping/Barman/25/Stowmarket, Suffolk/Census
1911/Frederick William Stevenson/Potman/22/Soho, London/Census
1911/Gertrude Scull/Housemaid/29/Bristol, Gloucestershire/Census
1911/Annie Brown/Cook/30/Burnham on Crouch, Essex/Census
1911/Rose Jane Ollett/Kitchenmaid/22/Greenwich, London/Census
1911/Frances Maud Rhodes/Kitchenmaid/22/Borough, London/Census
1911/Veronica Johnston/Nurse/16/Teddington, London/Census
In 1921 census 78 Ludgate Hill, City of London,
Walter Edwin Hallpike, Licensed Victualler Manager, Messrs Levy & Franks London, the King Lud, 78 Ludgate Hill, aged 39 years, and born in Hackney, London
Violet Mary Hallpike, Wife, Licensed Victualler Manageress, Licensed Caterers 20 Hart St WC1, aged 29 years 6 months, and born in Lewisham, London
Florence Henson, Cook, Messrs Levy & Franks, aged 40 years 5 months, and born in Boston, Lincolnshire
Mary Ann Sheppard, Kitchenmaid, Messrs Levy & Franks, aged 25 years 5 months, and born in Bristol, Gloucestershire
Alice Maud Adams, Barmaid, Messrs Levy & Franks, aged 21 years 11 months, and born in Peckham, London
Olive Grace Williams, Barmaid, Messrs Levy & Franks, aged 34 years 6 months, and born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Alice Gentle, Barmaid, Messrs Levy & Franks, aged 28 years 2 months, and born in Gillingham, Kent
George Francis Spring, Barman, Messrs Levy & Franks, aged 33 years 1 month, and born in Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire
1922/Levy & Franks Ltd, King Lud, 78 Ludgate Hill/../../Post Office Directory
1944/Levy & Franks Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1946/Levy & Franks Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory **
My mum and dad, Evelyn Edith and Edwin Roland Roberts managed three pubs in London between 1930 and 1940.
Dad was at the King Lud, Ludgate Circus in 1936, when he met and married my mum. *
He was at the Three Jolly Gardeners in Hammersmith at the start of the war and left there to train as an engineer in 1940 or 1941. At some time he also managed the Green Man, Edgware Road. *
1983/OLD KING LUD: Ludgate Circus EC4. Whitbreads./../../Pub Directory
1991/Old King Lud: Ludgate Circus EC4. Whitbreads. No beer - closed./../../Pub Directory
* Provided By Edwin Roberts
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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