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This is the Three Compasses, Oxford street in the 1853 license transfer, the 1856 directory shows this to be near the junction with Oxford Street. This pub has been rebuilt in modern times and has been recently renamed Brown Sugar (2008). ** Closed permanently in June 2015.
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Three Compasses, 146 High Holborn, WC1 - in 1968 to 1970
Kindly provided by Rex Lancefield
Three Compasses, 146 High Holborn, WC1 - in November 2008
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
July 1799/John Caldwell, The Three Compasses 146 High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
Phoenix Lodge, named in 1828 meets at the Three Compasses, High Holborn, London in 1804
August 1804/Thomas Wise, the Three Compasses, High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
January 1805/Thomas Wise, the Three Compasses, High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
October 1806/Thomas Wise, The Three Compasses, High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
1806/Mr Wise, Three Compasses, High Holborn/../../London Brewery 1806 customer for supplying the public with genuine malt liquor
October 1807/John Taylor, the Three Compasses, High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
1811/William Furlanger, Three Compasses, High Holborn/../../Holdens Directory
December 1820/Charles Webb 146 High Holborn victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
June 1821/Charles Webb 146 High Holborn victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
October 1823/Charles Webb, 146 High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
December 1825/Charles Webb, 146 High Holborn victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
May 1827/Charles Webb, 146 High Holborn, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the LMA
1832/John Rogers/../../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/John Rogers/../../../Pigots Directory
1836/John Rogers/../../../Pigots Directory
1839/John Rogers/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/J Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory
1842/Jno Rogers/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/Thomas Probyn/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Thomas Probyn/../../../Kellys Directory
Morning Advertiser 23 April 1851 - Licence transfers
Three Compasses, Oxford street, Thomas Probyn to John Babbedge Petter
1851/John Babledge Potter/Licensed Victualler/31/Barnstaple, Devon/Census
1851/Elizabeth Potter/Wife/28/Lapford, Devon/Census
1851/John A Potter/Son/4/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1851/George A Potter/Son/1/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1851/Henry Potter/Son, Printer/24/Barnstaple, Devon/Census
1851/Selina Potter/Visitor/24/Lapford, Devon/Census
1851/William Lewis/Barman/19/St Clements, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Eltham/House Servant/36/St James, Middlesex/Census
1851/Eliza Brooks/Nursemaid/14/Queens Hospital, Middlesex/Census
November 1853/William Wells/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1853/John Skidmore/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
October 1854/John Skidmore/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
October 1854/Samuel Mullett/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
June 1855/Samuel Mullett/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
June 1855/John Durrant/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1856/Vacant/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1857/Alfred Utting/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1857/William Biddle/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1861/Mary Lewis/Licensed Victualler, Widow/57/Stamford, Lincolnshire/Census
1861/William Capendall/Brother in Law, Cellerman/66/Stamford,
Lincolnshire/Census
1861/Leonore Plimsaul/Barmaid/25/Norfolk/Census
October 1862/Edward Ley/Outgoing Licensee/../../Morning Post
October 1862/Thomas Cooke/Incoming Licensee/../../Morning Post
1869/Thomas Cooke/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1871 census at Three Compasses, 146 OLd Holborn are
Lydea Cook, Widow, aged 73, born in Ipswich Suffolk.
Thomas Cook, Son, Licensed Victualler, aged 51, born in Ipswich Suffolk.
Myria Cook, Daughter, aged 40, born in Ipswich Suffolk.
Elizabeth Cook, Daughter, aged 36, born in Ipswich Suffolk.
Frederick Scrivener, Servant, aged 17, born in Ipswich Suffolk.
Eliza Scofield, Servant, aged 15, born in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
1873/Thomas Cooke/../../../Post Office Directory **
Licensed Victuallers' Guardian. 25 July 1874 Transfer of Licenses
Three Compasses, High Holborn, Thomas Cooke to Thomas Smith
1881/John Foot/Licensed Victualler/39/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henrietta Foot/Wife/39/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Jane Foot/Daughter/7/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Foot/Daughter/6/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/John William Foot/Son/4/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henrietta Crouch Foot/Daughter/3/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Thomas Foot/Son/2/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Edward Miller/Barman/21//Census
1881/Henry Thomas Bush/Potman/27/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Gilding/Nurse SMS, Widow/60/St Giles Cripplegate, Middlesex/Census
1882/John Foot/../../../Post Office Directory
1885/Thomas Gibbs/../../../Post Office Directory **
1891/Thomas Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Henry Goodman/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Herbert Chas Roger Targett/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/Jn Hodgkins/../../../Post Office Directory **
1910/Francis Arthur Dunn/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1910/George Frank Dunn, Licensed Victualler of this address, aged 37 ;
marries Maud Bell, aged 36 - at St James, Hatcham.
1911/George Frank Dunn/Licensed Victualler/38/Bermondsey, London/Census
1911/Maud Dunn/Wife, Assistant/37/Brockley, London/Census
1911/Alfred Henry Pott/Barman & Potman/30/deal, Kent/Census
1911/Jane Davidson/cook/45/Aberdeen, Scotland/Census
1921/George Davies/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Harry Woodcock/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Harry John Chas Woodcock/../../../Post Office Directory
1971/../Three Compasses, 146 High Holborn WC1/../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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