St George in East Index
John Rocques map of 1746 clearly shows Halfway House noted, in Commercial road, and at the correct position. In 1809, named the George, and known by the name of the Half Way house, Commercial road. At George Terrace, Commercial Road east in 1869 & earlier; This pub was established in 1654, and largely re-built in its present form in 1891. **
Spitalfields Life has a rather excellent article on the George
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George In East, London - in East London.
George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road - in July 2006
Kindly Provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
24 February 1786/ Simon Jackson, St Georges, Middlesex, Victualler, Widower and Mary Newman, widow/Marriage Bonds
1786-1789/An entry for Hang Mans Acre, a rent of 40 pounds to proprietor Samuel Hawkins by Simon Jackson/../../London Tax Records
17 March 1789/Insured: Symon Jackson, the Halfway House, Hangmans Acre, Stepney, victualler/Access to Archives - LMA
By 1790, there is a Simon Jackson, victualler at the
Fountain, Virginia
row, Bethnal green/Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org,
version 8.0, 10 December 2019), May 1790, trial of WILLIAM JENKINSON WILLIAM
READ HENRY WHITE (t17900526-7).
Charles Cliffe is earlier at the
Carved Red Lion, Islington in 1798
6 October 1794/Charles Cliff of St Dunstan, Stepney, Middlesex and Lucy
Ellis, spinster/Marriage Bonds
1802 - 1820/An entry for Hang Mans Acre or Halfway House, a rent of 40
pounds to proprietor Samuel Hawkins by Charles Cliffe/../../London Tax
Records
13 January 1808/John Maynard was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 3d
of December , four shirts, value 16 s. and two shifts, value 2 s. the
property of Charles Cliff .
Lucy Cliff. I am the wife of Charles Cliff , he keeps the Half Way
House on the Commercial-road . On the 30th of September, I had a quantity of
shirts hanging out on the ground opposite of the house; I saw them in the
ground at four o'clock from my window; about a quarter past four the
prisoner was brought into my house with a bag of linen; I examined the bag,
it contained four shirts of Mr. Cliff's, one shirt of mine, and one a young
lady's that I had to assist me. I know the things.
BENJAMIN STERN . I am a servant to Mr. Cliff; I saw a man go into the ground
where the fence is broken down; he went to the linen and unpinned the
things./Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0,
10 December 2019), January 1808, trial of JOHN MAYNARD (t18080113-52).
1809/Robert Williams was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 6th of
January , four quart pewter pots, value 4 s. and three pint pewter pots,
value 1 s. 6 d. the property of Charles Cliffe .
Charles Cliffe - I am a publican , I keep the George, known by the name of
the Half Way house, Commercial road . On the 6th of January the officers
brought the prisoner into my house with seven pots with my name on them. /
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 10
December 2019), January 1809, trial of ROBERT WILLIAMS (t18090111-49).
24 September 1814/A Marriage Bond of Charles Cliffe, of St George,
Middlesex, a widower to Harriett Parker of the parish of Wanstead, Essex,
aged twenty one years and upwards.
1825/Mr. Cliff, George, Commercial road/../../Licensed Victuallers
Association
11 August 1825/Insured: Charles Cliffe The George Commercial Road brewer
victualler and livery stable keeper/Access to Archives
29 October 1828/Will of Charles Cliffe, Victualler of Saint George in the
East , Middlesex/Access to Archives
The Will of Charles Cliffe mentions his son Charles Garrard Cliffe, a sail
maker; his wife Harriot Cliffe, to whom he leaves a leasehold in a tavern or
public house known as the George or Halfway House with the Brewhouse,
Stables and Outhouses being and fronting in Commercial road.
He also mentions Edmund Harrison Cliffe and Henry Frederick Cliffe by his
former wife.
1829/Charles Cliffe, George, Commercial road east/../../Pigots
Directory
1832/Henry Cliffe, George, Commercial road, Whitechapel/../../Robsons
Directory
1833-34/Henry Cliffe, George, George terrace, Commercial road/../../Pigots
Directory
1836/George Fagg, George, Commercial road east/../../Pigots
Directory
1839/Robert Samuel Williams, George, 1 George terrace, Commercial road east/../../Pigots
Directory
1851/Robert S Williams/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/Robert S Williams/Licensed Victualler/42/Holborn, Middlesex/Census
1851/Lavinia Williams/Wife/43/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1851/Laura R Williams/Daughter/17/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1851/Edward Williams/Son/14/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1851/Robert S Williams/Son/12/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1851/Charles A Williams/Son/3/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1851/John S Ransom/Lodger, Mariner/22/Holt, Norfolk/Census
1851/Alexander McDonald/Barman/26/Barham, Scotland/Census
1851/James Phillips/Waiter/35/Childrick, Essex/Census
1851/Frederick Good/Porter/27/Bures, Suffolk/Census
1851/Susan Wheeler/Servant/23/St Georges, Middlesex/Census
1851/Fanny Tennant/Servant/26/St Saviours, Middlesex/Census
1851/Jane M Berry/Servant/27/Stepney/Census
1851/Mary Ann Davis/Servant/18/Mile End Old Town/Census
1851/William Munday/Lodger, Grocer/25/Offington, Bedfordshire/Census
1856/R S Williams/../../../Post Office Directory
July 1862/Robert Samuel Williams/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer
July 1862/Henry Puzey/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1865/Mr H
Puzey, George Tavern, George terrace, Commercial road East /../../Licensed
Victuallers Association
4th July 1868/Henry Puzey/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
4th July 1868/Thomas Puzey/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1869/T Puzey/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Thomas Puzey/Licensed Victualler/27/Lisson Grove, Middlesex/Census
1871/Julia M A Puzey/Wife/26/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Julia Puzey//2/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thomas Puzey/Son//St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1871/Charlotte Walby/Cook/26/York, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Sarah Baker/Housemaid/18/Deptford, Kent/Census
1871/Emily Phillips/Nursemaid/18/Woodstock, Oxford/Census
1871/George E Everleigh/Barman/25/Hornton, Devon/Census
1871/Archibald J Kater/Barman/24/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/Alexander Pomeroy/Barman/20/Kentish Town, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alfred F Puzey/Brother, Barman/20/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1877/Thomas Puzey/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/Frederick Russell/Licensed Victualler Manager/32/Ashford, Kent/Census
1881/Henry C Hunt/Barman/26/Box, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Walter Peck/Barman/26/Bromley, Kent/Census
1881/Philip E Potter/Barman/20/Ixworth, Suffolk/Census
1881/John T Kemp/Barman/16/Haggarston, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edwin Beaumont/Barman/16/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Mary C Watts/Domestic Servant Cook/28/Cookham, Berkshire/Census
1881/Alice Street/Domestic Servant Housemaid/23/Thorpe Susakin, Essex/Census
1891/Poole & Venner/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Poole & Venner/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/George William Mann/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/George W Mann/Licensed Victualler/39/Hadleigh, Suffolk/Census
1901/Annie L Mann/Wife/43/Heddington, Essex/Census
1901/Geo W Mann/Son/16/London/Census
1901/Annie L Mann/Daughter/14/London/Census
1901/Elizabeth Hawkins/Domestic Servant/26/London/Census
1901/Katherine S Potter/Domestic Servant/24/London/Census
1901/Nelson W Middleditch/Barman/29/Clifton, Bristol/Census
1901/Frederick Buck/Barman/23/Saffron Walden, Essex/Census
1901/Ebenezer Flowers/Barman/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Archibald Jesops/Barman/21/London/Census
1901/Thomas Howell/Barman/21/London/Census
1901/Henry Rhodes/Barman/21/Kingston Langley, Wiltshire/Census
1901/Richard English/Barman/21/Bow, London/Census
1903/George William Mann/../../../Post Office Directory
Eastern Post. 22 April 1911 - Transfers of Victuallers Licenses
George, Commercial road, Harry Lionel Salmon to George Simmonds
1915/George Henry Hardy/../../../Post Office Directory **
1923/George I Isaacs/../../../Post Office Directory **
1938/Hy Webb/../../../Post Office Directory **
1944/William Haigh Noble/../../../Post Office Directory **
1948/William Austin Balls/../../../Post Office Directory **
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