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Gun Tavern, 125 Lupus street, Pimlico, St George Hanover Square SW1

St George Hanover Square pub history index

In 1805 and earlier, at 12 Stafford Row in Pimlico - this was actually a different address. Seemingly long demolished, 125 Lupus Street is now a post office in a shopping arcade below flats. It was demolished between 1961 and 1965.

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George Hanover Square -  London; and includes such areas of London as Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Pimlico.

Gun Tavern, Stafford Row, Pimlico - circa 1820

Gun Tavern, Stafford Row, Pimlico - circa 1820

Kindly provided by Colleen

The Gun Tavern, 125 Lupus Street, Pimlico

The Gun Tavern, 125 Lupus Street, Pimlico

Kindly provided by Peter Fry

Residents at this address.

1805/Mrs C Adams, Gun Tavern, Stafford road, Pimlico/../../Holdens Directory

1832/Wale, Gun Tavern, 12 Stafford row, Pimlico/../../Robsons Directory

1839/Walt Day/../../../Pigots Directory

1842/William Rackstraw, Gun Tavern, 12 Stafford row, Pimlico/../../Robsons Directory

1843/William Rackstraw/../../../Kellys Directory

1848/William Rackstraw/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/William Rackstraw/../../../Kellys Directory

1856/William Rackstraw/../../../Post Office Directory

1869/F Matthews/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/John Freebone/Victuallers Manager/35/St Pancreas, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth W Freebone/Wife/30/St Pancreas, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Hudson/Cellarman/26/Mitcham, Surrey/Census
1881/Albert Baker/Barman/19/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1881/Edward E Smith/Barman/20/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1881/James West/Barman/19/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred W Cane/Barman/24/Mortlake, Surrey/Census
1881/Margaret Brosnan/General Servant/19/St Geo Han Sq, Middlesex/Census

1882/Smith & King/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Joseph Hollyman/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Edward Elden/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Wm Carpenter Hall/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/Frederick C Knight/Public House Manager/23/Clapham, London/Census
1901/Winifred W Knight/Wife, Public House Manageress/24/Colchester, Essex/Census
1901/Alice C Walker/Barmaid/20/Northfield, Kent/Census
1901/Sidney F Lowden/Barman/22/Devonshire/Census
1901/Isabella Armstead/Cook, Widow/46/../Census
1901/Frank Ball/Barman/18/Glamorganshire/Census
1901/William A Doughty/Barman/21/Millis, Suffolk/Census

1910/Wm Cole Banbery/../../../Post Office Directory

1915/John Egan & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory

1938/John Egan & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Jn Egan & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory

Chelsea News and General Advertiser. 09 June 1961
Objection was raised at Westminster City Council meeting to a proposal to use the Gun Tavern, Lupus street, Pimlico, now scheduled for demolition, as a store for cleaning materials.

Westminster & Pimlico News. 18 June 1965
Strong rumours in Pimlico that Mr Tom Frohock, former licensee pf the Gun Tavern, now demolished in Lupus street, Pimlico had died on Monday are unfounded.




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