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There appear to be two Golden Cross, one at 3 Duncannon street and This one appears to be called the Golden Cross tap in a couple of the earlier directories. It later becomes the Duncannon.
Renamed the Duncannon, 3 Duncannon Street by 1899; The site was redeveloped as Golden Cross House in 1931, but a pub, of much more modest size, was retained - called the Duncannon. The Lady Hamilton in the 1980s and in 1991 it was renamed Halfway II Heaven. **
There is another Golden Cross at 3 King street, Long acre; which is also listed at Cross Lane in the 1854 license transfer; whilst at 3 King street in the 1851 census and 1856 license transfer.
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Golden Cross, 3 Duncannon Street, WC2 - the original premises
Golden Cross, 3 Duncannon Street, WC2 - in April 2008
Both kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1839/Felix Clewett/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/Felix Clewett/../../../Post Office Directory
1841/Felix Clewett/Victualler/35/../Census
1841/Ann Speer/Maid/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Baker/Waiter/25/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Flemming/Ostler/25/../Census
1842/F Clewett/../../../Robsons Directory
1846/Felix Clewett/../../../Post Office Directory
1848/Felix Clewett/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Felix Clewett/Victualler/49/Wincanton, Somerset/Census
1851/Mary Clewett/Wife/46/Wincanton, Somerset/Census
1851/Ellen Carlston/Barmaid/20/Chatham, Kent/Census
1851/Martha Brown/Cook/38/Bishops Castle, Shropshire/Census
1851/Elizabeth Stott/Chambermaid/36/Blankney, Lincolnshire/Census
1851/Benjamin Harvey/Waiter/24/Wethersfield, Essex/Census
1851/Henry Major/Waiter/18/Hollybourn, Hampshire/Census
1851/William wild/Visitor, Gentlemans Servant/17/Broxley, Shropshire/Census
1856/Felix Clewitt/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/Benjamin Benjafield/Victualler/37/Wincanton, Somerset/Census
1861/Elizabeth Benjafield/Wife/43/Writtle, Essex/Census
1861/Mary A Mathews/Barmaid/31/London/Census
1861/Jane Gibbons/Cook/34/Buckinghamshire/Census
1861/Sarah Giblett/House Servant/22/Somerset/Census
1861/William Buckman/Potman/21/London/Census
1861/Jno Wooster/Bar Boy/15/Exeter, Devon/Census
1861/Robert Blenkinsop/Boarder, Gentleman/36/Motram, Cheshire/Census
1862/Benjamin Benjafield/../../../Post Office Directory
1865/Benjamin Benjafield/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1869/Felix John Clewitt/../../../Post Office Directory
Golden Cross, 3 Duncannon Street :
1871/Felix J Clewitt/Licensed Victualler/32/Great Bodwin, Wiltshire/Census
1871/Mary Ann Blazey/Barmaid/22/Borough, Surrey/Census
1871/Margaret E Maclennan/Barmaid/24/Scotland/Census
1871/James Smith/Barman/18/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1871/Emma Leat/Cook/30/Honiton, Devon/Census
1871/Maria Hudson/Housemaid/19/Brixton, Norfolk/Census
1871/John Doughty/Potman & waiter/42/Manchester, Lancashire/Census
1874/F J Clewitt/../../../Licensed Victualler & Hotelier Directory
1881/Felix Jno Clewett/Licensed Victualler/42/Gt Bedwyer, Wiltshire/Census
1881/Judith A Clewett/Wife/55/Wincanton, Somerset/Census
1881/Mary Stephenson/Barmaid/26/Leeds, York/Census
1881/Annie Juggins/Housemaid/31/Foxcote, Gloucester/Census
1881/Lizzie Bridger/Barmaid/17/Covent Garden, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edwin Judd/Potman/19/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1881/James Howes/Potman/39/Desborough, Buckingham/Census
1881/Emma Leah/Cook/47/Chard, Somerset/Census
1881/Edwin Harding/Barman/22/Castle Eaton, Gloucester/Census
1882/Felix Jno Clewett/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Tabitha A Clewett/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/George Way/../../../Post Office Directory
Duncannon, 3 Duncannon Street :
1899/Henry Serle Rocke/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/William Grore/Licensed Victuallers manager/29/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1901/Ada Grore/Wife/49/City Road, London/Census
1901/Harriet Swainsbury/Barmaid/29/Whitechapel, London/Census
1901/Arthur Pickbering/Barman/18/Kew, London/Census
1901/Thomas Cawthorn/Barman/23/Lewisham, Kent/Census
1901/Tilley Cotter/Barmaid/21/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1901/Minnie Ell/Domestic Servant/22/Totterham, Essex/Census
1901/Patrick Shannon/Barman/17/Cork, Ireland/Census
1910/Harry Serle Rocke/../../../Post Office Directory
Charlotte Elizabeth Louise Thiele married John William Smith, publican on
28th May 1905. They had their first, and only, child Charlotte Alice Miriam
Smith born in Hoxton in 1907. The 1911 census has John Smith and family
living at “The Duncannon” 3, Duncannon Street St Martin in the Fields as the
publican, with Charlotte assisting in the business, the clincher being the
annotation “father German” with Nellie Lucy Thiele “sister in law” (misspelt
Shiele) living in aged 18 noted as a “nursemaid domestic”, again, father
noted as German. Six staff members are listed excluding the Smiths and
Nellie. The Telephone Directory has John still there in 1913. *
The couple appear to have moved to the
Norwood Hotel 3, Knights Hill
Norwood by the end of the Great War, with John William Smith shewing as the
licensee in 1919 and 1921, The Norwood Hotel still exists, now as the “Great
Northwood Hotel” (2016) and is listed as an “Imposing mid-19th Century
public house in red brick with stucco dressings in a Jacobean style”.
Charlotte senior died of consumption in Switzerland having gone there in the
hope of a cure. This is borne out by her letters of administration which has
her address as Tarrazona Mansions Boscombe, whilst having died at Territet
Montreux Switzerland (on the “Vaud Riviera” overlooking Lake Geneva) on
16-9-1922. Administration was granted to Charlotte’s husband John William
Smith publican.
John William Smith, licensed victualler, married Charlotte’s first cousin
Edith Mills’ the widow of John Deardon Mills in Islington in 1927. *
1911/John William Smith/Public House Manager/35/Regents Park, Middlesex/Census *
1911/Charlotte Louise Elizabeth Smith/Wife, Assistant/29/Kentish Town, London/Census
1911/Nellie Lucy Thiele/Sister in Law, Nursemaid/18/Kentish Town, London/Census
1911/James Vine/Barman/46/Walworth, London/Census
1911/William Patrick Messett/Barman/25/St Georges East, London/Census
1911/Charlotte Alice Miriam Smith/Daughter/4/Hoxton, London/Census
1911/William Caston/Potman/34/Lorrimore square, London/Census
1911/Lilian Bessett/Barmaid/23/Camberwell, London/Census
1911/Annie Satchell/General Servant/37/West Meath, Ireland/Census
1911/Lawrence Crook/Barman/22/Hackney, London/Census
H & F Frost had their offices at 16 Token House Yard, EC2 (St Margaret Lothbury) ***
1921/H & F Frost Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory ***
1927/H & F Frost Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Harold James White/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Harold James White/../../../Post Office Directory
1940/Harold James White/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/George Alfred Williams & Mrs Marjorie Allan/../../../Post Office Directory
2017/Halfway To Heaven, 7 Duncannon Street, London, WC2N 4JF - A Stonegate pub
* Provided By Jeff Stumbke
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By John Carnaby
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