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The Shakespeares head at 1 Little Russell street in the 1851 census and 43 Russell street in the 1861 census. At 60 Drury lane in the 1842, 1848, 1851 and 1856 directories.
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Martins in Fields, London.
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The first meeting of a group of sixteen surveyors to consider the formation of a society took place at the Shakespeare Tavern, Russell Street, Covent Garden on March 8th 1792. The rules of the Club were set out at a subsequent meeting on May 2nd 1792. Up to March 1794 the meetings were held every month at the Shakespeare Tavern. /../Records held at the Westminster Archives
1822/Thompson Egling, Shakespeare Tavern & Norfolk Hotel, 27 & 28 Great Russell street, Covent garden/../../Pigots Directory
6 July 1826/Insured: Arabella Lancaster 1 (The Shakespear Head) Little Russell Street Covent Garden victualler and spirit merchant/../records at the London Metropolitan Archives
1829/Arabella Lancaster/../../../Robsons Directory
1832/Lancaster/../../../Robsons Directory
1836/Brookes & Co, Shakespeares Head, Little Russell street, Drury lane./../../Pigots Directory
1842/Brookes & Co/../../../Robsons Directory
1842/Bert Brookes/60 Drury lane/../../Robsons Directory
1848/Benjamin Brookes/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Richard Samuel Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Arthur Rebbeck/Victualler/33/Cranbourn, Dorset/Census
1851/Mary Lankston/Bar woman, Widow/50/London/Census
1851/Sophia Floare/House Servant/24/London/Census
1851/Richard Lee/House Servant/15/London/Census
1856/Chas W Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/John Steels/Cellerman/28/Eye, Northampton/Census
1861/Mary A Langston/Housekeeper, Widow/63/Windsor, Berkshire/Census
1861/Sophia Hoare/Servant/35/London/Census
1861/William Small/Servant/21/Assington, Suffolk/Census
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