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At Commercial Place, Kentish Town in 1856. The Pub was rebuilt in its present form in 1896. ** The pub gets its name from the
time in the 18th century when it was the last hostelry between Kentish Town and Highgate and Hampstead to the north. Travellers would assemble there to travel in large groups to protect themselves from the highwaymen and footpads who roamed the district. The building in 1896 is boarded up prior to demolition; The current pub opened in 1898.
The drinking fountain in the foreground is still in place outside the Overground station. *+
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Assembly House, Kentish Town in circa 1750
Assembly House, Kentish Town road circa 1896. The building is boarded up prior to demolition
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Assembly House, Kentish Town Road circa 1900 and landlord Thomas McCloud Mills
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and Assembly House, Kentish Town in 1961
Richard Burton was a star in a film called "villain" and some of the location shots were taken 'here'. Elizabeth Taylor came to watch her husband, and here they are with our Manager and his wife, Mr & Mrs C E McDonald ***
Richard Burton & the Assembly House in 1970
Both kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson
A still from the 1971 film Villain showing the interior with Richard Burton standing in the doorway.
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Assembly House, 292-294 Kentish Town Road, NW5 - in March 2007
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Assembly House, 292-294 Kentish Town Road, NW5 - in June 2019
The following entries are in this format:
Residents at this address.
1805/William Englefield, Assembly House, Kentish Town road/../../Holdens Directory
1826/John White/../../../Middlesex Directory
1833-34/Sarah White, Assembly House, Kentish Town/../../Pigots Directory
1836/Sarah White, Assembly House, Commercial place, Kentish Town/../../Pigot's
Directory
1839/Sarah White/../../../Pigots Directory
1846/S Thorogood/../../../Post Office Directory
The Times in 13 October, 1848; reported in the "Middlesex Sessions", recording that a "James Wire" had applied for a renewal of his license for music and dancing at the "Assembly House, Kentish-town", which was duly granted on Thursday, October 12. *
August 1850/Mary Wise, widow of late occupier/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
December1853/Charles Crane/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
December 1853/Thomas Armstrong Prior/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/T A Prior/../../../Post Office Directory
September 1855/Thomas Armstrong Prior/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
September 1855/William Marshall Ford/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
January 1857/William Marshall Ford/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1857/Joseph Creech/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
The Era 24 April 1859 - Transfer of Licences
Assembly House, Kentish Town, Joseph Creech to Henry Boyson
1861/Henry Bryon/Victualler, Widow/57/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1861/Rosetta Crouch/Niece, Housekeeper/35/Kingston, Surrey/Census
1861/William Crouch/Son of Niece/10/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1861/Edward Crouch/Son of Niece/4/Bread street, London/Census
1861/Emily A Crouch/Daughter of Niece/2/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1861/Louisa A Payne/House Servant/19/Kent street, Borough, Surrey/Census
1862/Henry Bryon/../../../Post Office Directory
1867/Mrs Mary Ann Catchpole/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1869/Mrs Mary Ann Catchpole/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/William Harwood/Licensed Victualler/48/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Susan Harwood/Wife/47/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Harwood/Son/17/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frank Jennings/Barman/23/Barkin, Middlesex/Census
1881/John Fuller/Barman/19/Suffolk/Census
1881/Henry Hackens/Barman/19/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Kate Freshing/Barmaid/20/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Watson/Cook, Widow/24/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1882/William Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/William Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Goddard & Sullivan/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Thomas McCloud Mills/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Walter Wm Collison/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Harry Augustus Lloyd/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Harry Augustus Lloyd/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/James Rossiter Anning/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 13 Rosebery Road, Wood Green - a home address?
James Rossieter Anning, Licensed Victualler, aged 62 years 6 months, and born in East Budleigh, Devon, the Employer at the Assembly House, Kentish Town road
Emily Louisa Anning, Wife, aged 50 years 8 months, and born in Hastings, Sussex
Percy Vincent Dunn, Step-son, Shipping Clerk, Coxs Shipping Agency, Corbett court, Gracechurch street, aged 18 years 1 month, and born in Forest Hill
Lucy Alice Rossiter, Visitor, aged 62 years 6 months, and born in Bishopsteignton
1934/Fredc French/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Frederic Joseph French/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Frederic Joseph French/../../../Post Office Directory
1958-65/George Harvey Matthews/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***
George Harvey Matthews joined Trumans in August 1955 as licensee of the Army and Navy, Stoke Newington, until June 1958, when he and his wife moved to the Assembly House, Kentish Town.
Their warm personalities soon won them a lot of friends in all parts of the Trade and their varied interests make it easy for any visitor to enjoy a conversation with them. Proof of Harvey's popularity in the Trade is in the fact that he has been elected Chairman of the St Pancras LV A for the past three years. Before joining the Company, Mr and Mrs Matthews were schoolteachers and, though the change of occupation may seem strange, they soon became 'naturals'. They have a family - a daughter and two sons; they are moving shortly to the Duke of St Albans at Highgate. - Black Eagle Journal ***
Mr & Mrs Matthews, Assembly House, Kentish Town in 1965
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1966/J Butterworth, Assembly House, 292 Kentish Town road NW5/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1970/Mr & Mrs C E McDonald/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***
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