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In 1856 the address is at 26 Upper North place, Grays Inn road. This pub was rebuilt in the 1930s. ** It is still open for business and no longer tied to Green King.
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Blue Lion, 133 Grays Inn Road, WC1 - in May 2007
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Residents at this address.
1805/Rich Alvin, Blue Lion, Grays inn lane/../../Holdens Directory
1811/Ann Alvin, Blue Lion, Grays inn road/../../Holdens Directory
1833-34/George Howse, Blue Lion, Upper North place, Grays Inn/../../Pigots Directory
1841/T Griffiths, Blue Lion, 26 Upper North place, Grays Inn road/../../Post Office Directory
1848/John Brown, Blue Lion, 26 Upper North place, Grays Inn road/../../Post Office Directory
1856/J Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
April 1861/James Haines Gideon/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
April 1861/James Coppin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
May 1862/James Coppin/Licensed Victuallers Association/../../Era
1862/James Alderson, Blue Lion, 26 Upper North place, Grays Inn
road/../../Post Office Directory
1869/James Alderson/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/William S Keats/Licensed Victualler/44/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1871/Margaret J Keats/Wife/38/Westminster, Middlesex/Census
1871/William F Keats/Son/10/Pimlico, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ada F Keats/Daughter/2/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1871/Frances Jones/Barmaid/31/Middlesex/Census
1871/Ellen McCarthy/Domestic Servant/30/Ireland/Census
1871/Kate Hinton/Nursemaid/16/Middlesex/Census
1871/Thomas Dymock/Potman/22/Ringwood, Hampshire/Census
1874/W S Keats/../../../Licensed Victualler & Hotelier Directory
1880/James Aldie Chilvers/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/James A Chilvers/Licensed Victualler/36/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lucy Chilvers/Wife/38/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Thomas Leaver/Nephew, Short Hand Writer/20/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Harry Leaver/Nephew, Short Hand Writer/18/Oxford, Oxford/Census
1881/Elizabeth Baylis/Barmaid/22/Birmingham, Warwick/Census
1881/Ellen Wright/General Servant/18/Waltham Abbey, Essex/Census
1882/James Aldie Chilvers/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/James A Chilvers/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Mrs Lucy Chilvers/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Edward Haywood Raven/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Edward H Raven/Licensed Victualler/45/Islington, London/Census
1901/George Carter/Barman/23/London/Census
1901/Frederick W Lovejoy/Barman/29/barnsbury, London/Census
1901/Lucy Harfitt/Barmaid/29/Whitchurch, Hereford/Census
1901/Rosa Goode/Barmaid/22/Whitchurch, Hereford/Census
1901/Lizzie Wilson/Domestic Servant/26/Belfast, Ireland/Census
1910/Charles William Whitmore Hanbridge/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Charles William Whitmore Hanbridge/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Charles William Whitmore Hanbridge/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census at 133, St Pancras, Gray's Inn Road
Charles William Whitmore Hanbridge, Licensed Victualler, aged 45 years 6 months, and born in Painswick, Gloucestershire, the Employer
Emily Hanbridge, Wife, aged 22 years 1 month, and born in Wandsworth
Eileen Winifred Nora Hanbridge, Daughter, aged 13 years 3 months, and born in St Pancras, Middlesex
Doris Lillian Kate Hanbridge, Daughter, aged 10 years 8 months, and born in St Pancras, Middlesex
Glain Emily Hanbridge, Daughter, aged 4 months, and born in St Pancras, Middlesex
1927/Sidney Brooks/../../../Black eagle Quarterly Journal
1934/Sidney Brooks/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Sidney Brooks/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Sidney Brooks/../../../Post Office Directory
S Brooks, died October 31st 1957, licensee since August 1927. Previously the joint licensee of the Globe, Euston for nearly three years - Black Eagle Quarterly Journal ***
1957/Sidney Brooks/../../../Black eagle Quarterly Journal
1966/Elizabeth Willard, Blue Lion, 133 Grays Inn Road WC1/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
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