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A1 Tavern was so called because it was at address Smithfield Avenue A, #1 - Mouflets Hotel. The address is at 1 Central Markets by 1895. The name is Mouflet's Hotel in the 1869 directory. *
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
A1 Tower Tavern, 1 Central Markets, Smithfield EC1 - in June 2013
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Residents at this address.
1869/Mouflet Brothers/../../../Post Office Directory *
April 1871/Francis C Mouflet/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
April 1871/Louis A Mouflet/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1874/Louis Mouflet/../../../H D Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers Directory **
14 September 1878/Deaths : Mouflet - Flatman - Also, at the same time, Louis
Alexandre Mouflet, his wife, Nancy, their two eldest children, Alec and
Annie, of Lordship Park, and the A 1 Tower, Meat Market, Smithfield, also
Phillis Flatman, of Newmarket, sister to the above Nancy Mouflet
17 October 1878/The Will of Louis Alexandre Mouflet late of the Tower
Smithfield Market in the City of London Licensed Victualler who died 3
September 1878 having been drowned in the River Thames was proved at the
Principal Registry by Francois Christostome Mouflet of the "Greyhound"
Hotel Richmond in the County of Surrey Licensed Victualler the Brother the
surviving Executor./Sheffield Independent
The Mouflet / Flatman family were not the only people to drown in the Thames
on the night of 3 September 1878. The story of the sinking of the
SS Princess Alice with the loss of 650 lives is told here. **
January 1881/ A 1 Tower, admirably situated and being at the south west
corner of the London Central Meat Market. When property of this class is
announced for public sale it is usual to dilate upon its specialties, but in
this instance such usage will be more honoured in the breach than the
observance, because the mere fact of ite enviable position in the largest
dead meat emporium in the world places encomium at a discount, and renders
commendation superfluous. To summarise its salient points it is only
necessary to observe that the returns are very large, the profits singularly
beneficial, the cost of management comparatively moderate, and the premises
are entirely closed on Sundays./ Era Newspaper
1882/Francoise C Mouflet/../../../Business Directory of London **
1884/Francois C Mouflet/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Francois Chrisostome Mouflet/../../../Post Office Directory *
1895/F. C. Mouflet/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Francois Christostome Mouflet/../../../Post Office Directory
1906/Francoise C Mouflet/../../../Morris’ Business Directory of London **
1910/Alfred John Cope/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Alfred John Cope/../../../Post Office Directory *
1917/Alfred John Cope/../../../Post Office Directory **
1921/Alfred John Cope/../../../Post Office Directory
25 March 1922/ London Central markets, Smithfield EC1
Notice is hereby given that on expiration of the Lease at Midsummer next on
the premises now known as the A 1 Tower Tavern, in the above market, the
Licence will be abandoned and the premises let as a Market Shop, for the
purposes of the Wholesale Meat Trade, on a weekly tenancy, at a rental of
£15 a week./Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
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** Provided By Stephen Harris
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