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This pub closed in 2005 and is now in use as a café. ** The address is also listed as 1 Greenhills Rents in early directories. *
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Blue Posts, 86 - 89 Cowcross Street EC1- in 1987
From the Archives of East London & City CAMRA
Blue Posts, 86 - 89 Cowcross Street EC1- in March 2007
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The following entries are in this format:
Residents at this address.
1811/Mrs French, the Blue Posts, Cowcross street/../../Holdens Directory
1825/Mr Melior/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1827/John Williams/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1833-34/John Williams/../../../Pigots Directory
1839/John Williams/Blue Posts, 89 Cowcross Street/../../Pigots Directory **
1839/Francis Loder/Blue Posts, 1 Greenhills rents/../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/Mrs Frances Loder/Blue Posts, 1 Greenhills rents/../../Post Office Directory *
1841/Francis Loder/Publican/38/../Census
1841/Elizabeth Loder/../42/../Census
1841/Elizabeth Loder/../11/Middlesex/Census
1841/Elizabeth Loder/../9/Middlesex/Census
1841/Francis Loder/../7/Middlesex/Census
1841/Rebecca Boyce/../19/../Census
1843/William Biddle/Blue Posts, 1 Greenhills rents/../../Post Office Directory
1848/Thomas Hewett/Blue Post, 89 Cowcross Street/../../Post Office Directory *
1848/James Hewett/Blue Post, 89 Cowcross Street/../../Post Office Directory *
1851/Thomas Hewett/Licensed Victualler/34/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1851/Caroline Hewett/Wife/42/Chichester, Sussex/Census
1851/Ann Farley/Visitor, Annuitant/73/Lavant, Sussex/Census
1851/Thomas Hewett/Son/7/St Sepulchre, Middlesex/Census
1851/Edward Rover/Waiter/20/Doncaster, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Henry Ball/Errand Boy/16/Chichester, Sussex/Census
1851/Sophia Farley/House Servant/18/Kent Road, Surrey/Census
1856/Mrs Caroline Hewett/../../../Post Office Directory
1862/Nathaniel Brown/../../../Post Office Directory **
March 1866/Nathaniel Burton/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/Nathaniel Burton/../../../Post Office Directory
May 1872/Nathaniel Burton/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
May 1872/William Henry Hicks/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1879/William Joseph Darke/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/William J Darke/Publican/33/Westminster, Middlesex/Census
1881/Helen Darke/Wife/28/Dorking, Surrey/Census
1881/Helen Darke/Daughter/5/Hammersmith, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edith Darke/Daughter/2/St Sepulchre, Middlesex/Census
1881/Rose Bryning/Barmaid/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charlotte Pilgrim/Barmaid/16/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Joseph Darke/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Edward Roberts/../../../Post Office Directory
1885/Edward Roberts/../../../Post Office Directory **
1891/Herman John Rehm/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/John Longhurst/Licensed Victualler/48/Ealing, Middlesex/Census
1891/Rosina Longhurst/Wife/47/St Helens, Jersey/Census
1891/John Longhurst/Son/22/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/Frank Longhurst/Son/20/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1891/Lucy Longhurst/Daughter/19/Middlesex/Census
1891/Mary A Longhurst/Daughter/17/Hastings, Sussex/Census
1891/Henry Longhurst/Son/16/Radcliffe, Middlesex/Census
1891/Edward Longhurst/Son/14/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1891/Rosina Longhurst/Daughter/9/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1891/Maud Longhurst/Daughter/12/Ealing, Middlesex/Census
1891/Mary Cole/Domestic Servant/36/Dudley/Census
1895/James Longhurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Horatio William Wibrow/../../../Post Office Directory *
1900/Horatio William Wibrow/../../../Post Office Directory **
Islington Gazette - 01 October 1907 Transfers granted
Blue Posts, 88-89 Cowcross street, West Smithfield from Horatio William Wibrow to Edward Samuel Hardiman
1910/Albert Harris/../../../Post Office Directory **
1915/Albert Harris/../../../Post Office Directory **
1919/Albert Harris/../../../Post Office Directory **
1921/Albert Harris/../../../Hughes Directory *
1934/Levy & Franks Ltd/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/George Frederick Cue/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/George Frederick Cue/../../../Post Office Directory
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