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Address formerly given as St Katherine�s Way, Stepney; then at 87 Wapping High Street by 1895; This pub is demolished. A watercolour of the pub dated around 1865 is held by the Guildhall Library **
Wapping High street in 1832 and also one hundred years later in 1940
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
20 April 1802/Insured: Thomas Vallance, the Black Boy, opposite Wapping New Stairs, Wapping, victualler/../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the L M A
26 April 1804/Insured: Thomas Vallance, the Black Boy, opposite Wapping New Stairs Wapping, victualler/../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the L M A
1808/Thomas Vallance, victualler, 124 Wapping/../../Holdens Directory
By 1811, Thomas Vallance is at the Beehive Tavern, 4 Nightingale lane, East Smithfield
20 March 1810/Insured: John Gill, the Old Black Boy, 124 Wapping, victualler - Other property or occupiers: 21 Red Lion Street/../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the L M A
18 March 1812/Insured: John Gill, Old Black Boy, Wapping, victualler/../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the L M A
1 July 1813/Insured: John Gill, The Old Black Boy, Wapping, victualler /../Sun Fire Insurance records held at the L M A
1827/Henry Clark, Black Boy, 124 High street, Wapping/../../Pigots Directory
1833-34/John Henry Clark, Black Boy, 224 High Street, Wapping/../../Pigots Directory
1839/William Brown & Co./../../../Pigot�s Directory **
1841/William Brown/../../../Missing Ancestors website **
1842/William Brown, Black Boy, 124 Wapping High street/../../Robsons Directory
1843/William Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/James Scott/../../../Kelly's
July 1853/James Scott/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1853/Thomas Webster/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1855/Thomas Webster/../../../P.O. Directory **
November 1854/Thomas Webster/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
November 1854/Charles Henry Hambleton/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1856/Charles Henry Hambleton/../../../Post Office Directory
Morning Advertiser 18 January 1859 - Licence transfers :
Black Boy, Wapping street, Charles Brookbank to Robert Crawley
1860/Robert Crawley/../../../P.O. Directory **
Era 2 October 1859 - Transfer of Licenses
Black Boy, High street, Robert Crawley to Christopher Schnackenburg
1861/Charles James Foster/Licensed Victualler/31/Whittleford,
Cambridge/Census
1861/Maria Foster/Wife/28/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1861/Alice Foster/Daughter/6/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1861/Frederick Foster/Son/4/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1861/Ellen Foster/Daughter/10 months/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1861/Catherine Fuller/Domestic Servant/16/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1861/James Presslie/Boarder, Engine Smith/39/Scotland/Census
1862/Charles James Foster/../../../P.O. Directory
May 1862/George August Redout/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
May 1862/David Drysdale/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
July 1864/Frances Ward/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1864/Henry John Harding/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/Frederick Johns/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Frederick Johns/Licensed Victualler/50/Taunton, Somerset/Census
1871/Sarah Johns/Wife/35/Rochford, Essex/Census
1871/Frederick Henry Johns/Son/5/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1871/Frank Johns/Son/1/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ada Johns/Daughter/2/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1871/William Jenkins/Boarder, Wine Cooper/31/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sarah McBean/General Servant/50/Rochester, Kemt/Census
1871/Hannah Gillman/Nurse Maid/?/Shadwell, Middlesex/Census
1871/William Fisher/Potman/17/Blackwall, Middlesex/Census
1873/Frederick Johns/../../../P.O. Directory **
19th July 1873/Frederick Johns/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
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19th July 1873/Thomas Hare/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
October 1875/Edred Robert Jary/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
October 1875/Eliza Woodgate/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
July 1877/Eliza Woodgate/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
July 1877/Henry Collard/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1880/John Smith/../../../P.O. Directory **
1881/John Smith/Licensed Victualler/57/Prussia/Census
1881/Sarah Smith/Wife/38/Waterford, Ireland/Census
1881/Ernest Smith/Son/14/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1881/Clara Smith/Daughter/11/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1881/David Smith/Son/8/Wapping, Middlesex/Census
1881/Arthur Smith/Son/6/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eva Smith/Daughter/4/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Flinn/Domestic Servant/40/Dundee, Scotland/Census
1881/David Peters/Boarder, Ship Engineer Seaman/40/Dundee, Scotland/Census
1881/Jane Peters/Boarder, Engineers Wife/30/Waterford, Ireland/Census
1881/Sarah Peters/Boarder/6/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1881/David Mitchell/Boarder, Seaman/66/Dundee, Scotland/Census
1881/James Gwimmeral/Boarder, Agricultural Labourer/35/Glasgow,
Scotland/Census
1881/David Ross/Boarder, Traveller/40/Glasgow, Scotland/Census
1882/John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/John Smith/../../../Business Directory of London **
1884/John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/John Smith/../../../Business Directory of London **
1891/John Smith/Licensed Victualler, Widow/67/Memel, Russia/Census
1891/Ernest Smith/Son, Engineer/24/Wapping, London/Census
1891/Clara Smith/Daughter, House Keeper/20/Wapping, London/Census
1891/Arthur Smith/Son, Ship Steward/16/Whitechapel, London/Census
1891/Eva Smith/Daughter/14/Wapping, London/Census
1891/Sarah Peters/Niece, Book Folder/17/Whitechapel, London/Census
1891/Lily Peters/Niece/10/S Shileds, Durham/Census
1895/John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/John Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/John Smith/../../../P.O. Directory **
1901/John Smith/Licensed Victualler, Widow/77/Memel, Russia/Census
1901/Clara Batts/Daughter/30/Wapping, London/Census
1901/Eva M Smith/Daughter/23/Aldgate, London/Census
1901/Sarah Peters/Niece, Lady Clerk/25/Aldgate, London/Census
1901/Lily E Peters/Niece, Lady Clerk/19/North Sheilds/Census
1901/Ashby J Betts/Son/6/Forest Gate, London/Census
1905/James John Anstee/../../../P.O. Directory **
1906/Richard T Calcroft/../../../Morris� Business Directory of London **
1910/Richard T Calcroft/../../../Morris� Business Directory of London **
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