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The Cock, Market street in the 1855 license transfer. The address later changes to 12 St Albans Street in road renaming between 1934 and 1938. By 1929 as the pictures shows, this is now the Punch House.
The Punch House, 1 Market Street, Jermyn Street; later at St Albans Street - in 1929
Kindly provided by Jane Long
Here are also a group of internal pictures of the 1930s Art Deco "Punch House".
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1827/George Smith, Cock, 1 Market street, Jermyn street/../../Pigots Directory
1839/Jno Fennell/Old Cock/../../Post Office Directory
1846/Thomas Clench/Old Cock/../../Post Office Directory
1848/Thomas Clench/Old Cock/../../Post Office Directory
1851/Thomas Clench/Old Cock/../../Kellys Directory
October1855/Thomas Clench/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
October 1855/James Nicholls/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
July 1864/Mary Matthews/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1864/Charles Nowell Cutcliffe/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
October 1866/Samuel Boonham/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
October 1866/Edgar Pipe/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1869/John Pipe/Old Cock/../../Post Office Directory
July 1869/John Pipe/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
July 1869/Henry Phillp/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1881/Edward Mills/Licensed Victualler/35/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Mills/Wife/28/Worksop, Nottingham/Census
1881/Francis Hodson/Father In Law, Retired Printer, Widow/59/East Retford,
Nottingham/Census
1881/Emily Rayment/Barmaid/25/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Goodwin/General Servant/21/../Census
1882/Edward Mills/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Edward Mills/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Chas Tomkins/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/William Bennett/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Mrs Sarah Bennett/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Mrs Sarah Bennett/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Mrs Clara Mabel Waller Bateman/../../../Post Office Directory
By 1929, the Cock becomes the Punch House :
My grandfather Harold Sinclair used to run the Punch House for Knowland Bros in London a long time ago; possibly about 1929. *
1934/Knowland Brothers/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Knowland Brothers/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Knowland Brothers Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Jane Long
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