Westminster St James index
By 1739 there were two separate pubs present here, the Ham and the Windmill. By 1811 the two had merged to become the Ham & Windmill. The name was changed to the Lyric Tavern in 1890 and the pub was re-built in its current form in 1906. It closed in 2007. **
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Ham & Windmill, 37 Great Windmill Street, SW1 - in June 2007
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1811/J Saunders, Ham and Windmill, Great Windmill street/../../Holdens Directory
1829/H McDermott/../../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/Henry McDermott/../../../Pigots Directory
1836/Henry McDermott/../../../Pigots Directory
My Great Great Grandad was a publican at this pub according to the 1841
census, I can't find out what happened but when his son was born in 1843 he
was living in Norton Folgate East London; and on his son's birth certificate
it says "Out of business formally a licensed victualler. He originally came
from Wiltshire and married a Jane (also known as Ann) Marshall in 1835, both
are on the 1841 census. *
1839/William Roerden/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/Will Rowden/Publican/45/../Census *
1841/Ann Rowden/../40/../Census
1841/Mary Smith/Female Servant/40/../Census
1841/Jas Tufnell/Male Servant/18/../Census
1841/Jas Cole/Male Servant/35/../Census
1841/Edw Chown/Carpenter/30/../Census
1841/Jas Welch/Traveller/65/../Census
1841/George Fox/Tailor J/20/../Census
1841/George Harris/Courier/30/../Census
1841/W Rowden/../../../Post Office Directory *
1843/W Rowden/../../../Post Office Directory
1848/Robert Frost/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/Robert Frost/../../../Post Office Directory
October1853/Robert Frost/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
October 1853/James William Martin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/Wm J Martin/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1857/James William Martin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1857/Horatio Alexander Black/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/John Thomas Parkhouse/../../../Post Office Directory
July 1869/John Thomas Parkhouse/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
July 1869/Elizabeth Parkhouse and John Venner, executors of John Thomas
Parkhouse/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1881/John Harris/Licensed Victualler/42/Sparham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Sarah Harris/Wife/36/Kent/Census
1881/Charles Harris/son/7/Rackheath, Norfolk/Census
1881/John Mason/Potman/24/Bermondsey, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Thiffe/General Servant/20/Radford Coventry/Census
1881/Susan Gregory/Lodger, Charwoman, Widow/37/Suffolk/Census
1881/Henry Gregory/Lodger Son/11/St James Westminster/Census
1881/William Gregory/Lodger Son/8/St James Westminster/Census
1881/Susan Gregory/Lodger Daughter/6/../Census
1882/Henry Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Henry Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory
The name changes to the Lyric Tavern in 1890 **
1895/John Burn Doig/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Joseph Webster/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Harry Bailey/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory *
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