This house was empty in the 1851 census and was demolished 2� years later under the Westminster Improvement Act of 1845. On 22nd Nov 1853, the solicitor to the Commissioners asked the licensing magistrates to transfer the license, in the name of John Dorcay (the then current licensee of the Red Lion), to the Victoria Hotel on Victoria Street, but they refused on the grounds that Mr Dorcay had already been compensated for the loss of the license, and the new house was a long way from, and of a very different character to the old. However, we find the license of the Victoria Hotel being transferred from Patrick Dorcay to Henry Tyler on 31st Jan 1854, just two months later, so there was something shady going on! The Victoria Hotel cannot be considered as a successor to this house from all the evidence. *
Westminster St John index
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1805/_ Andrews, Red Lion, Old Pye street, Westminster/../../Holdens Directory
1827/Thomas Andrews, Red Lion, 26 Old Pie street, Westminster/../../Pigots Directory
1841/William Andrews/�/15/Middlesex/Census *
1841/George Williams/� /20/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Thomas Ward/�/15/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Anne Ward/�/15/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Mary Ward/�/14 months/ Middlesex/Census
1841/William Andrews/Publican/60/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Sarah Andrews/�/40/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Robert Addinell/Potman/20/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Sarah Addinell/�/70/ Middlesex/Census
19 September 1845, Will of William Andrews, Victualler of Red Lion Old Pye Street Westminster , Middlesex - National Archives, Kew
5th Dec 1848/License transfer from Simon Atkinson to Henry Robert Abraham/../../../The Era *
3rd Dec 1850/License transfer from Henry Robert Abrahams to Thomas Billings/../../../The Era *
House empty in 1851 *
24th Mar 1852/License transfer from Thomas Billings to Patrick Dorcay/../../../The Era *
* Provided By John Hills
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