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The address of this pub is given as
Great Peter Street in the references from “The Era”. It was almost certainly
on the corner of the two streets.
[Was the first Licensee, Mary Ann Lee (Mrs Mary Ann Lee, according to the
Westminster City Archives Research Group), the wife/widow of the licensee of
the Rochester Arms? She got the license here about a year after Thomas
William Lee took over from her husband, and she took over the Rochester Arms
from Thomas William about 6 weeks after transferring the license of The
Rifleman to William Gillins.] *
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[an error occurred while processing this directive]Residents at this address.
18th March 1862/New license granted to Mary Ann Lee/../../../ The Era *
11th Nov 1862/License transfer from Mary Ann Lee to William Gillins/../../../
The Era *
7th Nov 1865/License transfer from William Gillins to George James Ford and
David Davies/../../../ The Era *
8th May 1866/License transfer from George James Ford and David Davies to
David Davies/../../../ The Era *
2nd Nov 1869/License transfer from David Davies to Henry Bent/../../../ The
Era *
1869/David Davies/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Henry Burt/Licensed Victualler/32/Exeter, Devon/Census *
1871/Helen Burt/Wife/21/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1871/Walter Pottinger/Barman/25/Newbury, Berks/Census
1871/Frederick Stoker/Barman/18/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Louis Downie/Barman/17/Westminster, Middlesex/Census
1871/Maria Payne/Domestic Servant/52/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/M C Lynch/Victualler/48/Ireland/Census
1881/Mary Lynch/Wife/42/Ireland/Census
1881/Helen Lynch/Daughter/16/Jamaica, West Indies/Census
1881/Robert Besn/Barman/24/Haymarket, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mike Heafey/Potman/23/Westminster, Middlesex/Census
1881/Louie Bloxland/Barmaid/18/Sittingbourne, Kent/Census
1882/Richard Jas Norden/../../../Post Office Directory
The history of Thomas John Sewell,
licensee
1883/Thomas John Sewell, Rifleman, 162 Horseferry road, Westminster/../../Post Office Directory
1884/Thomas John Sewell, Rifleman, 162 Horseferry road, Westminster/../../Post Office Directory
1891/James Haynes/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/James Haynes/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/James Haynes/../../../Post Office Directory
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