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This pub was built in 1864. ** The Era gives the address as Stanford Street, so the pub was presumably on the corner. *
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Surprise, 110 Vauxhall Bridge Road, St John, Westminster
Surprise, 110 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1 - in July 2007
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My Great Great Grandfather James Jaques' sister, Catherine Eleanor Jaques (1819-1869) married a John Luke Percy in 1843. *+
I have discovered that my Great Great Grandfather James Jaques (1823-1894) was briefly the Licensee of The White Swan in Vauxhall Bridge Road from at least 20th December 1849 (His second daughter Louisa Elizabeth Jaques was born there) until 1850 or perhaps 1851. At this point it was called The Swan Public House, 1 Roehampton Place, Vauxhall Bridge Road, Westminster, Middlesex (the name had changed to The White Swan by 1861).
The couple are recorded as running the Surprise pub at 110 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1 in 1865 (as it was built in 1864, I presume he was the first Licencee), and later, the Horseshoe Tavern in Little George Street, St Margaret's, Westminster from November 1867 to November 1868.
21st March 1865/ John Luke Percy (new license)/../../../ The Era *
8th May 1866/License transfer from John Luke Percy to Jules Alphonse Noel/../../../ The Era *
7th May 1867/License transfer from Jules Alphonse Noel to George James Ford/../../../ The Era *
1869/George Jas Ford/../../../Post Office Directory
24th Jan 1871/License transfer from George James Ford to James Stevens/../../../ The Era *
1881/John Ward/Licensed Victualler/50/Northampton/Census
1881/Maria Ward/Wife/52/Northampton/Census
1881/Emily Ward/Daughter/21/Northampton/Census
1881/John G Ward/Son/19/Northampton/Census
1881/Adelaide M Ward/Daughter/13/Northampton/Census
1881/Hettie L Ward/Daughter/11/Northampton/Census
1881/Margaret Gerde/Domestic Servant/34/Loughton, Essex/Census
1882/John Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/John Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Anthony Bryant/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Mrs Alice Groom/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Jn Defries/../../../Post Office Directory
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