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At 10 High Row, Knightsbridge in 1869 and earlier. Originally called the Fox, the first building was erected around 1702. It was bought by the brewer Thomas Goding in 1818, and renamed the Fox and Bull. It is called the “Fox and Bull Tap” in the 1841 Census. It was rebuilt a few yards to the east in 1836 to allow for an expansion of the brewery, but demolished in November 1841, along with the brewery, for the construction of the Albert Gate into Hyde Park. Rebuilt again at the western end of the brewery site, it survived until 1883, when a bank was built on the site. *
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Residents at this address.
1816/Mr Phillips/../../../ Henry George Davis: The Memorials of the Hamlet
of Knightsbridge (1859). The body of Harriet, Shelley’s first wife, was
brought here and as she was a friend of Mary Ann Phillips, the landlord’s
daughter, it was treated “tenderly and with care.” [Harriet committed
suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine] *
1825/Mrs Phillips, Fox and Bull, Knightsbridge/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1826/ Jno Lea, Fox & Bull, 1 Knightsbridge/../../ *
Address is 1 Knightsbridge
1829/Fras Hewett, Fox & Bull, High road, Knightsbridge/../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/Thomas Roberts, Fox & Bull, 26 Knightsbridge/../../Pigots Directory
1836/Francis M Hammond, Fox & Bull, Parkside, Knightsbridge/../../Pigots Directory
Morning Advertiser. 19 October 1837
Theatrical Licences to places of Public Entertainment within the County of Middlesex, to be applied for this day.
Pursuant to the Act of the 26th George II to grant licences for "public music, dancing, or other public entertainments of the like kind.
The Fox and Bell, Knightsbridge - John Christoffers
1839/William Gray/../../../Pigot’s Directory *
Address is Parkside
1841/William Gray/../../../Trade Directory *
Address is Parkside
[The “Parkside” address in the 1839 and 1841 directories is wrong: Parkside
was in the St George Hanover Square parish, east of the Westbourne stream on
whose western bank the pub stood at that time. (The bridge over this stream
was the original “Knight’s Bridge”.) Compounding the error, the 1841 Census
lists the pub twice – once in High Row in St Margaret’s and again in
Parkside in St George’s; the latter entry does not name the pub, but the
inhabitants are the same as for the entry in High Row quoted below, which
does.]
1841/William Gray/Publican/35/Middlesex/Census *
1841/Catherine Gray/../35/Middlesex/Census
1841/Mary Jones/../20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Ann Hard/../20/Middlesex/Census
1841/John Robinson/../20/Middlesex/Census
Address is High Row
1851/George Benns/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/George Benns/Victualler/42/Suffolk/Census
1851/Catherine Benns/Wife/44/Oxfordshire/Census
1851/Elizabeth Barrett/Barmaid/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Clark/Housemaid/25/Cambridgeshire/Census
1851/Sarah Clark/Cook/26/Essex/Census
1851/Henry Ellen/Waiter/24/Somerset/Census
1851/George Whittingham/Visitor, Upholsterer/42/Shropshire/Census
1851/John Whittingham/Visitor/15/Staffordshire/Census
1851/James Garner/Visitor, Cabinet Maker/31/Staffordshire/Census
1st Mar 1854/License Transfer from George Benns to George
Blizzard/../../../The Era *
1856/Geo Blizard/../../../Post Office Directory
1st Feb 1857/License Transfer from George Blizard to Thomas Whatmore/../../../The
Era *
3rd Mar 1858/License Transfer from Thomas Whatmore to William
Spinner/../../../The Era *
1861/William Spinner/Licensed Victualler/55/Deal Kent/Census *
1861/Samuel Johnson/Son-in-law/Kingston Surrey/Census
1861/Jane Johnson/Daughter/27/Pimlico Middlesex/Census
1861/Arthur W Johnson/Grandson/1/Westminster Middlesex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Johnson/Mother-in-law/64/Fletching Sussex/Census
1861/Thomas Harley/Servant/24/Middlesex/Census
1861/Alfred Francis/Waiter/19/Bedford/Census
1861/Charles Francis/Potman/Bedford/Census
1861/Eliza Flouris/Cook/18/Blackwall/Census
1861/Sarah Norfolk/Under Nurse/22/Chelsea Middlesex/Census
1861/Thomas Eslop/Footmamn/19/Middlesex/Census
1861/Samuel Eldre/Carpet Planner/64/Essex/Census
1861/George Bennett/Visitor/45/Downham Norfolk/Census
20th Jan 1863/License Transfer from William Spinner to Richard
Newman/../../../The Era *
11th Aug 1863/License Transfer from Richard Newman to William Aviss the
younger/../../../The Era *
8th Nov 1864/License Transfer from William Avies, jun. to George Harrison
/../../../The Era *
8th May 1866/License Transfer from George Harrison to James West
/../../../The Era *
4th Feb 1868/License Transfer from Henry Janaway to James Ford /../../../The
Era *
HJ was executor of James West, the late occupier
1869/James Ford/../../../Post Office Directory
30th Aug 1870/License Transfer from James Ford to James Sansum Fairn
/../../../The Era *
1871/James S Fairn/Licensed Victualler/41/London Middlesex/Census *
1871/Emma Fairn/Wife/37/Plaistow Essex/Census
1871/Henry J Fairn/Son/18/Stepney Middlesex/Census
1871/Frank Fairn/Son/5/London Middlesex/Census
1871/Emma Fairn/Daughter/16/Stepney Middlesex/Census
1871/Rose Rogers/Barmaid/27/Farnham Surrey/Census
1871/DavidShepherd/Potman/27/Mitcham Surrey/Census
1871/Edward Sopp/Potboy/27/not known/Census
1871/Helen Lawson/General Servant/22/Ireland/Census
24th Aug 1882/Mr Barrett/../../../ The Times reporting a court case *
1881/John Barrett/Licensed Victualler, Widow/46/Norfolk/Census
1881/Jane S Gilman/Cousin, Licensed Victualler/46/Norfolk/Census
1881/Ellen Barrett/Daughter/17/../Census
1881/Amelia Barrett/Daughter/15/../Census
1881/Edwrd Philips/Potman/23/Middlesex/Census
1882/Barrett & Gilman (Miss Jane)/../../../Post Office Directory
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