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The Kings Arms Hotel. The original building was rebuilt about 1974 after an IRA bomb attack. Alexander Melville Blest was proprietor for at least 25 years from May 1848.
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Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street, Woolwich SE18 - in March 2014
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1826 Pigots, Jac James, Kings Arms, Francis Street
May 1848/Jacob James/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
May 1848/Alexander Melville Blest/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
In 1851 at Kings Arms Gotel, Hill street
Alexander M Blest, Hotel and Tavern Keeper and born in Harwich, Essex
Maria Louise Blest, Wife aged 36 and born in Plumstead, Kent
Caroline L Blest, Daughter aged 6 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Jane E Blest, Daughter aged 4 and born in Woolwich, Kent
William H Blest, Son aged 3 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Daniel A Blest, Son aged 1 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Emma Adams, Visitor, aged 18 and born in London, Middlesex
Margaret A Burt, Governess, aged 25 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Chrisy=tiana Rolfe, Nurse aged 30 and born in Sudbury, Suffolk
Mary Ann Thompson, Cook aged 29 and born in Strand on the Green, Middlesex
Jane, Chambermaid aged 25 and born in Edenburgh Scotland
James Wilson, Waiter aged 22 and born in Hallingbury, Essex
Thomas Fry, Visitor, Accountant aged 54 and born in Minster, Kent
Sarah Fry Fry, Visitor, aged 55 and born in Shenfield, Essex
Sarah Ann Fry, Visitor, aged 30 and born in Harwich, Essex
1852/Alexander M Blest/../../../Archdeacons Directory
1858/Alexander Melville Blest/../../../Melvilles Directory
In 1861 at the kIngs Arms Hotel
Alexander Melville Blest, Hotel Keeper aged 44 and born in Harwich, Essex
Maria L Blest, Wife aged 46 and born in Plumstead, Kent
Maria Blest, Daughter aged 5 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Emily Blest, Daughter aged 3 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Alice Burgin, Cook aged 39 and born in Somerset
Caroline Robson, Barmaid aged 24and born in Walton, Essex
Jane Barker, Barmaid aged 21 and born in Hull
Elizabeth Brown, Housemaid aged 17 and born in Woolwich, Kent
Margaret Ray, Housemaid aged 16 and born in New Charlton, Kent
Jane Wall, Nurse aged 23 and born in Cornwall and born in Woolwich, Kent
Williams Maids, Cellerman aged 31 and born in Tottenham, Middlesex
Joseph Hearney, Waiter aged 16 and born in Chatham, Kent
James Foxton, Potman aged 20 and born in Commercial road, London
and Lodgers
1862/Alexander Melville Blest, Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street & Wellington
street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
May 1862/Alex M Blest/Licensed Victuallers Association/../../Era
Kentish Independent. 25 August 1866 Annual Licensing Day
Kings Arms, Francis Street, Alexander Melville Blest
1867/Kings Arms hotel, Alexander Melville Blest, 1 Frances street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
1871/Alexander M Blest/Wine Merchant/54/Harwich, Essex/Census
1871/Louise Smith/Housekeeper/21/Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire/Census
1871/Bessie Deacon/Barmaid/20/Saltash, Cornwall/Census
1871/Amos Guttridge/Cellerman/26/Leicester/Census
1871/Elizaneth Tuelove/Cook, Widow/46/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ellen Dalton/Housemaid/23/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Thomas Summerfield/Errand Boy/14/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
+ Lodgers
1874/Alexander Melville Blest/../../../Post Office Directory
1882/Mrs Harriet Bowles, Kings Arms, 1 Frances Street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
1896/G H Campbell/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1898, Walter Dobbin is listed in the electoral register at 246 Woolwich
road, which is the Roupell Arms,
Charlton. The Kings Arms Woolwich was being run by Walter Dobbin on the 1901
census; then later in 1911 census he is managing the
British Queen in
Wimbledon.
So several members of my family were Licensed victuallers : James Dobbin and
his wife Ann; their son Walter Dobbin and his wife Louisa; their son-in-law
Percy H Twitchin; his brother Harry Dobbin senior and Harry junior; and
finally another brother-in-law James Bartlett was a wine vault keeper in
Camberwell. More detail is listed in the
Dobbin family page.
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1901/Walter Dobbin/Licensed Victuallers Manager/29/Stratford, Essex/Census
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1901/Louisa Dobbin/Wife, Manageress/29/Guildford, Surrey/Census
1901/Ellen Burley/Waitress/26/Russell Square, London/Census
1901/Florrie Fisher/Barmaid/20/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Harry Kirk/Barman/23/Chelsea, London/Census
1901/Maud Kerr/Housemaid/23/Woolwich, London/Census
1901/Alice Brown/Cook/35/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Walter Farnish/Barman/24/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Thomas Sullivan/Potman/27/Deptford, London/Census
1901/Arthur Fry/Clerk/22/Tottenham, London/Census
1904/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Richard Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
Woolwich Gazette 15 March 1910 - Transfers
Kings Arms, Woolwich from Richard Wordsworth to Gilbert McKenzie
1911/Gilbert MacKenzie/../../../Post Office Directory
1919/Gilbert MacKenzie/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/William R Herwin/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Rt Morgan/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Rt Morgan/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Rt Morgan/../../../Post Office Directory
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