This is quite simply a list of pubs which existed in 1961 in London, nothing particularly special, except it confirms their existence, and also their address at the time. There are more than 750 public houses listed here.
Do you have additional detail about any of these London pubs, their history, your own photographs of yesteryear, e.g. in the 1960s and 1970s? Please let me know.
London pub history in 1961: R
Radnor Arms, 106 Mildmay grove N1
Radnor Arms, 247 Warwick road W14
Raglan, 61 St Martins-le-Grand EC1
Railway Arms, 52 Goldhawk road W12
Railway Arms, 421 Old Ford road E3
Railway Arms, 60 Sutton street E1
Railway Bell, 14 Cawnpore street SEl9
Railway Bell, 87 George lane E18
Railway Bell, 121 Oakfield road SE20
Railway Hotel, Anerley station road SE20
Railway Hotel, 20 Atlantic road SW9
Railway Hotel, 5 Ballards lane N3
Railway Hotel, 16 Blackheath village SE3
Railway Hotel, 2 Connaught road E16
Railway Hotel, 173 Forest lane E7
Railway Hotel, 43 Friern Barnet road N11
Railway Hotel, 2 Greyhound lane SW16
Railway Hotel, 1/3 High Street, Acton W3
Railway Hotel, 472 Hornsey road N19
Railway Hotel, 32 Station road SE25
Railway Hotel, Station terrace, Sanders lane NW7
Railway Hotel, 5 Tottenham lane N8
Railway Hotel, 202 Upper Richmond road SW15
Railway Hotel, 12 Wells terrace N4
Railway Hotel, 100 West End lane NW6
Railway Hotel, 60 Wightman road N4
Railway Signal Hotel, 7 Devonshire road SE23
Railway Tavern, 131 Angel lane E15
Railway Tavern, 110 Battersea rise SW11
Railway Tavern, 13/15 Bollo lane W4
Railway Tavern, 8 Bridge road E15
Railway Tavern, 50 Cadogan terrace E9
Railway Tavern, Catford bridge SE6
Railway Tavern, 35 Chalk farm road NW1
Railway Tavern, 18 Clapham High street SW4
Railway Tavern, 23 Crouch end hill N8
Railway Tavern, 11 Dalston lane E8
Railway Tavern, 66 Gibbon road SE15
Railway Tavern, 131 Globe road E2
Railway Tavern, 55 Goldhawk road W12
Railway Tavern, 30 Grove road E3
Railway Tavern, 129 Hale lane NW7
Railway Tavern, 48 Hamilton street SE8
Railway Tavern, 183 Holland road W14
Railway Tavern, 1 King Arthur street SE15
Railway Tavern, 59 Kingsland High street E8
Railway Tavern, 325 Kirkdale SE26
Railway Tavern, 15 Liverpool street EC2
Railway Tavern, 2 London street EC3
Railway Tavern, 339 Mare street E8
Railway Tavern, 263 New Cross road SE14
Railway Tavern, 393 Old Ford road E3
Railway Tavern, 196 Plaistow road E15
Railway Tavern, 131 Plumstead road SE18
Railway Tavern, 10 Roman way N7
Railway Tavern, 117 St James's road SE16
Railway Tavern, 89 Westbourne park road W2
Railway Tavern, 68 West Green road N15
Railway Tavern, 116 West India dock road E14
Railway Tavern, 65 White Hart lane N17
Railway Tavern, 7 Willis street E14
Railway Tavern, 26 York way N1
Railway Telegraph Tavern, 112 Branstead road SE23
Rainbow, 404 The Highway E14
Ram, 26 North Woolwich road E16
Ram Inn, 68 Wandsworth High street SW18
Ram & Teasel, 39 Queens Head street N1
Ranelagh, 82 Bounds green road N11
Ranelagh Arms, 599 Roman road E3
Rathbone Arms, 27 Rathbone street E16
Raven, 375 Goldhawk road W6
Raven Inn, 140 Westbridge road SW11
Raven & Sun, 52 Tanner street SE1
Ravensbourne Arms, 47 Albion hill SE13
Ravenscourt Anns, 243 King street W6
Raymouth Tavern, 302 Southwark park road SE16
Rayners, 45 Haymarket SW1
Raynes Park Hotel, 32 Coombe lane SW20
Red Bull, 116 Peckham High street SE15
Red Cow, 157 Hammersmith road W6
Red Cow, 212 Peckham High street SE15
Red Cow, 13 The Grange SE1
Red Deer, 393 Cambridge heath road E2
Red House, 2 Elystan street SW3
Red House Hotel, 155 Park road NW8
Red Lion, 140 Balaam street E13
Red Lion, 17 Bevis marks EC3
Red Lion, 280 Borough High street SE1
Red Lion, 149 Boston road W7
Red Lion, 488 Cable street E1
Red Lion, 253 Cricklewood lane NW2
Red Lion, 23 Crown passage SW1
Red Lion, 2 Duke of York street SW1
Red Lion, 22 Dunbridge street E2
Red Lion, 12 Durham road N7
Red Lion, Ebury street SW1
Red Lion, 239 Edgware road W2
Red Lion, 1 Eldon street EC2
Red Lion, 490/492 Fulham road SW6
Red Lion, 20 Great Windmill street W1
Red Lion, 17 Greenwich High road SE10
Red Lion, 18 Herbrand street WC1
Red Lion, 640 High road, Leytonstone E11
Red Lion, 634 High road, Tottenham N17
Red Lion, 62 High Street, Colliers wood SW19
Red Lion, 80 High street south E6
Red Lion, 41 Hoxton street N1
Red Lion, 34 Kilburn High road NW6
Red Lion, 8 Lombard court EC3
Red Lion, 198 Lower road SE8
Red Lion, 191 Lyham road SW2
Red Lion, 181 Old street EC1
Red Lion, 36/38 Paradise street SE16
Red Lion, 48 Parliament street SW1
Red Lion, 95 Plumstead High street SE18
Red Lion, 31 Poppins court, Fleet street EC4
Red Lion, Red Lion court, Fleet street EC4
Red Lion, Red Lion hill N2
Red Lion, 33/39 Rosoman street EC1
Red Lion, 13 St Marys road W5
Red Lion, Shooters hill SE18
Red lion, 132 Stoke Newington Church street N16
Red Lion, 9 Storeys gate SW1
Red Lion, 93 The Hyde NW9
Red Lion, 160 Union street SE1
Red Lion, 407 Walworth road SE17
Red Lion, 34 Wapping lane E1
Red Lion, Watling street EC4
Red Lion, 1 Waverton street W1
Red Lion, 172 Westminster bridge road SE1
Red Lion, 30 Whitechapel High street E1
Red Lion Hotel, 2 Castelnau SW13
Red Lion Hotel, 281 High Street, Acton W3
Red Lion & Sun, 25 North road N6
Red Lion & Wheatsheaf, 45 Deptford High street SE8
Red Rover, 470 Upper Richmond road SW15
Redan, 113 Estcourt road SW6
Redan, 1 Westbourne grove W2
Refiners Arms, 53 Buross Street, Commercial road E1
Regent Arms, 53/55 Regency street SW1
Rendlesham Arms, 18 Stellman street E5
Resolute Tavern, John Noonan (bed & breakfast), 210 Poplar High street E14 — Tel, EASt 1429
Retreat, 31/33 Woodbine grove SE20
Richard Cobden, 34 Repton street E14
Richard I , 52 / 54 Royal hill SE10
Richmond, 55 Shepherds bush road W6
Richmond Arms, 51 Blundell street N7
Richmond Arms, 344 Old Brompton road SW5
Richmond Arms, Orchardson Street, Edgware road NW8
Ridley Arms, 17 Ridley road E8
Rifle, 80 Fuilham palace road W6
Rifle Volunteer, 77 Kilburn High road NW6
Riley Arms, 433 Kings road SW10
Ring (The), 72 Blackfriars road SE1
Ringmaster, 43 Blythe road W14
Ringwood Castle, 49 Gosport road E17
Rising Sun, 186 Battersea bridge road SW11
Rising Sun, 24 Blackfriars road SE1
Rising Sun, 50 Black Prince road SE11
Rising Sun, 55 Brooksby street N1
Rising Sun, 61 Carter lane EC4
Rising Sun, 7 Chase side N14
Rising Sun, 69 Dennetts road SE14
Rising Sun, 46 Ebury bridge road SW1
Rising Sun, 189/191 Eltham High street SE9
Rising Sun, 120 Euston road NW1
Rising Sun, 477 Fulham road SW6
Rising Sun, 248 Globe road E2
Rising Sun, Harlesden road NW10
Rising Sun, 98 Harper road, New Kent road SE1
Rising Sun, Highwood hill NW7
Rising Sun, 72/74 Jamaica road SE16
Rising Sun, 118 Larkhall lane SW4
Rising Sun, 120 Loampit vale SE13
Rising Sun, 226 Morning lane E9
Rising Sun, 248 Oakleigh road north N20
Rising Sun, 799 Old Kent road SE15
Rising Sun, 1 Portia road E3
Rising Sun, 528 Romford road E7
Rising Sun, 12 Royal Mint street E1
Rising Sun, 88 Rushey green SE6
Rising Sun, 213 St Leonards street E3
Rising Sun, 2 Sandal road N18
Rising Sun, Spa hill SE19
Rising Sun, 90 Spa road SE16
Rising Sun, 46 Tottenham court road W1
Rising Sun, 133 Vauxhall street SE11
Rising Sun, 240 Winchester road N9
Rising Sun, Woodford New road E17
Robert Burns, 248 West Ferry road E14
Robin Hood, 61 Calshot street N1
Robin Hood, 101 Croydon road SE20
Robin Hood, Kingston vale SW15
Robin Hood & Little John, 117 Deptford Church street SE8
Robin Hood & Little John, 49 Kenbury street SE5
Robin Hood & Little John, 33 Kensal road W10
Robin Hood Tavern, High hill ferry E5
Robinhood, 42 Shacklewell lane E8
Robinson Crusoe, 93 Broadley street NW8
Robinson Crusoe, 177 Green lanes N16
Rochester Castle, 145 Stoke Newington High street N16
Rock, 374 Walworth road SEl7
Roding Hotel, Southend road E6
Rodney, 215 Westminster bridge road SE1
Roebuck, 84 Ashmole street SW8
Roebuck, 27/29 Brady street E1
Roebuck, 122 Chiswick High road W4
Roebuck, 50 Great Dover street SE1
Roebuck, 293 Kennington road SE11
Roebuck, 354 Kings road SW3
Roebuck, 52 Peacock street SE17
Roebuck, 15 Pond street NW3
Roebuck, 108a Tottenham court road W1
Roebuck, 47 Trafalgar street SE17
Romford Arms, 3 Heneage street E1
Rose, 78 Edmund street SE5
Rose, 86 Fulham road SW3
Rose, 1 Harwood terrace SW6
Rose, 58 Hatton garden EC1
Rose, 123 Snowsfields SE1
Rose, 2 Waverley road SE18
Rose & Crown, 78 Aldgate High street EC3
Rose & Crown, 116 Brent street NW4
Rose & Crown, 30 Burne street, Edgware NW1
Rose & Crown, 55 High street, Wimbledon SW19
Rose & Crown, 86 Highgate High street N6
Rose & Crown, 55 Hoe street E17
Rose & Crown, 114/115 Lollard street SE11
Rose & Crown, 90/92 Lower Sloane street SW1
Rose & Crown, 13/15 Mare street E8
Rose & Crown, 2 Park lane W1
Rose & Crown, 47 Parsons green lane SW6
Rose & Crown, 17 Pennyfields E14
Rose & Crown, 24 Plumstead High street SE18
Rose & Crown, 2 Polygon SW4
Rose & Crown, 96 Rodney road SE17
Rose & Crown, 68 Southwark park road SE16
Rose & Crown, 199 Stoke Newington Church street N16
Rose & Crown, 95 Thames street SE10
Rose & Crown, 140 Tooting Bec road SW17
Rose & Crown, 71 Torriano avenue NW5
Rose & Crown, 65 Union street SE1
Rose & Crown, 89 Upper Ground SE1
Rose & Crown, 134 Wandsworth High street SW18
Rose of Denmark, 28 Cross street SW13
Rose of Denmark, 57 Greenwich High road SE10
Rose of Denmark, 58 Lingham street SW9
Rose of Denmark, 612 Roman road E3
Rose of Denmark, 78 Shirley street E16
Rose of Denmark, 296 Woolwich road SE7
Rose of Kent, Leslie James Kensell, 156 Trundleys road SE8 —Telephone, TIDeway 1601
Rose & Crown, Church place W5
Rose & Crown, 80 Church street N9
Rose & Crown, 47 Colombo street SE1
Rose & Crown, 1 Crooms hill SE10
Rose & Crown, Crown lane SW16
Rose & Crown, 85 Dean street W1
Rose & Crown, 2 Devons road E3
Rose & Crown, 8 Dorset rise EC4
Rose & Crown, 203 Hammersmith road W6
Rose & Crown, 344 High road , Tottenham N15
Rose of Lee, 162 Lee High road SE13
Rose & Punch Bowl, 8 Redmans road E1
Rose & Thistle, Warner road SE5
Rosemary Branch, 79 Knights hill SE27
Rosemary Branch, 44 Lewisham way SE14
Rosemary Branch, 2 Shepperton road N1
Rosemary Branch, 263 Southampton way SE5
Rosendale Hotel, 65 Rosendale road SE21
Rosslyn Arms, 48 Rosslyn hill NW3
Rothbury Arms, 16 Matilda street N1
Rotherfield Arms, 38 Shepperton road N1
Round House, 1 Garrick street WC2
Round House, 83/85 Wardour street W1
Round House, 19 Woolwich manor way E16
Roundabout, Southend road E18
Roupell Arms, 246 Woolwich road SE7
Royal, 23 Aldgate EC3
Royal Albert, 74 Albert road, Silvertown E16
Royal Albert, 78 Blackheath road SE10
Royal Albert, 51 East street SE17
Royal Albert, 460 New Cross road SE14
Royal Albert, 63 Prospect vale SE18
Royal Albert, 43 St Stephens terrace SW8
Royal Albert, 42 Westow hill SE19
Royal Alfred, 267 Kingsland road E2
Royal Archer, 1 Egmont street, Casella road SE14
Royal Arms, 359 Battersea park road SW11
Royal Arms, 42/44 Gaisford street NW5
Royal Charlie, 11-6 Chrisp street E14
Royal Connaught, 267 High Holborn WC1
Royal Cricketers, 211 Old Ford road E2
Royal Duchess, 551 / 553 Commercial road E1
Royal Duke, 474 Commercial road E1
Royal Eltham, Kingsley Wood drive SE9
Royal Exchange, 57 Hartland road NW1
Royal Exchange, 26 Sale place W2
Royal Fort, 131 Grange road SE1
Royal George, 84 Abbey street SE1
Royal George, 2 Blissett street SE10
Royal George, 34 Braganza street SE17
Royal George, 30 Bristol gardens W9
Royal George, 27 Carlisle lane SE1
Royal George, 133 Charing cross road WC2
Royal George, 412 Essex road N1
Royal George, 8 to 14 Eversholt street NW1
Royal George, 234 Jamaica road SE16
Royal George, 7 Selby street E1
Royal George, 85a Tanners hill SE8
Royal Hotel, Boston road W7
Royal Hotel, 185 Court road SE9
Royal Hotel, Lauriston road E9
Royal Hotel, 1 Norland road W11
Royal Mail, 153 Upper street N1
Royal Marine, 116 Prince street SE8
Royal Midshipman, 25/26 Skinner street EC1
Royal Mortar Hotel, 1 Plumstead road SE18
Royal Navy, 53 Salmon lane E14
Royal Oak, 67 Barking road E16
Royal Oak, Barnfield road SE18
Royal Oak, 88 Bishops Bridge road W2
Royal Oak, 67/68 Broadway, Ealing W5
Royal Oak, 54 Charlton lane SE7
Royal Oak, 10 Clapham High street SW4
Royal Oak, 73 Columbia road E2
Royal Oak, 135 East hill SW18
Royal Oak, 68 Elizabeth street SW1
Royal Oak, 1117 Finchley road NW11
Royal Oak, 78 Fitzalan street SE11
Royal Oak, 62 Glenthorne road W6
Royal Oak, 79 Green lanes N16
Royal Oak, 54 Hampden road N19
Royal Oak, Kings Head hill E4
Royal Oak, 1 Lee Church street SE13
Royal Oak, 83 Leytonstone road E15
Royal Oak, 13 Lingham street SW9
Royal Oak, 45 Loampit vale SE13
Royal Oak, 2 Lyham road SW2
Royal Oak, 58 Milson road W14
Royal Oak, 2 Oakfield road SE20
Royal Oak, 140 Offord road N1
Royal Oak, 2 Regency street SW1
Roya! Oak, 73 St James lane N10
Royal Oak, 98 St Johns way N19
Royal Oak, 57 St Stephens road E3
Royal Oak, Sewardstone road E4
Royal Oak, 143 Sydney road N10
Royal Oak, 44 Tabard street SE1
Royal Oak, 120 Whitechapel road E1
Royal Oak, 83 Wilton way E8
Royal Oak, 27 Woolwich New road SE18
Royal Oak, 76 York street W1
Royal Ordnance Arms, 19 Ordnance road SE18
Royal Pavilion Hotel, 2 Pier road E16
Royal Saxon, 64 Alfred road, Harrow road W2
Royal Scot, North way circus NW7
Royal Six Bells, High street, Colliers wood SW19
Royal Sovereign, 64 Northwold road E5
Royal Standard, 116 Albert road, North Woolwich E16
Royal Standard, 1 Ballantine street SW18
Royal Standard, 1 Blackhorse lane E17
Royal Standard, Harper road SE1
Royal Standard, 180 High Street, Colliers wood SW19
Royal Standard, 165 Kingsland road E2
Royal Standard, 67 Pelton road SE10
Royal Standard, 51 - 53 Robsart street SW9
Royal Standard, 9 Royal road SE17
Royal Standard, 9 Sale place W2
Royal Standard, 106 Shepherdess walk N1
Royal Standard, 86 Tanners hill SE8
Royal Standard, 44 Vanbrugh park SE3
Royal Standard, 84 Victoria park road E9
Royal Standard, 32 York road SW11
Royal Star, 220 City road EC1
Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington lane SE11
Royal Victoria, 66 Boston road W7
Royal Victoria, 131 Waterloo road SE1
Royal Victory, 83 to 91 Georges road N7
Royal Willliam, 35 Williams road W13
Royston Arms, Chingford mount road E4
Rugby, 19 Great James street WC1
Running Footman, 5 Charles street, Berkeley square W1
Running Horse, 50 Davies street W1
Running Horse, 21/23 Harrow road W2
Ruskin Arms, 286 High street north E12
Russell Arms, 3 Barnby street NW1
Russell Hotel, 116/118 Brixton road SW9
Rutland, 9/10 West Smithfield EC1
Rutland Arms, 57 Pearson street E2
Rutland Hotel, 15 Lower mall W6
Rutland Hotel, 55 Perry hill SE6
Rydon Arms, 225 New North road N1
Rye Hotel, 31 Peckham rye SE15