This pub was attached to the Royal Brewery and was built in 1837. It closed in 1926 and was demolished in 1927 to accommodate expansion of Brentford Gas Works. **
Brentford pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Middlesex.
Residents at this address
1838/James Stout / Hotel Keeper/../../../North Thames Gas Board records held at London Metropolitan Archives **
1855/James Stout/../../../Post Office Directory **
May 1872/James Stout/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1872/Henry Besly/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1877/James Stout / Deceased / Hotel Keeper/../../North Thames Gas Board records held at London Metropolitan Archives **
1877/Henry Besly / Hotel Keeper/../../North Thames Gas Board records held at London Metropolitan Archives **
1881/Henry Besly/Wholesale Wine And Spirit Merchant/45/Buntingford, Hertford/Census
1881/Fanny Besly/Wife/42/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Kate Besly/Daughter/13/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edith Besly/Daughter/12/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Norah Besly/Daughter/7/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/James C Besly/Son/5/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Rebecca P Lane/Visitor/46/Braunton, Devon/Census
1881/Sarah Church/Housemaid/17/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Sanson/Cook/28/Chiswick, Middlesex/Census
1901/David M MacGregor/Licensed Victualler/46/Perthshire, Scotland/Census
1901/Bertha MacGregor/Wife/45/Switzerland/Census
1901/John F S MacGregor/Son, Chemists Assistant/18/Edinburgh, Scotland/Census
1901/Bertha L B MacGregor/Daughter/16/Berwick upon Tweed/Census
1901/William H G MacGregor/Son/11/Berwick upon Tweed/Census
1901/Mary A J MacGregor/Daughter/6/Yorke, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Amelia S R MacGregor/Daughter/4/Narborough, Leicestershire/Census
1907/Louis C Weber/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1911/Louis Charles Weber/Licensed Victualler/36/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1911/Bertha Amy Weber/Wife, Assistant/33/Bloomsbury, London/Census
1911/Bertha Elizabeth Sutton/Mother in Law, Widow/56/Hounslow,
Middlesex/Census
1914/Louis C Weber/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
In 1921 census at 27, Royal Hotel, High Street, Brentford
Frank J D Crease, Licensed Victualler, aged 30 years 6 months, born in Hendon, Middlesex, the Employer
Winifred Crease, Wife, aged 27 years 9 months, born in Chiswick, Middlesex
Frank J D Crease, Son, aged 4 years 8 months, born in Chiswick, Middlesex
Avice Winifred Crease, Daughter, aged 11 months, born in Brentford, Middlesex
Avice Emily Creasev, Sister, Butchers Book Keeper, H J Cullingford, Butcher, aged 32 years 1 month, born in Hendon, Middlesex
Nellie Joy, Domestic Servant, aged 15 years 5 months, born in Brentford, Middlesex
1926/J Elliott/../../../Kelly’s Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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