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The Railway Tavern pub on Water Lane (Angel Road), to the west of Water Lane (Angel Road) station opened in 1851. Within a few years it was renamed The Blue Anchor. The pub closed in 1937 and was destroyed by a German V1 flying bomb during WW2. The licensee at closure was Lelslie A Hastings. Kathy Jones (born 1921) remembers the night "As war progressed, the doodlebugs started to come. One night we could see a doodlebug flying very close and knew it was about to drop and we called for dad to come down to the shelter but he called back “It’s alright I’m in the mint”. I don’t know what protection he thought that lying in a patch of mint in the garden was going give him. We laughed about it later. This was the Doodlebug that fell on the ‘Blue Anchor’ pub, in Angel Road. There were quite a few lives lost again that night." *
The pub was destroyed on July 24th 1944 when a V1 exploded in neighbouring Montagu road. ***
Blue Anchor, Angel Road, Edmonton - circa 1910 with landlord Herbert Ralph Garnett
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Blue Anchor, Angel Road, Edmonton
Residents at this address.
Morning Advertiser. 31 October 1851 Transfer of Licences
Blue Anchor, Edmonton, Benjamin Benjamin to John Roberts
1861/George Hagger/PPublican/35/Pelham, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Ann Hagger/Wife/40/Jersey/Census
1861/James Hagger/Son, Assistant/22/Thorley, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Harriet Hagger/Daughter, Barmaid/16/Thorley, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Grace Pearce/Visitor, Dressmaker/26/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1861/Sarah Hagger/Visitor/7/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1861/Richard Taylor/Lodger, Chaffcutter/61/London, Middlesex/Census
1866/G C Freudemacher/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Sarah Freudemacher/Housekeeper/76/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1871/George C Freudemacher/Licensed Victualler/53/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1871/Herman Freudemacher/Assistant/49/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ana J Freudemacher/Niece/21/Whitechapel, Middlesex/Census
1871/Kate A Freudemacher/Niece/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Anna E M Freudemacher/Niece/12/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1874/George E Freudemacher/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/George E Freudemacher/../../../Post Office Directory
I have the Administrator In Account withe the next of kin for Mr George Cristian Freudemacher (GCF), deceased (1818-1878), former Licensee at this pub and distant relative of mine. **
Rent due to the London and Burton Brewery Company in 1878 was £10 per quarter.
Mr Griffiths paid cash of £520 for Goodwill and utensils in hand and household furniture of the pub. Date is not clear but probably sometime between GCF death and the transfer of licences etc. Rent was paid by GCF estate for the last two quarters of 1878.
18 January 1879 - The Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald, Southgate Messenger, North Middlesex and West Essex Advertiser, etc. Licensing
Thomas Griffiths applied for the transfer of the license of the Blue Anchor, Angel Road, Edmonton held by John W Freudemacher. Granted.
1881/Thomas Griffiths/Licensed Victualler/33/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Sarah Griffiths/Wife/31/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas Griffiths/Son/11/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1881/Nelly A Griffiths/Daughter/3/Edmonton, Middlese/Census
1881/Albert Carter/Potman/15/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick Wade/Boarder, Foreman Of A Brickfield/50/London, Middlesex/Census
1890/Thomas Griffiths/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Thomas Griffiths/Licensed Victualler/43/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1891/Eliza S Griffiths/Wife/41/London/Census
1891/Nelly A Griffiths/Daughter/13/Edmonton, Middlesex/Census
1891/Mabel A Griffiths/Daughter/5/Edmonton, Middlesex/Census
1891/Kate Hill/General Servant/23/Edmonton, Middlesex/Census
1894/T Griffiths/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/T Griffiths/../../../Post Office Directory
1902/Thomas Griffiths/../../../Kellys Directory
1914/Herbert Ralph Ganrett/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/Herbert Ralph Ganrett/../../../Post Office Directory
1937/Lelslie A Hastings/../../../Post Office Directory
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** Provided By Adrian Entecott
*** Provided By Vincent O'Loughlin
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