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Essex Arms, 69 Plough road, Battersea SW11 2DE

The Essex Arms, Plough lane in the 1871 census. This is named the Pine tavern by 2008 when demolished. *

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Residents at this address.

1871/George Fay/Beer Retailer/48/London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Stella S Fay/Wife/48/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census

1878/Frederick Franklin/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/Frederick Franklin/Beer Retailer/36/Basingstoke, Hampshire/Census
1881/Elizabeth Franklin/Wife/24/Charlton, Kent/Census
1881/Samuel Burton/Barman/23/Brownstone Gate, Leicester/Census

1896/J Butcher/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/Thomas Cullings??/Beer House Keeper/55/Lambeth, London/Census
1901/Elizabeth Cullings??/Wife/55/Oxford/Census
1901/Kate E M Cullings??/Daughter, Barmaid/22/Kennington, London/Census
1901/Violet M Cullings??/Daughter, Barmaid/20/Kennington, London/Census

1905/Robert Day/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1906/Robert Day/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1919/Harry Biggs/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1934/Wililiam Gabriel G Bowra/../../../../Electoral Roll *
1934/Sarah Bowra/Wife/../../../Electoral Roll
1934/Amelia Hannah Knight/Daughter/../../../Electoral Roll
1934/Walter Thomas Knight/Son in Law/../../../Electoral Roll
1934/Francis Georgina Bowra/Daughter/../../../Electoral Roll
1934/Gabriel Philip Bowra/Son/../../../Electoral Roll

1934/Wm Gabriel Bowra/Beer Retailer/../../../Kellys Directory

1934/W G Bowra/Essex Arms/../../../BT Telephone Directory

1938/F E Sebright/Essex Arms/../../../BT Telephone Directory

1938/Fritz Eugen Sebright/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Fritz Eugen Sebright/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory

1950/F E Sebright/Essex Arms/../../../BT Telephone Directory

I lived in this pub for 4 years during the early fifties - My father James Henry White was proprietor, his wife Katie, and June, Sandra and myself Valerie. The Essex Arms is featured in my dad's autobiography No Halves, No Quarters. **

1961/Essex Arms, 69 Plough road SW11/../../../Pub Directory

1971/Essex Arms, 69 Plough road SW11/../../../Pub Directory

1981/Essex Arms, 71 Plough road, SW11 2DE/../../../Pub Directory


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