King Johns Head, 10 Abbey Street, Bermondsey SE1

Existed from at least 1812. The early address is at 4 Abbey Street, or 5 Abbey Street

Bermondsey pub history index

Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.

Residents at this address.

1812/William Dingley/victualler [Bermondsey Square]/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *

1822/Charles Bryan/King Johns Head, Bermondsey Square/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances 

1825/Charles Bryan/King Johns Head, Bermondsey Square/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances 

February 1826/John Wright/King Johns Head, Bermondsey Square/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances 

1832/John Brett/../../../Robsons Directory 

1833-34/John Brett, King Johns Head, 4 Abbey Street, Bermondsey/../../Pigots Directory 

1835/Edward Attwood/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *

1837/Mr Wright/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *

1839/John Groombridge/../../../Pigots Directory 

1841/John Groombridge/../../../Post Office Directory 

There are a  number of licensed premises which George Spreadbury can vbe linked to prior to the King Johns Head, one is the Weavers Arms, Bakers Row, Whitechapel in about 1842. Others prior to this are at Britannia Passage, Peckham in 1839; and Broadwall in 1837 - both of these adrresses are listed as him being a Victualler at the baptisms of children.

23 July 1847/Louisa, daughter of George John & Sarah Spreadbury, Abbey Street, Bermondsey - Licensed Victualler./Baptism

1848/Geo Spreadbury/../../../Post Office Directory 

1851/Geo Spreadbury/../../../Post Office Directory 

George Spreadbury is at the Castle, Old Kent Road by the 1851 census.

September1850/George John Spreadbury/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era 

September 1850/William George Tarrant/Incoming Licensee/../../Era 

1851/Wm George Tarrant/Licensed Victualler/31/Beddington, Surrey/Census 
1851/Ellen Tarrant/Wife/34/Ireland/Census
1851/Mary Ann Bonner/Sister in Law, Barmaid/19/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/William Long/Barman/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Jas Briant/Potman/34/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Harley/House Servant/30/Ireland/Census

November 1851/William George Tarrant/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era 

November 1851/John Page/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era 

August 1852/John Page/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper 

August 1852/Luke Muncy/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper 

July 1853/Luke Muncey/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era 

July 1853/Henry Newton/Incoming Licensee/../../Era 

1856/Henry Newton/../../../Post Office Directory 

1861/Hy Wolfe/Victualler/25/Hackney, Middlesex/Census 
1861/Susan Jane Wolfe/Wife/21/Bloomsbury, Middlesex/Census
1861/Henry Wolfe/Son/2 months/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/George Evans/Barman/15/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1861/Ann Sullivan/Housemaid/15/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1861/William Castle/Potman/20/Windsor, Berkshire/Census

1867/Mr McHenry/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association 

1869/Charles Chedzoy/../../../Post Office Directory 

July 1873/Charles Chedzoy/Outgoing Licensee/../../South London Chronicle 

July 1873/Robert Spencer/Incoming Licensee/../../South London Chronicle 

1881/John Rainbird/Publican/34/Bishops, Hertford/Census 
1881/Charlotte Rainbird/Wife/30/Oxford St, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Rainbird/Son/5/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charlotte Rainbird/Daughter/11/(City E C), Middlesex/Census
1881/Lillian Rainbird/Daughter/9/(City E C), Middlesex/Census
1881/Florence Rainbird/Daughter/7/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Brown/Brother In Law, Barman/25/Strand, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Turner/General & Domestic Servant/16/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census

1882/Jn Nance Gooch/../../../Post Office Directory 

1884/William Tonsley/../../../Post Office Directory 

1891/Chas Robert Ward/../../../Post Office Directory 

1891/William Wheatley/Licensed Victualler/56/Lower Caldecote Bedfordshire/Census **
1891/Emily Wheatley/Wife/38/Hackney Middlesex/Census
1891/Sarah Lyon/Aunt Housekeeper single/73/Portsmouth Hampshire/Census
1891/Harry Gladman/Servant Barman married/46//Isleworth Middlesesx/Census

1895/Alfred Samuel Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory 

1899/Frederick Chas Allen/../../../Post Office Directory 

I am in the process of tracing my family tree and I have found out that my great grandfather was a licensed victualler, at 10 Abbey Street, Bermondsey. The 1901 census shows him living there with his wife and a barmaid. His name was Thomas H Veasey he was 35 years old. ***

1901/Thopmas H Veasey/Licensed Victualler/35/Daulting, Somerset/Census ***
1901/Selina Veasey/Wife/36/Chatsworth, Glos/Census
1901/Louisa Forster/Barmaid/23/Dulwich, London/Census
1901/Nellie Forster/Visitor/18/Greenwich, London/Census

1910/Mrs Elizabeth Holder/../../../Post Office Directory 

1911/Elizabeth Holder/Licensed Victualler/48/Cambridge/Census 
1911/Walter Nourse/Barman/47/Walworth, London/Census
1911/Mary Chilvers/General Servant/19/Chelsea, London/Census

1915/Walter Nourse/../../../Post Office Directory 

1921/Walter Nourse/../../../Post Office Directory 

1923/Walter Nourse/King Johns Head/../../Electoral Register
1923/Elizabeth Nourse/../../../Electoral Register
1923/Alice Broderick/../../../Electoral Register

1934/Albert Edward Clark/../../../Kellys Directory 

1938/Henry Coe/../../../Post Office Directory 


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