Bermondsey pub history index
Existed from at least 1793. Closed in 1931 by the compensation authority. Staver Porters, full. 1 Jacob street Bermondsey ; licensee, John Charnick; owners, Courage and Co Ltd (leaseholders) and Noakes and Co Ltd. This house was stated to be much smaller and inferior to the Ship Aground (120 yards away) and the Swan and Sugar Loaf (135 yards away).
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1793/William Worthy/victualler and blockmaker/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives
1809/William Jones, Old Stave Porter, Jacob street, Dockhead/../../Holdens Directory
1822/William Jones/Stave Porters, Jacob street/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1825/William Jones/Stave Porter, Jacob street/../../Licensed Victualler Recognizances
1835/George Abbott/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives
1835/Robert Falgate/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives
1839/Ann Fitch/../../../Pigots Directory
1842/Jas Windeatt/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/Thomas Robinson/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1848/Thomas Robinson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1848/Emma Martin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1851/Stephen Galloway/Licensed Victualler/24/Dartford, Kent/Census
1851/Annie Galloway/Wife/30/London/Census
1851/Emma Mardin/Mother in Law, Widow/55/Portsmouth, Hamsphire/Census
1856/R Cass/../../../Post Office Directory
1869/J Abbott/../../../Post Office Directory
1882/Alfred Hooton/../../../Post Office Directory *
South London Press 27 September 1884 - Newington Transfer of Licenses
Stave Porters, Jacob street, William Upward to Richard Gravatt
1895/Matthew Gravatt/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/William Haslam/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Alfred Edgar Morris/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Alfred Edgar Morris/Publican/30/London, Middlesex/Census
1911/Elsie Hannah Morris/Wife/24/Deptford, London/Census
1911/Rosa Alice Jefferies/Niece, Servant/16/Deptford, London/Census
1915/Horace William Irwin/../../../Post Office Directory *
1920/Horace William Irwin, Stave Porters, 1 Jacob street/../../Electoral register
1920/Sadie Irwin, Stave Porters, 1 Jacob street/../../Electoral register
1921/Horace W Irwin/../../../Post Office Directory
[By 1939, Horace William Irwin is at the Red Cat Hotel, in Norfolk. The register shows his birthdate as 1884, and Sadie as 1886. ]
1923/George Tannett/Stave Porters/../../Electoral Register
Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder. 17 July 1931
Licensing, nineteen Bermondsey Licenses to GO.
Under the Licensing(Consolidation) Act 1910, the compensation authority dealt with 30 licences.
The committee renewed four. The list of houses considered is:
Ship and Pilot, full, 114 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey ; licensee Amelia Dorothy; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd; The house was described as inferior in all respects to the three nearest houses, the Old Justice, the Ship in Distress, and the Cherry Tree (also referred). Licence not renewed.
Cherry Tree, full, Cherry Garden street, Bermondsey ; licensee James William Taylor; owners, Watney, Combe Reid and Co Ltd. There are five full licences within 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Havelock Arms, beer and wine on, 95 Jamaica road, Bermondsey ; licensee Mary Foster; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. Licence not renewed.
Involved in Clearance Scheme.
Noahs Ark, full, 380 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee Artur Herbert Carey; owners, Whitbread and Co Ltd. This home comes within the borough of Bermondseys clearance scheme. Licence not renewed.
Dukes Head, full, 268 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee, Thomas Henry Davis Plummer; owners, Taylor Walker and Co Ltd. The Dukes Head is also involved in the clearance scheme. Licence not renewed.
White Bear, full, 33 Tabard street, Southwark; licensee, Thomas Ogilvie; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. This was described as much inferior to the Royal Oak immediately opposite, the Dover Castle, 140 yards away; and the Swan Inn, 140 yards. Licence not renewed.
Tanners Arms. beer on, 8 Stanworth street, Bermondsey ; licensee, Edward Harold Munro; owners, Charrington and Co Ltd. There are two full licences within 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Red Lion and Key, full, 8 Battle Bridge Lane, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Jeremiah Mahoney; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd. It was mentioned that the Duke of Clarence (60 yards away), Shipwrights Arms (110 yards away), and Royal Oak (185 yards away), were superior in all respects. Licence not renewed.
Bricklayers Arms, full, 40 Parkers Row, Bermondsey ; licensee, Albert John Harrold Cope and Charles Leonard Colthorpe; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd ; Christopher W Parker, Faulkbourne Hall, Witham, Essex; and Oxley D Parker, Sharpham, Tootnes, Devon (trustee). A moderate sized house, the Bricklayers Arms was described as inferior to the Primce of Teck beerhouse, 100 yards away, and the Swan and Sugar Loaf, full, 120 yards. Licence not renewed.
Staver Porters, full. 1 Jacob street Bermondsey ; licensee, John Charnick; owners, Courage and Co Ltd (leaseholders) and Noakes and Co Ltd. This house was stated to be much smaller and inferior to the Ship Aground (120 yards away) and the Swan and Sugar Loaf (135 yards away). Licence not renewed.
Margate Town, full, 43 George row, Bermondsey ; licensee, Richard Wakefield; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. The Margate Town was compared with the George, a house recently rebuilt, 120 yards. Licence not renewed.
Grapes, full, 40 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey; licensee, Thomas Henry Gentry; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and Major R J Bevan, c.o. Messrs Marson and Toulmin, 1 Southwark Bridge Road SE1 . Licence not renewed.
Queens Head, full, 130 Tanner street, Bermondsey; licensee, Charles Woods; owners, Whitbread and Co Ltd and the Governors of Aldgate and All Hallows Barking Exhibition Foundation. There are two full licences within a radius of 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Swallow Galley, full, 446 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee, George John Lovett; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. Licence not renewed.
Kings Head, full, 135 Tooley street, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Andrew John Smith; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and the London County Council. There are 25 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile, the nearest being the Royal Oak, 85 yards, the Old Antigallican, 100 yards and St John Tavern, 135 yards. Licence not renewed.
City of Salisbury, full, Tooley street, Southwark; licensee, George Pearce; owners, Cannon Brewery Co Ltd, the London County Council and the Law Union and Crown Insurance Company. Within a radius of 200 yards there are eight full licences and two beerhouses, the nearest houses being the Kings Arms, 30 yards, the Goat, 100 yards and the Tower Bridge Hotel, 135 yards. Licence not renewed.
Strong Plea fails.
Crown and Sceptre, full, 7 Shad Thames, Southwark; licensee, Edward Condon; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. The Crown and Sceptre was stated to be much smaller and inferior in every way to the Dockhead Stores at 95 yards, and the Feathers, at 155 yards. Within 200 yards there are 11 full licences and one beerhouse.
A plea for the owners and licensee suggested money could be spent more profitably. The tenant has been in the house for 20 years, and if refused what is he to do? Licence not renewed.
Woolf Arms, beer on, 38 Woolf sytreet, Bermondsey ; licensee, William Henry Abbott; owners, Courage and Co Ltd and Noakes and Co Ltd. The Woolf Arms was said to be inferior in all respects to the nearest houses, the Feathers, 50 yards, and the Dockhead Stores at 135 yards. There are 31 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile. Licence not renewed.
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