Southwark St John index
The address in 1825 is at Freeschool street. At 1 Fair Street in 1856 and earlier. The 1891 to 1921 directory entries list this as at Tooley street, at or near the junction with Fair street; as does the 1923 electoral register at 198 Tooley street. Closed in 1931 by the compensation authority. 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.
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Southwark St John Horsleydown, Surrey, London.

City of Salisbury, 43 Fair Street, Southwark St John Horsleydown, London - circa 1920
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Laughlin

The ex-City of Salisbury, 43 Fair Street, Southwark St John Horsleydown, London - in 2016
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Laughlin
Residents at this address.
1822/John Merryweather/../../../Victuallers Recognizance
March 1823/Susannah Carr/../../../Victuallers Recognizance
July 1823/Benjamin Merritt/../../../Victuallers Recognizance
October 1823/Benjamin Merritt/../../../Victuallers Recognizance
1824/James George/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1825/James George/../../../Victuallers Recognizance
1826/James George/../../../Victuallers Recognizance
1832/Mr Braybrook/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1833-34/Samuel Brabrook, City of Salisbury, Fair Street,
Horselydown/../../Pigots Directory
1836/Mr Seymour/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1839/Thomas Alleston/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1842/Thomas Alleston/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/John Abrahams/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Abrahams/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/John Abrahams/Licensed Victualler/44/Shawbrook, Bedfordshire/Census
1851/Mary Roberts/Servant/30/Streatham, Surrey/Census
1851/Daniel Evans/Barman/24/Cardigan, Wales/Census
1851/William Pilgrim/Barman/19/London, Middlesex/Census
1856/John Abrahams/../../../Post Office Directory
September 1860/John Abrahams, deceased/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1860/Mary Ann Abrahams, widow and executrix of John Abrahams, late
occupier/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1861/Mary A Abrahams/Licensed Victualler, Widow/23/St Johns Southwark,
Surrey/Census
1861/John E Abrahams/Son/1/St Johns Southwark, Surrey/Census
1861/Sarah J Medhurst/Sister/11/St Johns Southwark, Surrey/Census
1861/Hugh J Crawley/Barman/23/New Windsor, Berkshire/Census
1861/George Parson/Barman/19/Garingston, Berkshire/Census
1861/Ann Bearing/House Servant/20/Birmingham, Warwickshire/Census
1861/Catherine Cooper/Nursemaid/17/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
April 1864/Mary Ann Abrahams/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
April 1864/David Nicholson/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/William Battle/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/William H L Battle/Licensed Publican, Victualler/27/Commercial
Road/Census
1871/Ellen J Battle/Wife/29/Windmill Street, Haymarket/Census
1871/William H J Battle/Son/4/St John Horselydown/Census
1871/Bessie H C Battle/Daughter/2/St John Horselydown/Census
1871/Edward G L Battle/Son/1 month/St John Horselydown/Census
1871/Frank B Plew/Nephew, Clerk/21/Kentish Town/Census
1871/Emily Coleman/Domestic Servant/18/Snow Fields, Bermondsey/Census
1871/Francis Watson/Nursemaid/16/Tooley Sreet, St Olave Southwark/Census
July 1873/W H L Battle/Outgoing Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
July 1873/John Martin/Incoming Licensee/../../South London Chronicle
1874/J Martin/../../../Licensed Victualler & Hoteliers Directory
1881/Edward G Chapman/Licensed Victualler/21/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Agnes E Chapman/Wife/23/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edward G Chapman/Son/1/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jas Halpin/Potman/28/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/Adelaide Halpin/General Servant/22/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/Adelaide Gross/Servant, Widow/50/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1891/Owen Owen/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/William Henry Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory *
1897 - 1905/Isaac Dolden/../../../Land & Tax Records
1899/Isaac Dolden/../../../Post Office Directory
1900 - 1906/Isaac Dolden/../../../Electoral Register
1902/Isaac Dolden/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Benjamin Ringwood/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Benjamin Ringwood/Licensed Victualler/59/Norfolk/Census
1911/Edgar Ringwood/Son, Barman/22/Edmonton/Census
1911/Frederick George Ringwood/Son, General Help/16/Islington/Census
1915/Stanley James Allen/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Stanley James Allen/../../../Post Office Directory
1923/George Edward Pinckney/City of Salisbury/../../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 street, 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.
* Provided By Ewan