Crown, 51 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1BL
St George Bloomsbury pub index
The 1856 and 1869 directory entries list the address as at 2 Thorney street and 469 Oxford street; whilst many of the earlier records just list it as Thorney street. At 55 New Oxford Street by 1884 - road name change. In 1861, the Old Crown was at 479 Oxford Street
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George Bloomsbury parish, London.
Crown, 51 New Oxford Street, WC2 - in May 2007
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Residents at this address
1825/Mr Summerton/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1839/Edward Bell/../../../Pigots Directory
1842/Edward Bell/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/John W Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Wilfred Smith/../../../Kellys Directory
Morning Advertiser 23 April 1851 - Licence transfers
Crown, Oxford street, John Wilfred Smith to James Joseph Bryant
1851/John W Smith/Victualler/62/Yorkshire/Census
1851/Phoebe Smith/Wife/40/Oxfordshire/Census
1851/Eliza Smith/Daughter/5/Middlesex/Census
1851/John W Smith/Son/4/Middlesex/Census
April 1854/old tenant quit/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
April 1854/William Macdonald/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/James Joseph Bryant/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/Henry Alexander/Publican/33/Lambeth/Census
1861/Susannah Alexander/Wife/38/Watford, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Mary Bryant/Step Daughter/17/St Pancras/Census
1861/James Bryant/Stepson/14/St Pancras/Census
1861/Archibald Bryant/Stepson/6/St Pancras/Census
1861/Alfred Bryant/Stepson/5/Bloomsbury/Census
1861/Susannah Bryant/Step Daughter/3/Bloomsbury/Census
1861/William Collins/Pot Boy/19/Bloomsbury/Census
1869/William H Rudland/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1871 census at Crown, 469 Oxford street
William H Rudland, Licensed Victualler, Widow, aged 44, born in Marylebone, London
Mary E Rudland, Daughter aged 11, born in Paddington, London
Louisa C Rudland, aged 8, born in Marylebone, London
Hariet Richards, Sister in Law, Housekeeper. aged 29, born in Warden, Kent
Lucy Edwards, Barmaid, aged 25, born in St James, London
Henry Harris, Waiter, aged 25, born in Gloucester
George Lock, Potman, aged 17, born in St Pancras, London
Maud Cooley, Nurse, aged 47 , born in Brighton, Sussex
1881/John Rudland/Publican/56/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harriett Rudland/Wife/54/Cheddington, Kent/Census
1881/Harriett Rudland/Daughter, Barmaid/21/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Tiggard/Barmaid/20/Pimlico, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles T Ebbs/Barman/24/St Giles, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harriett Lenton/Domestic Servant/15/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1882/John Cawood Rudland/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/John C Rudland/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Harry Dew/../../../Post Office Directory
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