St Luke pub history index
Royal Oak, 37 Waterloo street, St Luke EC1 - A Trumans pub
With Galway Street on the left of the picture.
By Ronald Wyatt
The address is listed as 34 Galway Street in 1859 and earlier. *
Residents at this address
Morning Advertiser. 11 July 1837
Wanted in a respectable public house a MAID Servant where a Man is kept ; no Irish need apply.
Apply at the Royal Oak, Galway street, St Lukes.
1848/John Young/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/John Young/../../../Post Office Directory *
1856/John Young/../../../Post Office Directory *
The Era 24 April 1859 - Transfer of Licences
Royal Oak, Galway street, Livett Frank to Charles Robert Young
March 1866/Charles Robert Young/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/Mrs F Young/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Fanny Young/Licensed Victualler, Widow/35/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Fanny Young/Daughter/11/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jessie Young/Daughter/9/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1871/Charles Young/Son/6/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1871/Martha Bennett/Mother, Military Offices Widow/73/Birmingham, Warwickshire/Census
1871/William Bennett/Brother, Manager of Public House/41/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1871/Henry Bennett/Nephew/4/Brompton, Middlesex/Census
1871/William H Bird/Potman/20/Barkingm Essex/Census
1871/Martha Allsford/General Servant/19/City of London/Census
1881/Fanny Young/Licensed Victualler, Widow/47/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1881/Fanny M Young/Daughter/21/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles W Young/Son/16/St Lukes, Middlesex/Census
1881/William T Bennett/Brother/51/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1881/Charles E Bennett/Nephew/4/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1881/Minnie Tewson/Niece/24/Kings Cross, Middlesex/Census
1881/Christopher Garvey/Barman/26/Dublin, Ireland/Census
1882/Mrs Fanny Young/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Fanny Young/../../../Post Office Directory *
1895/John Robert Griffiths/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/William James Kittle/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/William J Kittle/Licensed Victualler/45/Aveley, Essex/Census
1901/Kate Collins/Houskeeper/24/Cressing, Essex/Census
1901/William F K Collins/Servant/11 months/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Francis Prettyjohn/Barman/26/Stepney, London/Census
1901/Rose Puleyn/Visitor/14/St Lukes, London/Census
Islington Gazette - 01 October 1907 Transfers granted
Royal Oak, 37 Waterloo street, St Lukes, from Ernest Alfred Hirst to Adam Hill
1910/Adam Hill/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Adam Hill/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Adam Hill/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Benj Stevenson/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Samuel Chas Newbold/../../../Post Office Directory
East End News and London Shipping Chronicle. 01 January 1943
An Uncooked ham - Arthur Christopher Brown, licensee of the Royal Oak public house, Waterloo street, Finsbury, was fined a total of £45, with five guineas costs (or six weeks imprisonment) at Old street Police Court for obtaining 12 and a half pounds of uncooked ham contrary to the Rationing Order and for illegally supplying it to Harry George Miller, a GPO cleaner.
1944/Arthur Christopher Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1950/Mr & Mrs L Cowan/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***
Mr & Mrs L Cowan are next at the Arundel Arms in 1952, and Mr & Mrs A Hastings are from the Scottish Stores ***
1952/Mr & Mrs A Hastings/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***
* Provided By Ewan
*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson