Black Cap, 171 Camden High Street, Camden Town NW1
This pub is listed as 91 High Street in 1843 and the 1851 and 1861
censuses. The earlier name in 1826 and 1839 is the Mother Black Cap, being
at 23 Pleasant Row in 1826. Apparently rebuilt about 1850. *
St Pancras index
Black Cap, 171 Camden High Street, NW1. - April
2010
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Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1809/Mr Drew, Black cap, Camden Town/../../Licensed
Victuallers Association
December
1819/Edmund Batt/Mother Black Cap, Camden Town/../../Access to Archives
May
1822/Edmund Batt/Mother Black Cap, Camden Town/../../Access to Archives
1823/Mr Butt, Black Cap, Camden Town/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
December
1824/Edmund Batt/Mother Black Cap, Camden Town/../../Access to Archives
1826/Edmund Batt/Mother Black Cap, 23 Pleasant Row/../../London Directory
My Great Great Grandmother, Elizabeth Bumpstead, found herself in Camden
Town in 1830 with one son and four daughters, the eldest of whom was my
Great Grandmother Mary, then 14 years old. One year earlier, her elder son
William [presumably the family breadwinner] had been sentenced to
Transportation to van Dieman’s Land. Whether Elizabeth was simply running
short of funds or had it in her mind to join her son on the other side of
the world, on 24th February, 1830 she "entered the Black Cap public house in
Camden Town, kept by one Edmund Butt. Whilst on the premises”, it was
alleged, "she took four pewter pots and hid them in the petticoat beneath
her apron.. She left the premises, unobserved by Mr Butt and went on to the
Wheat Sheaf public house, kept by
James Scull. There she took another pewter pot, which she added to the
collection in her petticoat". On 15th April, 1830, Elizabeth Bumpstead was
tried at the Old Bailey for Theft - Simple Grand Larceny - 4 pewter pots,
value 2s. 6d., the goods of Edward Butt , and 1 pewter pot, value 1s. 6d.,
the goods of James Scull - and found GUILTY.. Her sentence was –
Transportation for Seven Years. And so, she and her children joined William
in Hobart Town. **+
February
1832/Edmund Batt/Mother Black Cap, Camden Town/../../Access to Archives
1833-34/Edmund Batt/../../../Pigots Directory
May 1836/Edwin Belk/Mother Black Cap, Camden Town/../../Access to Archives
1836/Edwin Belk, Mother Black cap, High street, Camden town/../../Pigot's
Directory
1839/Edward Roberts/Mother Black Cap/../../Pigots Directory
1841/E Roberts/../../../Post Office Directory
1843/Edward Roberts/../../../Post Office Directory
1846/Henry Cross/../../../Post Office Directory *
1848/Henry Cross/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/Henry Cross/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/Henry Cross/Licensed Victualler/47/Shaftesbury, Dorset/Census *
1851/Harriett S. Cross/Wife/40/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1851/Sarah Cross/Daughter/12/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Harriett Cross/Daughter/10/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Frederick Shelley/Barman/19/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1851/Elizabeth Paratt/Servant/65/Norfolk/Census
1856/Henry Cross/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/Harriet Cross/Housekeeper/20/Southwark, Surrey/Census *
1861/Raymond Wheeler/Barman/25/Sudbury, Suffolk/Census
1862/William Cross/../../../Post Office Directory
December 1862/William Cross/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
December 1862/John Williams/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/George Prince James/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/William B. Roberts/Licensed Victualler/47/Deptford, Kent/Census *
1871/Sarah Roberts/Wife/46/Polesworth, Warwickshire/Census
1871/Harry James Smith/Stepson, Clerk to Wine & Spirit Broker/16/Camberwell,
Surrey/Census
1871/Mary Eliza Mealing/Niece/11/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1871/Ann Wilson/General Servant/40/Wooston on the Green,
Buckinghamshire/Census
1871/Thomas Nash/Barman/25/Bishopsgate, Middlesex/Census
February 1872/William Benjamin Roberts/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
February 1872/Alfred Edmund Spalding Williams/Incoming
Licensee/../../Era
1881/Catherine A Curtis/Licensed Victualler, Widow/40/Westminster,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Fanny Curtis/Daughter, Companion & Assistant/21/Strand,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Caroline S Hardy/Sister, Housekeeper/43/Westminster, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick Carter/Barman & Cellarman/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/John Drury/Barman/17/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1882/Mrs C A Curtis/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Catherine A Curtis/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Walter Lewis Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Walter Lewis Lewis/Landlord/34/Stepney, Middx/census *+
1891/Ellen Tremaine Lewis/wife/32/Southampton, Hants/census
1891/Nellie Kate Lewis/daughter/12/Southampton, Hants/census
1891/Alice Laura Lewis/daughter/8/Bowles Park, London/census
1891/George Crane/pub manager/27/Aston, Herts/census
1891/James Mather/barman/23/Walton Abbey, Herts/census
1891/David Greenland/barman/19/Potterne, Wilts/census
1891/Nicholas Melville/barman/20/Whitechapel, London/census
1891/Charles Nicholls/barman/21/Southwark, London/census
1891/Herbert Upther/barman/18/Chelsea, London/census
1891/Harriett Beckham/housekeeper/30/Maidewell, Northants/census
1891/Alice Ling/general servant/16/Dulwich, London/census
1895/George Hurford/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/James Judge/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/James Judge/Licensed Victualler/38/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Francis Payne/Housekeeper/55/Stratford, Essex/Census
1901/Charlotte M Tarr/Visitor/33/Faversham, Kent/Census
1901/Kate Wood/Domestic Servant/27/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1901/Jeffrey Harding/Barman/26/Hungaria, British subject/Census
1901/Arthur Larbalistus/Barman/21/Jersey, British subject/Census
1901/Henry Woods/Barman/20/Leeds, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Francis McGlennon/Barman/26/Donegal, Ireland/Census
1901/Frank Hawkes/Barman/26/Bow, London/Census
1901/Walter C Lawden/Barman/26/Southwark, London/Census
1901/William Eyles/Barman/28/Notting Hill, London/Census
1906/James Judge/../../../Post Office Directory *
1910/James Judge/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/James Judge/Licensed Victualler/45/Bermondsey/Census
1911/Lizzie Sage/Barmaid/37/Charlton, Kent/Census
1911/Margaret Lockyer/Barmaid/20/Camden Town/Census
1911/James Cozens/Cellerman/33/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1911/Arthur Drabnell/Barman/20/Hampstead/Census
1911/John Wiggins/Barman/19/Highgate/Census
1911/Frank Woodman/Barman/25/Old Kent road/Census
1911/Jack Farey/Barman/21/Putney, London/Census
1911/Jack Roberts/Barman/21/Islington, London/Census
1914/Charles Bird/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Charles Bird/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Walter Lewis Lewis/../../../Hughes Directory
1927/E. L. Short & Co./../../../Post Office Directory *
1934/E L Short & Co Ltd/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/E. L. Short & Co./../../../Post Office Directory *
1940/E. L. Short & Co./../../../Post Office Directory *
1942/E. L. Short & Co./../../../Post Office Directory *
1944/E L Short & Co Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory
1966/T Potter & Co & F Lavin, Black Cap, 171 Camden High Street
NW1/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1971/H E McCafferty/../../../Pub Directory for 1971
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**+ Provided By Rob Davies
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