Bermondsey pub history index
Existed from at least 1861. In 1869, only the Woolf's Arms exists in Woolf Street; by 1895 the address is at 38 Woolf street; the pub is also named in the 1911 census return *
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1861/William Lester/Beer Retailer/37/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1861/Mary Lester/Wife/39/Malpas, Cheshire/Census
1861/Emma Lester/Daughter, Barmaid/17/London City, Middlesex/Census
1869/William Lester/../../../Post Office Directory
Morning Advertiser 31 March 1871 - licence applications :
Woolfs Arms, Woolf street, Dockhead, to Michael O'Neill, Licence refused.
1881/William Marchant/Beerhouse Keeper/32/Sussex/Census
1881/Elizabeth M Marchant/Wife/35/St Pancras/Census
1881/Allen Marchant/Son/3/Brixton/Census
1881/Chas Marchant/Son/1/Cambridge/Census
1881/Mary L Engham/Mother In Law, Widow/69/Clerkenwell/Census
1881/W P Munday/Uncle, Messenger/63/Middlesex/Census
1881/Geo Coppack/Waiter/49/Holborn/Census
1882/William Marchant/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1891/James Smith/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1895/Jesse Underwood/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1899/Chas Brockett/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
James Aylett was a beer house keeper at the
Wheatsheaf,
Amersham in 1891, and by 1911, his son Percy is at the
Dolphin, Kensington
1901/James Aylett/Public House Manager/60/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Mary Aylett/Public House Manageress/59/Hull, Yorkshire/Census
1901/Joseph Aylett/General Labourer/24/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Charles Aylett/Licensed Victualler/22/Limehouse, London/Census
1901/Percy Aylett/Wheelwright/19/Poplar, London/Census
1910/William Gibson/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1911/William Gibson/Beer Retailer/45/Slinfold, Sussex/Census *
1911/Annie Gibson/Wife/41/Warnham, Sussex/Census
1911/Reginald William Gibson/Son, Wireman's Assistant (Stepney Borough
Council)/17/Battersea/Census
1911/Ronald Stanley Gibson/Son/11/Hove, Sussex/Census
1914/Paul Recknell/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1915/Leonard John Holland/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1921/Leonard John Holland/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
* Provided By Ewan