Camberwell pubs history index
The name is most frequently listed as the Surrey Canal or Surrey Canal Tavern, but also sometimes as the Surrey Tavern, and it's the Grand Surrey Canal in 1848 and earlier. The address is given as Peckham Footpath in 1848 and 1841, and as Peckham Lane in 1839, prior to street renaming. By 1899, the address is at 132 Trafalgar Road, following renumbering. *
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address
1830/Mr Topp, Surrey Canal House, Peckham Footpath makes a one guinea Susbscription to the Licensed Victuallers Association
1839/William Coulton/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/William Coulton/Licensed Victualler/50/Surrey/Census
1841/Sarah Coulton/../45/Surrey/Census
1841/William Alsop/Servant/24/Surrey/Census
1841/Elizabeth Ellson/Servant/45/Surrey/Census
1841/William Harwood/Gardener/45/../Census
Era 14 November 1847
Surrey canal Tavern, Peckham footpath, George Smith to Samuel Saker
1848/George South/../../../Post Office Directory *
November 1851/James Kevin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1851/William Coulton/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
November 1852/William Coulton/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1852/Peter Keeley/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/George Gillham/../../../Post Office Directory *
October 1859/Henry Weatherley, deceased/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
October 1859/Eliza Hannah Weatherly, widow and administratrix of Henry
Weatherley, late occupier/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
My great great grandfather Isaac John Hilldrup occupied the pub in the 1861 census as Victualler. **
In 1861 at The Grand Surrey Canal, Trafalgar road are :
Isaac J Hilldrup, Victualler, aged 36 and born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Mary J Hilldrup, Wife, aged 32 and born in Blackheath, Kent
Mary J Hilldrup, Daughter, aged 11 and born in Shoreditch, Middlesex
Christina A Hilldrup, Daughter, aged 9 and born in Shoreditch, Middlesex
Margaret J Hilldrup, Daughter, aged 7 and born in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire
Jane Hilldrup, Daughter, aged 5 and born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex
Margaret Ritchie, Sister in Law, Barmaid, aged 20 and born in Brixton, Surrey
Jane Ritchie, Mother in Law, Widow, aged 52 and born in Shoe lane, Holborn, London
Morning Advertiser. 01 October 1863. Transfer of Licenses
Surrey Canal House, Peckham footpath, Isaac John Hilldrup to Thomas Miller
1869/Thomas Miller/../../../Post Office Directory *
1882/Mrs Martha Crabtree/../../../Post Office Directory *
1891/John Jones/Licensed Victualler, Widow/56/Lambeth, London/Census
1891/John M Jones/Son, Architect/33/Battersea, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth Smith/Barmaid, Widow/32/Pimlico, London/Census
1891/Mina Pearson/Barmaid/20/Yorkshire/Census
1891/Elizabeth Nightingale/General Servant/50/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1895/Charles Susman/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Allen Cooper Payne/../../../Post Office Directory *
1910/Mrs Elizabeth Ann Payne/../../../Post Office Directory *
1915/John Levy/../../../Post Office Directory *
1921/John Alexander Levy/../../../Post Office Directory *
In 1921 at 132, Trafalgar Road, Camberwell
John Alexander Levy, Licensed Victualler, aged 32 and born in Stepney, London
Sarah Levy, Wife, aged 23 and born in Odessa, Ukraine
Peter Levy, Son, aged 1 and 3 quarters months and born in Camberwell, London
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