Tower, 76 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth SE1
Lambeth pub history index
The address is 10 Gilberts Buildings, Westminster Road in 1856 and earlier, prior to street renaming, and in Sun Fire Office insurance records Westminster Road is called Apollo Road, apparently an earlier name for it. It is named as the Tower of London in the Victuallers Recognizances of 1825 and in earlier Sun Fire Office insurance records. In the 19th century and earlier, this fell into the Southwark St George Martyr parish rather than Lambeth, and is listed there in the 1825 Victuallers Recognizance as well as census records. It is named as the Tower of London in early records. *
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in the Lambeth parish, Surrey, London. This includes Kennington, Brixton, Lambeth, Norwood, Peckham & Waterloo Road.The Lambeth parish, Surrey, London Public House Trade Directory uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Tower, 76 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth - date unknown
Kindly provided by John Carnaby
Tower, 76 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth SE1
Residents at this address
1803/Robert Shaw/victualler and dealer in wines and spirits/../../Sun Fire
Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1803/Robert Shawe/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1816/Robert Shawe and Son/victualler and dealer in wines and spirits, Tower
of London/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan
Archives *
1825/Robert Shaw/[Tower of London]/../../Victuallers Recognizance *
1837/Robert Shaw/victualler and dealer in wines and spirits/../../Sun Fire
Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1839/Robert Shaw/../../../Pigot's Directory *
1841/Robert Shaw/../../../Post Office Directory *
1856/Richard Harvey & Son/../../../Post Office Directory *
1869/Mrs Emily Sarah Watkins/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Robert Dear/Licensed Victualler/54/Hampstead, Middlesex/Census *
1871/Charlotte Dear/Wife/51/Surrey/Census
1871/William Dear/Son (Widower), Wharfinger/33/Middlesex/Census
1871/Joseph Dear/Son, Licensed Victualler/21/Surrey/Census
1871/Edward Forty/Barman/20/Warwickshire/Census
1871/Emma Moore/General Servant/24/Erith, Kent/Census
1882/Frederick George Young/../../../Post Office Directory *
1884/Robert Day/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/William Henry Louis Ray/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Alfred Raynor Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Arthur Loft/../../../Post Office Directory
20th May 1910, South London Press newspaper
Transfer of license of the Tower, 76, Westminster Bridge road, from A. Loft to Charles Henry Augustus May **
1911/Charles May/Licensed Victualler/25/Stratford, Essex/Census **
1911/Florence May/Wife/23/Windsor, Berkshire/Census
1911/John Eades/Barman/30/Walworth, London/Census
1911/Maude Eades/Cook/27/Earls Court, London/Census
1911/James Lovejay/Potman/21/Walworth, London/Census
1911/Thomas Witcher/Caretaker/33/Ulversfield, Sussex/Census
1915/William Vale/../../../Post Office Directory *
The Tower belonged to my grandfather, William "Pip" Bale after he more or
less retired from the stage as a juggler in 1913. He and my grandmother
lived there until they moved to The Ship, Margate, after WW1, and my mother
was born there in 1915. It is possible that he was registered with the
surname Zanetto, his stage name with his brothers as "The Royal Zanettos".
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The Business card of W Zanetto, The "Tower", 76 Westminster Bridge Road SE - W Bale in 1914
The Tower, 76 Westminster Bridge Road in 1914 Inscribed
"Outside Tower, me with our old Jock Dog, Barman, Customers & boy & Brewers men." - Lily aged 8
Both kindly provided by Jane Koszuta
1921/Arthur C Bedwell/../../../Hughes Directory
1938/Mrs Florence Tapp & Leonard Charles Tapp/../../../Post Office Directory
*
1944/George H Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory
1971/../Tower/../../Pub Directory
* Provided By Ewan
*+ Provided By Tony James
** Provided By Peter Wood
*** Provided By Jane Koszuta