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Poplar index
This was built in 1807, initially as an excise office and only later becoming a tavern, converted to pub use in 1846 as the Jamaica Tavern. Name changed to Jamaica Hotel in 1899.Licence not renewed in 1926 when police were clamping down on the opium trade in the area and it subsequently became the Dock Manager's offices when acquired by the Port of London Authority. History has gone full circle and it is now a restaurant and cellar bar since 1992. The current name and address is: Dockmasters Restaurant & Cellar Bar, West India Dock Gate, 1 Hartsmere Road, E14 **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Poplar, London - in East London. The Poplar, East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Jamaica Tavern, West India Dock Road - in February 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1846/Edmund Calvert/../../../Survey of London **
1851/Joseph Montague/../../../Survey of London **
1852/Joseph Montague/../../../Watkins Directory **
1869/N J McKenzie/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1876/Ninian John McKenzie/../../../Survey of London **
1881/Eliza McKenzie/Publican, Widow/46/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/John McKenzie/Son, Publican/24/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Louisa McKenzie/Daughter/25/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lilly McKenzie/Daughter/16/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jessie McKenzie/Daughter/14/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ellen Howe/Domestic Servant/21/Torquay, Cornwall/Census
1881/Ellen Allen/Domestic Servant/34/City Of London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Smith/Servant/23/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1881/George Brown/Servant/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1884/Thomas Spours/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1891/Thomas Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1895/Thomas Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1896/Thomas Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory **
1897/Thomas Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory **
1898/Thomas Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory **
1899/Thomas Harwood/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1901/Harriet E Buckmaster/Hotel manageress/40/Stepney, London/Census ****
1901/Sarah Harwood/Aunt/55/Limehouse, London/Census
1901/Charles H Downes/Barman/30/Marylebone, London/Census
1901/Victor S Owen/Barman/21/Charlton, Kent/Census
1901/James Hesketh/Potman/26/Mile End, London/Census
1901/Lavinia E Carter/Barmaid/26/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1901/Edith M Cummings/Housemaid/28/Leyton, Essex/Census
1910/Charles Henry Marsh/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1915/Charles Henry Marsh/../../../Post Office Directory ****
** Provided by Stephen Harris
**** Provided By Kevan