Hicks Tavern, 55 King Street, Soho W1

aka Hicks Coffee House Tavern in 1839,  1856 and 1857, near the junction with Frith Street in 1869. The pub was rebuilt in the mid-1880s, when Shaftesbury Avenue was constructed along the line of King Street. It was renamed from Hicks Tavern to The Shaftesbury at the same time. The pub is also named the Old Hicks briefly in the 1840s. *

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Royal Athelstan Lodge Freemasons membership initiated April 9th 1828, Thomas Lerigo, aged 36, Publican, King street, Soho, 1828 to 1831

1832/Thomas Lerigo, Hicks Coffee house, King street, Soho/../../Robsons Directory

1839/James Bracy/../../../Pigots Directory

1840/Edward Thomas Seymour/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *

1841/Edward Thomas Seymour/../../../Post Office Directory *

1848/Edward Seymour/../../../Post Office Directory *

1851/Edward Thomas Seymour/../../../Post Office Directory *

October1853/Edward Thomas Seymour/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

October 1853/William James Gurney/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1856/Wm J Gurney/../../../Post Office Directory

April 1857/William James Gurney/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

April 1857/James Abbott/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

October 1866/Lewis Pugh/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era

October 1866/Thomas Smith/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era

1869/Thomas Smith/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/Sarah A Hart/Widow/46/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alice Hart/Daughter/18/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alfred Scott/Potman/23/Brixton, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary A Hules/Servant/25/Westminster/Census

1881/Thomas Plumb/Licensed Victualler/38/Newbury, Berkshire/Census
1881/Emily Plumb/Wife/37/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1881/Fred Hubbard/Barman/23/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1881/Sophia Beard/Domestic Servant/39/London, Middlesex/Census

1882/Thomas Plumb/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Thomas Plumb/../../../Post Office Directory



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