At 9 Fort Street in 1839 & 1856. Closed in 1912 as a pub through the compensation award scheme.
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Residents at this address
In reference to the "Gun & Tent" at
Artillery Ground, my gggggrandmother had this Inn and it is mentioned in her
Will of 1828 - she left this to her eldest son Henry Carey Drury. In her
Will the address is: "Gun and Tent of the Old Artillery Ground in the
Liberty of the Old Artillery Ground in the County of Middlesex".
I am assuming that this is the same one that is listed as now as being at 10
Fort Street, Spitalfields?
I think she [Charlotte] had had this pub for some time, probably from her
first marriage to Thomas Drury in 1792 - when he is listed as a Victualler;
her second husband likewise, my gggggrandfather Abraham Luya; and husband
number three also, i.e. Thomas Wood. My Charlotte outlived them all. *
1792/Thomas Drury / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1805/Charlotte Luya, Gun and Tent, Fort street, Spitalfields/../../Holdens
Directory
1806/Thomas Wood / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1808/Thomas Wood / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1809/Thomas Wood / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1819/Charlotte Wood / Widow /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1822/Henry Drury / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1823/Henry Drury / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1830/John Casey / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1832/Thomas Homewood senior / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 8
May 1832 **
1832/Thomas Homewood / Manager /../../London Gazette, 8 May 1832 **
1834/John Williams / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at
Guildhall Library **
1839/Jane Moyce/../../../Pigots Directory
1842/Jno. Leach/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1851/Alfred Miles Homer/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1856/Alfred M Homer/../../../Post Office Directory
April 1861/Alfred Miles Homer/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
April 1861/Thomas Booth/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
October 1861/Mr Booth/Music Licenses/../../Era
March 1867/George Thomas Booth/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
March 1867/William James/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1874/Walter Keylock/../../../H D Miles London & Suburban Licensed
Victuallers Directory **
1881/Walter Stokes/Licensed Victualler/44/Spitalfields, London/Census
1881/Elizabeth Stokes/Wife, Landlady/40/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1881/William Stokes/Son, Potman/18/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1881/Caroline Stokes/Daughter, Barmaid/16/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1881/Clara Schofield/Relative/7/Old Ford, London/Census
1881/Edward Schofield/Relative/5/Old Ford, London/Census
1881/James Blake/Boarder, Cork Cutter/23/Mile End, London/Census
1881/William Blake/Boarder, Labourer/29/Suffolk/Census
1884/Walter Stokes/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/John Hillier/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Christopher William Pfleger/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Edward Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory
London Evening Standard 14 June 1911
Licensing Act 1904 Notice of principal meeting to discuss by the Compensation authority on 3rd July 1911
Tower
Gun and tent, Fort street, Old Artillery Ground, Full, Philip Robert Mullins
Shoreditch Observer May 1912 :
Compensation awards under the 1910 Licensing Act awarded the following total awards to be divided amongst the persons interested in the houses, which have been referred for extinction on payment:
Gun and Tent, Fort street E £1567
* Provided by Su Solomon
** Provided by Stephen Harris