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Black Friar, 174 Queen Victoria Street, St Anns Blackfriars, City of London EC4

St Anns Blackfriars pub history index

This pub was built at some point between 1873 and 1875. **

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Anns Blackfriars, City of London. The St Anns Blackfriars, City of London Public House Trade Directory uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Black Friar, 174 Queen Victoria Street - in June 2006

Black Friar, 174 Queen Victoria Street - in June 2006

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

I am the great grandson of the listed first licensee of this pub in the 1881 census (my paternal grand mother Ethel Cox was the baby in your listing). The licensee John (aka Jehu) Cox was the middle brother of three, raised on a middling sized "Church Farm" in Corscombe Dorset. I don't think Jehu was intended to manage the family's latest venture, as he was training to be a violin maker - but his elder brother "George" died young of what was probably TB. *

The farm in poverty stricken Dorset had been reduced in size from "5 men and a boy" to "one boy", perhaps to free up capital for the London venture(s). Whilst the parents of Jehu were at another nearby pub, the Three Horse Shoes ; and his younger brother Edwin ended up running what was left of the Church Farm. *

Meanwhile in 1871 big brother George was guarding the site of the future Black Friar. It was part freehold and part leasehold, as it extended into the arches of the railway company.  *

[I have no proof but family mythology says he was required to serve beer to thirsty Fleet Street workers at the end of their shift. from a lantern lit barrow in the early hours of the morning.] *

I am afraid I cannot give you more details of the legalities of the pub, as a mixture of time up on the lease and death duties to be paid, forced its sale out of the estates of Jehu Cox's two daughters. *

Perhaps the apprentice violin maker was more interested in creating things, than pulling pints, but it looks like necessity was the mother of invention: Fed up with bent money and drunken arguments about change (?) he set up a very profitable side line - Jehu Cox. *

1881/John C Cox/Licensed Victualler/27/Corscombe, Dorset/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth Cox/Wife/33/Halstock, Dorset/Census
1881/John C Cox/Son/5/Weymouth, Dorset/Census
1881/Ethel J Cox/Daughter/8 months/London City, Middlesex/Census
1881/George J Chipping/Barman/27/Stepney/Census
1881/William Read/Barman/21/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1881/Samuel Stone/Potman/21/Manchester, Lancashire/Census
1881/Sarah J Rix/Cook/22/Chatham, Kent/Census
1881/Harriett A Jubb/Nurse/15/Basingstoke, Hants/Census

1882/George Cox/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/George Cox/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/George Cox/../../../Business Directory of London **

1891/George Cox/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/John C Cox/Publican/38/Corscombe, Dorset/Census *
1891/Elizabeth Cox/Wife/42/Halstock, Dorset/Census
1891/Ethel J Cox/Daughter/10/Blackfriars, London/Census
1891/Hellen M Cox/Daughter/6/Blackfriars, London/Census
1891/Emily S Laughlin/Barmaid/22/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/Emily S Chapman/Barmaid/24/Wetheringsett, Suffolk/Census
1891/Alice Chapman/Barmaid/17/Wetheringsett, Suffolk/Census
1891/James Wilkinson/Barmaid/16/Rotherhithe, Surrey/Census
1891/Allen Welch/Barman/25/Henley, Somerset/Census
1891/Mary Taylor/Cook/26/Cripplegate, London/Census
1891/Emma E Hawkins/Domestic Servant/21/Corscombe, Dorset/Census

1895/George Cox/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/John Christopher Cox/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/John Cristopher Cox/../../../P.O. Directory **

1906/Alfred Pettitt/../../../Morris’ Business Directory of London **

1910/Alfred Pettitt/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Alfred Pettitt/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1934/Alfred Pettitt/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/Alfred Pettitt/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By Peter Hartnell

** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** Provided By Kevan


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