St George Bloomsbury pub index
The earliest address appears to be at Oxford Street according to the 1861 and 1865 license transfers; but this is not entirely correct.The address until about 1890 is at 7 Thorney Street; as it also is in 1848 and 1856 directories; and prior to this, in 1843 for example, is at 4 Castle street, Museum street. This all changes when Shaftesbury Avenue is built, and is numbered to 226 Shaftesbury Avenue only, which is at the junction with New Oxford street. Up until at least 1901 this is the Black Lion.
By 1905, the road numbering changes slightly, and the address is now at 236 Shaftesbury Avenue. It is no longer called the Black Lion, but listed as a wine merchants. Today (2018) it is the Bloomsbury Tavern, a Shepherd & Neame pub.
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George Bloomsbury parish, London.
Residents at this address
1833-34/Thomas Cubitt, Black Lion, 4 Castle Street, Bloomsbury/../../Pigots
Directory
1843/Thomas Cubitt/Black Lion, 4 Castle street, Museum street /../../Post
Office Directory
1848/Thomas Cubitt/../../../Post Office Directory
1856/S Madle/../../../Post Office Directory
1861/William Sellman/Licensed Victualler, Widow/35/St Margarets,
London/Census
1861/Sarah Sellman/Mother, Widow/56/Suffolk/Census
1861/Ann Tullick/Cook, Widow/59/St Giles, Middlesex/Census
1861/William Bloomfield/Visitor, Barman/30/Bermondsey/Census
June 1861/William Sellman/ Outgoing Licensee /../../Holborn Journal
June 1861/William Sampson/ Incoming Licensee /../../Holborn Journal
1862/William Sampson/../../../Post Office Directory
October 1865/Robert Thomas Williams/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
October 1865/Henry Edward Edwards/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/Henry Edward Edwards/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1871 census at Black Lion, 7 Thornet street
Henry E Edwards, Licensed Victualler, aged 31 , born in London
Francis C Edwards, Wife, aged 27, born in America
James Hawkins, Pot Man, aged 19, born in Woolhampton
Louisa Marshall, Bar Maid, aged 19, born in London
1874/E Horsfall/../../../Licensed Victualler & Hotelier Directory
1881/Horatio Banan/Licensed Victualler/54/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Etty Banan/Wife/51/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Curtis/Barman/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/John W Hewison/Barman/26/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Susan Moore/Barmaid/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Bagley/Domestic Servant/26/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/Horatio Banan/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/George Crease/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Jas Naish/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/James Naish/Licensed Victualler/48/St Pancras, London/Census *
1891/Eliza M Naish/Wife/43/St Georges Hanover Square/Census
1891/Frederick S Naish/Son, Clerk Post Office/16/St Pancras, London/Census
1891/Jane H Naish/Daughter/14/St Pancras, London/Census
1891/Louisa S Henn/Cook/24/St Pauls Covent Garden/Census
1891/Kate M Haigh/Housemaid/17/Wood Green, Middlesex/Census
1891/Albert E Turner/Potman/27/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1891/Agnes Hawes/Barmaid/16/Bromeswell, Suffolk/Census
1891/Mary A Whitehead/Barmaid/22/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1895/Mrs Hariet Naish/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Mrs Hariet Naish/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Vernon Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
236 Shaftesbury Avenue :
1905/Patrick & McGregor Ltd, wine merchants/../../../Post Office
Directory
1910/Patrick & McGregor Ltd, wine merchants/../../../Post Office
Directory
1927/Bloomsbury Wine Lodge, Patrick & McGregor Ltd/../../../Post
Office Directory
1940/Patrick & McGregor Ltd, wine merchants/../../../Post Office
Directory
* Provided By Ham Baxter