Queens Larder, 15 Cosmo place WC1

St George Martyr pub history index

The pub was present by 1710 and remains open (2007). The address varies in earlier census, including 1 Queens Square in 1891 and 1911, and 15 Cosmo Place in 1899 ** The modern address in 2018 is at 1 Queen square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AR and is still open for business. As it was a beer house, most trade directories only list this in the beer retailers section once we have found the correct address to look for which is generally at 15 Cosmo place. The 1911 census suggests there are three families at this property, and I am guessing it is the occupants over different floors.

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

Queen's Larder, 15 Cosmo Place, WC1 - in March 2007

Queen's Larder, 15 Cosmo Place, WC1 - in March 2007

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Residents at this address

1881/Reginald Staples/Beer Retailer/25/Kent/Census
1881/Ellen Staples/Wife/36/Bath, Somerset/Census
1881/Sydney Staples/Son/2/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ellen Staples/Daughter/1/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Millie Clark/Servant/16/London, Middlesex/Census

1891/Edwin Pryer Staples/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1891/Reginald Staples/Beer House Keeper/35/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1891/Ellen Staples/Wife/42/Bath, Somerset/Census
1891/Agnes Staples/Daughter/11/Holborn, London/Census
1891/Maud Staples/Daughter/8/Holborn, London/Census

1895/Reginald Staples/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1899/Reginald Staples/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1901/Reginald Staples/Beer House Keeper/45/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1901/Ellen Staples/Wife/52/Bath, Somerset/Census
1901/Agnes E Staples/Daughter/21/Westminster, London/Census
1901/A;oce M Staples/Daughter/18/Holborn, London/Census

1910/Mrs Ellen Staples/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1911/Fredrick Cansell/Cab Driver/40/Sudbury, suffolk/Census
1911/Alice Louisa Cansell/Daughter/7/St Georges Bloomsbury/Census

1911/Robert Clark/Police Constable/31/Ardilach, Nairn, Scotland/Census
1911/Alice Maud Clark/Wife/28/St Georges Bloomsbury/Census
1911/Agnes Ellen Clark/Daughter/5/St Georges Bloomsbury/Census

1911/Ellen Staples/Beer House Keeper, Widow/63/Walket Bath/Census
1911/Eliza Gore/Visitor, Retired/66/Walket Bath/Census

1914/James Thomas Funnell/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1921/Girling & Spencer/Beer Retailers, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1934/Thomas Walter Tomkins/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Kellys Directory

1938/Thomas Walter Tomkins/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory

1944/Thomas Walter Tomkins/Beer Retailer, 15 Cosmo Place/../../Post Office Directory


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