Ham & Windmill, 37 Great Windmill Street, St James, Westminster
Westminster St James index
By 1739 there were two separate pubs present here, the Ham and the Windmill. By 1811 the two had merged to become the Ham & Windmill. The name was changed to the Lyric Tavern in 1890 and the pub was re-built in its current form in 1906. It closed in 2007. **
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Ham & Windmill, 37 Great Windmill Street, SW1 - in June 2007
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1811/J Saunders, Ham and Windmill, Great Windmill street/../../Holdens Directory
1829/H McDermott/../../../Robsons Directory
1833-34/Henry McDermott/../../../Pigots Directory
1836/Henry McDermott/../../../Pigots Directory
My Great Great Grandad was a publican at this pub according to the 1841
census, I can't find out what happened but when his son was born in 1843 he
was living in Norton Folgate East London; and on his son's birth certificate
it says "Out of business formally a licensed victualler. He originally came
from Wiltshire and married a Jane (also known as Ann) Marshall in 1835, both
are on the 1841 census. *
1839/William Roerden/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/Will Rowden/Publican/45/../Census *
1841/Ann Rowden/../40/../Census
1841/Mary Smith/Female Servant/40/../Census
1841/Jas Tufnell/Male Servant/18/../Census
1841/Jas Cole/Male Servant/35/../Census
1841/Edw Chown/Carpenter/30/../Census
1841/Jas Welch/Traveller/65/../Census
1841/George Fox/Tailor J/20/../Census
1841/George Harris/Courier/30/../Census
1841/W Rowden/../../../Post Office Directory *
1843/W Rowden/../../../Post Office Directory
1848/Robert Frost/../../../Post Office Directory *
1851/Robert Frost/../../../Post Office Directory
October1853/Robert Frost/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
October 1853/James William Martin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1856/Wm J Martin/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1857/James William Martin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1857/Horatio Alexander Black/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1869/John Thomas Parkhouse/../../../Post Office Directory
July 1869/John Thomas Parkhouse/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
July 1869/Elizabeth Parkhouse and John Venner, executors of John Thomas
Parkhouse/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1881/John Harris/Licensed Victualler/42/Sparham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Sarah Harris/Wife/36/Kent/Census
1881/Charles Harris/son/7/Rackheath, Norfolk/Census
1881/John Mason/Potman/24/Bermondsey, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Thiffe/General Servant/20/Radford Coventry/Census
1881/Susan Gregory/Lodger, Charwoman, Widow/37/Suffolk/Census
1881/Henry Gregory/Lodger Son/11/St James Westminster/Census
1881/William Gregory/Lodger Son/8/St James Westminster/Census
1881/Susan Gregory/Lodger Daughter/6/../Census
1882/Henry Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Henry Baldwin/../../../Post Office Directory
The name changes to the Lyric Tavern in 1890 **
1895/John Burn Doig/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Joseph Webster/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Harry Bailey/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Louis Smurthwaite/../../../Post Office Directory *
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