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Elephant & Castle, 17 Great Peter Street, St John, Westminster SW1

Westminster St John index

There has been a pub on this site, on the corner of Great Peter Street and Perkins Rents, since at least 1729. It was originally called “The Castle”, and was demolished in 1794/5 and rebuilt on the same site, renamed as “The Elephant and Castle”. Originally at No 12, street re-numbering made it No 17 in the first half of the nineteenth century, and a further re-numbering towards the end of the century made it No 46. It was re-named “The Speaker” in 1999. *

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Westminster, St John - London. The Westminster - St John,  London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Speaker, 45 Great Peter Street - in October 2006

Speaker, 45 Great Peter Street - in October 2006

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

The following entries are in this format:

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

1856/Thos Lloyd/../../../Post Office Directory ****

26th Jan 1858 / License transfer from T. Lloyd to M. Smith /../../../ The Era *

31st May 1859 / License transfer from Michael Smith to Abbott Smith /../../../ The Era *

28th May 1861 / License transfer from Abbott Smith (decd.) to Ann Smith /../../../ The Era *

28th Jan 1862 / License transfer from Ann Higgins (late Smith) to John Higgins /../../../ The Era *

12th May 1863 / License transfer from John Higgins to Robert Ball /../../../ The Era *

10th May 1864 / License transfer from Robert Ball to Charles Crocker /../../../ The Era *

8th Nov 1864 / License transfer from Charles Crocker to George Wilke /../../../ The Era *

3rd Nov 1868 / License transfer from George Wilks to John Burgess /../../../ The Era *

1869/Geo Wilks/../../../Post Office Directory ****

23rd Apr 1872 / License transfer from John Burgess to Walter Rowland /../../../ The Era *

1881/William Neave/Licensed Victualler/34/Oakley, Suffolk/Census ****
1881/Kate Neave/Wife/21/Yeovil, Somerset/Census
1881/Robert Neave/Cousin, Barman/20/Bow, Middlesex/Census

1882/William Neave/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Richard Furness/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/Henry James Hurst/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Alfred Wilkinson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/William Arthur Atkins/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Geo Lane/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Frank Walter Cavanagh/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By John Hills

** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** Provided By Kevan


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