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Kings Arms, 53 - 55 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel

Whitechapel index

The address changed from 29 Whitechapel Road to 53-55 Whitechapel Road by 1910. The pub is now demolished - but an alleyway called Kings Head Court remains to mark the spot. ***

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

Kings Arms, 24 Whitechapel Road, E1 - May 2007

Kings Arms, 24 Whitechapel Road, E1 - May 2007

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.

1841/George Smith/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1844/George Smith/../../../Thompsons Directory ***

1848/Daniel Pepper/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1851/Daniel Pepper/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1856/vacant/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1869/Robert Beuttell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/John Scott/Licensed Victualler, Widow/50/London, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Eliza Scott/Daughter/20/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Scott/Daughter/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Christiana Scott/Daughter/14/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Relf/Barman/28/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Henry Pebbrow/Potman/27/Felsum, Suffolk/Census

1882/John Scott/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Walter R Lovegrove/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Thomas Heath/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Thomas Heath/Publican/25/Mile End, London/Census ****
1891/Harriett Heath/Mother/60/Mile End, London/Census
1891/Mary A Heath/Sister, Waitress/24/Whitechapel, London/Census
1891/Agnes Marr/Visitor, Waitress/52/Poplar, London/Census
1891/Frederick Boare/Visitor, Tailors Salesman/29/City, London/Census

1895/Thomas Heath/../../../Post Office Directory ****

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

1910/Arthur Harrison/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1912/John Margutis/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1914/Julius Fisherman/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1915/Julius Fisherman/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1921/Julius Fisherman/../../../Post Office Directory ***


** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** Provided By Kevan


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All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage or copying onto other websites without explicit permission. Many of the images, and all of the transcriptions are the work of myself and other contributors - please do not steal this work.

Here is my site for accessible transport in London, aka nogobritain.com; It is not bad, but help me to make it better.

Please support a campaign for Bangladesh, which will add a few pence to a piece of clothing emailing these companies who wish to see people dieing without decent rights, and also stop shopping in  these places - thank you. E.g. Debenhams, Gap and ASDA (Walmart). I will remove the companies names when they sign up to a fair deal for the workers in Bangladesh

And Last updated on: Thursday, 08-Dec-2011 13:17:30 GMT