Mitre Tavern , 71 Downham Road, Hackney N1
Hackney pub history Index
The address is 11 Mitre Terrace, Downham Road in the 1856 Directory, prior to street renumbering. * At Mitre Terrace in 1864 and earlier. *+ This one closed in around 1999 and is now barely standing. ** This is no longer a wreck, it's in residential use, possibly behind a retained facade. **
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Mitre Tavern , 71 Downham Road, Hackney N1
Kindly provided by Charlie Goodwin
Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham Road, Hackney - before 1999.
Member of a dark age re-enactment group who were doing a display for the carnival which explains the strange street loungers!Kindly provided by Dave Treen
Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham Road, Hackney - closed and ready for conversion
Kindly provided by John Carnaby
Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham Road - in December 2006
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham Road, N1 - in June 2010
Kindly provided by Tris
Residents at this address
Thomas Iredale Woodin's widow of the
Spanish Patriot, Lambeth, Fanny,
married Joseph Jay in Kennington on 20 July 1844. On the 15th January 1849,
the license for the Mitre in Mitre Terrace,
Hackney, was transferred from Samuel Robert Bishop to Joseph Jay. **+
January 1849/Samuel Robert Bishop/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
January 1849/Joseph Jay/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1851/Joseph Jay/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/Joseph Jay /58 /Licensed victualler/ Norwich/Census **+
1851/Fanny Jay /50 / Ampthill, Bedfordshire/Census
1851/Dennis Woodin /26 /Hatfield, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Georgiana Woodin /23 /Tottenham Court road, Middlesex/Census
1851/Henry Hannant /25 /Potman /Buckstone, Norfolk/Census
1851/Mary Serls /33 /Waitress /Exeter St Davids/Census
1851/Ellen Martin /22 /House servant /Bow, Middlesex/Census
1851/Rose Langley /22 /Barmaid /Dover, Kent/Census
1856/Joseph Jay/../../../Post Office Directory
On 15 March 1859, the Morning Advertiser announces the transfer of the
licence for the Mitre from Joseph Jay to John Mosby. **+
1861/Jno Mosby/Publican/50/Shermanbury, Sussex/Census
1861/Charlotte Mosby/Wife/49/Stock, Essex/Census
1861/Harriett Mosby/Niece/14/Guildford, Surrey/Census
1861/Ann Woolliams/Barmaid/21/Chaddington, Oxford/Census
1861/Elizabeth Wighton/Barmaid/33/Marcham, Norfolk/Census
1861/Eliza Sparrow/Waitress/23/Denham, Suffolk/Census
1861/A S A Kingham/Cook/22/Tilney, Norfolk/Census
1861/Charles Scott/Potman/15/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1864/George Thomas Saltmarsh/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era, 22 May 1864 *+
1864/Geo Tomalin/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era, 22 May 1864 *+
1869/George Tomalin/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/George Tomalin/Licensed Victualler/62/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census
1871/Sarah Tomalin/Wife/59/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1871/Jane Tomalin/Daughter/21/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1871/Fanny Tomalin/Daughter/20/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1871/Louisa Tomalin/Daughter/18/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Maria Archer/Sister, Milliner/48/Luton, Bedfordshire/Census
1871/Eliza Lobb/Barmaid/28/Cardiff, Wales/Census
1871/Jame Jones/Waitress/26/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary A Deacon/General Servant/21/Ringwood, Hampshire/Census
19th August 1876/George Tomalin/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
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19th August 1876/William Shead/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
1881/William Shead/Licensed Victualler/59/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice M Shead/Wife/37/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Shead/Son, Licensed Victualler Assistant/20/London,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Shead/Son, Hostler/18/London City Of, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry E Shead/Hostler Assistant/15/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Samuel G Shead/Son/10/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick Shead/Son/6/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Coldon/Barmaid/22/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lena Chapman/Barmaid/29/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Elizabeth Geward/Domestic Servant/21/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Bailey/Domestic Servant/18/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Shead/../../../Post Office Directory *
1891/William Shead/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/William Shead/../../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Thomas Morris/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/William James Bell/Public Hhouse Manager/35//Census
1901/Charlotte Bell/Wife/32/Stepney, London/Census
1901/William James Bell/Son/9/Bromley, London/Census
1901/Harry Bell/Son/8/Islington, London/Census
1901/Ernest Bell/Son/6/Shepherds Bush, London/Census
1901/Herbert Bell/Son/4/Bromley, London/Census
1901/Frank Bell/Son/2/Islington, London/Census
1901/Lilian Bell/Daughter/9 months/Hackney, London/Census
1901/Annie Wooldridge/Cook, Widow/45/Stepney, London/Census
1901/Beatrice Davis/Barmaid/22/Loughborough/Census
1901/F Anderson/Barman/24/Hackney, London/Census
1901/C F James/Barman/23/St Pancras, London/Census
1906/Thomas Morris, Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham road N./../../London Trade Directory
Charles Alexander Byron is previously the manager of a coffee house at 143 Fleet street for at least ten years (both 1891 and 1901 census list him there), next door is the King and Keys.
1910/Charles Alexander Byron/../../../London Trade Directory
1911/Charles Alexander Byron/Licensed Victualler/46/Hackney/Census
1911/Elizabeth Byron/Wife/45/Needham Market, Suffolk/Census
1911/Charles Ernest Byron/Son, Newspaper Clerk/20/City of London/Census
1911/Ethel Millie Frances Byron/Daughter, Milliner/22/Hackney/Census
1911/Elizabeth Lillian Daisy Byron/Daughter/19/City of London/Census
1911/Dorothy Bella Byron/Daughter/16/City of London/Census
1911/Albert George Byron/Son/12/City of London/Census
1911/Edna Constance Victoria Byron/Daughter/3/Hackney/Census
1911/Thomas Moody/Barman/21/Essex road, Islington/Census
1911/Fred Youngs/Potman/29/Islington/Census
1911/Edith Dalston/Servant/24/Falmouth, Cornwall/Census
1912/Charles Alexander Byron, 71 Downham road/../../Electoral register
A letter sent from The Mitre in 1915 supporting the Wounded Soldiers
Kindly provided by Vivian Jeffryes, the Archivist for the Mildmay Club in Newington Green
1915/Ernest Loe/../../../Post Office Directory *1920/Ernest Loe, 71 Downham road/../../Electoral register
1920/Clara Rosetta Harriett Loe, 71 Downham road/../../Electoral register
1921/Ernest Loe, Mitre, 71 Downham road N/../../Hughes Directory *
In 1924, Ernest Loe morts at 58 and 60 High street, Alton, in Hampshire, Probate is to his wife whom he had married in January, 1903.
1927/Lazarus Cohen, Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham road N1/../../Post Office Directory
1934/Jack Cohen/../../../Kelly's
1938/Jack Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Jack Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory *
1961/Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham road N1/../../Pub Directory
1971/Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham road N1/../../Pub Directory
1981/Mitre Tavern, 71 Downham road N1 5AF/../../Pub Directory
+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
* Provided By Ewan
*+ Provided By Ken Ripper
** Provided By Stephen Harris
**+ Provided By Peter Bathe
*** Provided By Tris