Many accurate 1921 census transcriptions have already been added to the pub history site, including London, and parts of Middlesex.
Kensington pub index
Closed circa 2009 and demolished in circa 2010. * The Tavistock showed up in a number of TV series, e.g. The Strange Report, episode Epidemic in 1968; a BBC play, Another Flip For Dominick 1982, when the pub was the Frog & Firkin; and in the Withnail & I, where it appeared as The Mother Black Cap, a name which it later adopted. ***
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Kensington, London.
Tavistock Hotel, Tavistock Crescent Christmas Card by Mr & Mrs C P Ryan - circa 1960
Kindly provided by Alicia Uson
Tavistock Hotel, - The Strange Report, episode Epidemic in 1968
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Tavistock Hotel - from the BBC play, Another Flip For Dominick 1982, when the pub was the Frog & Firkin.
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Tavistock Hotel - from Withnail & I, where it appeared as The Mother Black Cap, a name which it later adopted.
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
Residents at this address
1871/Thomas S Thomas/Licensed Victualler/35/Folkington,
Sussex/Census
1871/Emily Thomas/Wife/30/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1871/Emily Thomas/Daughter/9/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1871/Henry M Thomas/Son/3/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1871/Bertha Thomas/Daughter/2/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1871/Edgar S Thomas/Son/9 months/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1871/Kate Farquhar/Barmaid/23/Isle of Man/Census
1871/Eliza Pitcher/Waitress/20/Terington, Sussex/Census
1871/Mary Gridley/Nurse/23/Balham, Surrey/Census
1871/Kate Shepperd/Cook/20/Therfield, Hertfordshire/Census
1871/Sidney H Wickenson/Potman/18/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1881/William Gabb/Licensed Victualler/35/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah E Machin/Housekeeper/32/Peckam, Surrey/Census
1881/Jas H Reeling/Barman/23/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Harry Bell/Barman/21/Siltoe, Bedford/Census
1881/Garabalde Stephenson/Potlad/16/Newcross, Hertford/Census
1881/Elizh Gateson/Housemaid/17/Haddenham, Cambridge/Census
1881/Elizh F Joyce/Cook/28/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Gabb/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Gabb/../../../Post Office Directory
Fulham Chronicle 05 June 1896 - Transfer of Licences
the Tavistock Hotel, Tavistock crescent, Westbourne prak, from C H Abrams to H J Saunders
1899/Mrs Lucy Jeffreys/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Frederick Thomas Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/John Mullen/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/J Mullen/../../../Hughes Directory
1934/Charles R Marshall/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Thomas H Earp/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Thomas P & Mrs Nellie E Carty/../../../Post Office Directory
My grandfather and grandmother ran the Tavistock Hotel in Nottinghill. They actually moved from the Marlborough Head in Drury Lane to the Tavistock; (it was from about 1937 to after the war). They then went on to run a pub in Chelsea (Moore Arms). *+
1954/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
1957/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
1960/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
1962/Christopher P Ryan/../../../BT Telephone Directory
Kensington Post 20 December 1963 - We Wish you a Merry Christmas
Mr & Mrs Chris Ryan of the Tavistock Hotel, 41 Tavistock crescent W11
They then went on to run a pub in Chelsea (Moore Arms). *+
* Provided By Ewan
*+ Provided By Jane Ryan
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By Vincent O'Loughlin