Woodman, 181 High Road, Lee SE13
Lee Pub history index
Woodman 181 Lee high road Lewisham SE13 circa 1980s
Kindly provided by Noel Coloe
At 1 Durham Place, High Road in 1882 & earlier
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Lee, Kent .
Residents at this address.
May 1848/Amelia Cribb/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1848/Robert Tandy/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
September 1852/Robert Nelson/Outgoing Licensee/../../West Kent Guardian
September 1852/Thomas Deadille/Incoming Licensee/../../West Kent Guardian
1858/Joseph Sidery/../../../Melvilles Directory
August 1862/Henry William Barnett Penny/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
August 1862/Agnes Long/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
February 1864/Agnes Long/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
February 1864/James Edward Betts/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
In 1862 James Edward Betts had been assigned bankruptcy whilst at the Black Horse, Deptford
Kentish Mercury 14 March 1874 - Transfer of licenses:
Woodman, from James Edward Betts to William Fisher
In the 1871 census James E BETTS is at the Woodman, High Road, Lee, Kent. *
Also present are his wife Eliza S Betts and his son James C Betts and a servant Eliza Bishop aged 34.
By the 1881 census, James, Eliza and son James c Betts are at The White Hart, 185 Lower Kennington Lane, Lambeth *
1874/William Fisher/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Ann Gordon/Licensed Victualler, Widow/52/Ockley, Stafford/Census
1881/Ada Gordon/Daughter/15/Deptford, Kent/Census
1881/Jane Beeston/Niece, Barmaid/32/Wimbledon, Surrey/Census
1881/Elizabeth Scott/Visitor, Book Keeper (Clerk)/52/London,
Middlesex/Census
1882/Mrs Ann Gordon/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/George Ridley/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/George Ridley/Licensed Victualler/49/Newbald, Worcestershire/Census
1891/Eliza Ridley/Wife/49/Burwell, Norfolk/Census
1891/Edgar Watson/Nephew, Solicitors Clerk/19/Islington, London/Census
1891/Ethel Watson/Niece/9/Chelsea, London/Census
1891/Dixon/Barmaid/18/Fryole, Hampshire/Census
1891/Alice Lawn/General Servant/17/Norfolk/Census
1896/George Ridley/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/George Ridley/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/T G Craddock jun/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Thomas G Craddock jun/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Thomas G Craddock/../../../Post Office Directory
1919/Walter Foster/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Edwin Cortney Loe/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Albert Ernest Cordwell/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Ernest Cordwell/../../../Post Office Directory
Brian Coloe, my dad, ran the Greyhound, Old Ford road, Bethnal Green from 1963-1967 (when it was a courage pub); and we then moved to The Woodman Lee High Road, Lewisham that he ran until 1997 **
* Provided by Brenda Wordsworth
** Provided by Noel Coloe