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Windmill, 8 Robert Street, Limehouse E14

Limehouse index

At 8 Robert Street, West India Dock Road in 1869. Robert Street is renamed Mandarin Street between 1938 and 1944

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

The following entries are in this format:

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

1829/William Evans / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **

1834/Thomas Whitford / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held at Guildhall Library **

1842/T Whitford/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1848/James Donovan/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1851/Joseph Cole/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1853/Joseph Cole / Victualler /../../London Gazette, 14 January 1853 **

November 1852/assignees of Joseph Cole/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper ****

November 1852/James Wrangham/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper ****

January 1853/James Wrangham/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era ****

January 1853/Edward Mortimer/Incoming Licensee/../../Era ****

1856/E Mortimer/../../../Post Office Directory ****

August 1864/Maria Dinah Mortimer/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +

August 1864/Thomas Nelson/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

1867/Mr Tobias Nelson/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association ****

August 1867/Thomas Nelson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper ****

August 1867/Henry Woolley/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper ****

1869/Henry Woolley/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1871/Henry Woolley/Licensed Victualler/32/Somerset/Census ****
1871/Sarah Jane Woolley/Wife/25/Surrey/Census
1871/Frederick Woolley/Son/2/Middlesex/Census
1871/Ada Woolley/Daughter/3/Middlesex/Census

20th May 1876/Henry Wooley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +

20th May 1876/William Kirby/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

12th May 1877/John Kidd/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +

12th May 1877/William Charles Grace/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

1881/William Charles Grace / Licensed Victualler /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1884/William C Grace/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/Benjamin Wheatley/../../../Business Directory of London **

1891/Benj Wheatley/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Joseph Samuel Cowell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Charles T Bamford/Licensed Victualler, Widow/46/market Rason, Lincs/Census ****
1901/Mary A Pearson/Barmaid/32/Boston, Lincs/Census

1910/Mrs Emma Vinten/../../../Hughes Directory ****

1921/George Green/../../../Hughes Directory ****

1934/George Green/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1938/George Green/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Mrs Eliz Russell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

** Provided by Stephen Harris

**** Provided By Kevan