Kingsbridge Arms, 154 & 156 West Ferry road, Poplar E14
Poplar pub history index
This pub was trading as the Kings Arms in 1839 and had become the Kingsbridge Arms by 1869. It was known as the Kings Head in 1881, and the Eastern Hotel at various other times. This pub was demolished in 2004 **
Kingsbridge Arms, 154 & 156 West Ferry Road, Poplar
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1835/Richard Edmund Wicker / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held
at Guildhall Library **
1836/Richard Edmund Wicker / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records held
at Guildhall Library **
1842/A D Wicker/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1844/Andrew D Wicker/../../../Thompson’s Directory **
1852/Mrs Ann D Wicker/../../../Watkin’s Directory **
November 1852/Richard Rudyard Bell/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
November 1852/James Woodruff/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1862/William Escott junior/../../../P.O. Directory **
1869/Jas Isaac Absell/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/James Apsell / Landlord /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
1871/John Smith / Barman /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
August 1875/James Isaac Absell/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
August 1875/Elizabeth Absell/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer
March 1877/Elizabeth Abscell/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
March 1877/George Gordon Johnston/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer
1881/George Gordon Johnstone / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 26
July 1881 **
[Listed as the Kings Head only in the 1881 census]
1881/George G Johnstone/Licensed Victualler/42/Barnstaple/Census
1881/Bessie Johnstone/Wife/34/Barnstaple/Census
1881/Bessie C Johnstone/Daughter/14/Newton Abbott/Census
1881/Marion S Johnstone/Daughter/13/Newton Abbott/Census
1881/Rose Johnstone/Daughter/2/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Charles Raraty/Barman/30/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza A Pest/Barmaid/19/Whetstone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary A Goldsmith/Nursemaid/23/Lynn, Norfolk/Census
1881/William Smith/Potman/28/Brackley, Northampton/Census
1881/Sophia Esplen/Cook/24/Scotland/Census
1882/James William Absell/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/James W Absell/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Gregory/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Jas Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Jas Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1900/James Smith/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/Thomas Watson/Licensed Victualler/38/Southampton, Hants/Census
1901/Matilda Watson/Wife/38/London/Census
1901/James Watson/Father, Gas Engineer, Widow/64/Scotland/Census
1901/Thomas Mellinol/Barman/40/Exeter, Devon/Census
1901/James Appleby/Potman/30/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Gertrude Bender/Barmaid/19/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Miriam Weston/Barmaid/19/Uxbridge, Middlesex/Census
1901/Mary Gregory/Barmaid/19/Newcastle, Northumberland/Census
1901/Rose Gorvaw/Cook/23/London/Census
1901/Rhoda Shuttle/General Servant/21/Poplar, London/Census
1910/Thomas Henry Watson/../../../Post Office Directory
1914/Henry Charles Chapman/../../../P.O. Directory **
1915/Henry Charles Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory **
1921/Alfred James Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory
1924/George Bernard Allchorn / Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 18
July 1924 **
1938/Mrs Esther Allard/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Mrs Esther Allard/../../../Post Office Directory
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