aka Holy Well in 1869. The Holy Well, Holywell street in 1852 Era license transfers.
Shoreditch index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Shoreditch, East London.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1833-34/Thomas Hardy Hutchins, Holywell, 165 Shoreditch/../../Pigots
Directory
1841/Robert Skipper/../../../Post Office Directory **
1842/Robert Skipper/../../../Robsons Directory
1847/John Jones & Alice Brown / Licensed Victuallers /../../London Gazette,
18 January 1848 **
1848/John Jones & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/James Punt/../../../Kellys Directory
1851/James Punt/Licensed Victualler/60/Stanstead, Essex/Census
1851/Hannah Punt/Wife/57/Romford, Essex/Census
1851/Alfred Punt/Son/17/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/George G Wells/Servant/21/St Georges, Middlesex/Census
1851/Jane L Bynns/Servant/32/Pimlico, Middlesex/Census
July 1851/James Punt/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1851/Thomas Renard/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1852/Thomas Renard/../../../Watkins Directory **
November 1852/Thomas Cockshot Renard/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
November 1852/George Rothwell/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1856/G Rothwell/../../../Post Office Directory
March 1863/William Thomas Hyde Mapleson/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
March 1863/William Smart/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
17th March 1866/Charles John Meayers/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
17th March 1866/George Thomas Patterson/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
November 1866/George Thomas Patterson/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1866/Frederick Leaf/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/Frederick Leaf/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Frederick Leaf/Licensed Victualler/33/Bishopsthorp, Yorkshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth C Leaf/Wife/32/Pembroke, South Wales/Census
1871/Frederick C Leaf/Son/2/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Elizabeth M M Leaf/Daughter/2 months/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/William Price/Visitor/38/Pembroke Dock, Middlesex/Census
1871/Catherine O'Rourke/Domestic Servant/23/Ireland/Census
1872/F Leaf/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **
January 1874/Frederick Leaf/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1874/William Bryant/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
12th May 1877/William Bryant/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
12th May 1877/William Clarke/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
July 1877/William Clarke/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
July 1877/John Pearson/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
1881/Edward John Rose/Licensed Victualler/35/Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Rose/Wife/35/Warwick/Census
1881/Birtie W Rose/Son/5/Middlesex/Census
1881/Edward Rose/Son/11 months/../Census
1881/Sarah Hood/Niece, Visitor/17/Warwick/Census
1881/Emily Matthews/Servant/15/Middlesex/Census
1881/Francis E Woods/Manager/21/Middlesex/Census
1881/William Wright/Carman/22/Norfolk/Census
1881/John Wright/Barman/21/Middlesex/Census
1881/Pearce Polyblank/Barman/23/Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Johnson/Barman/20/Middlesex/Census
1882/Edward John Rose/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Post Office Directory
1884/Edward John Rose/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Post Office Directory
1891/Edward John Rose/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Post Office Directory
1891/Robert James/Manager of Public House/21/Holloway, London/Census
1891/Stephen Fry/Assistant/20/Chard, Somerset/Census
1891/Ernest Le/Assistant/20/Rochester, Kent/Census
1891/George H Williams/Assistant/23/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1891/Alfred Frampton/Assistant/19/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1891/Henry Smith/Assistant/15/Brixton, Surrey/Census
1891/Ellen Withrington/Housekeeper/38/Hackney, London/Census
1895/Edward John Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Edward John Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Arthur Hill/Licensed Victuallers Manager/38/Great Yarmouth/Census
1901/Henry Beed/Barman/28/Wandsworth, London/Census
1901/Albert Bardwell/Barman/27/Portsmouth/Census
1901/Albert G Lewis/Barman/20/Kingsland, London/Census
1901/Elizth Disney/Housekeeper/45/Richmond, Surrey/Census
1910/Edward John Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
The Old Holy Well in Shoreditch was being run by Herbert Ernest Kingsman in
1911 (census), he left and fought in the war but came back to run it again
afterwards. Family lore has it that his wife Louisa (nee Baker) ran it while
he was away fighting, but I have no evidence to confirm this. She died there
in 1918 (Probate records). Herbert then married Louisa's sister Maud and
again family lore has it that they ran the pub for some time afterwards. I
presume that they were there as tenants of E J Rose & Co. *
1912/Edward John Rose & Co./../../../P.O. Directory **
1915/E J Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/E J Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/E J Rose & Co/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/E J Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
* Provided by Derrick Watson
Provided by Kevan