Three Castles / Cockpit, 7 St Andrews Hill EC4 5BY
St Anns Blackfriars pub history index
This very long-established pub originally actually was a cock pit, but was re-named the Three Castles in 1849 when cock fighting was made illegal. It was rebuilt in its present form in around 1865. In relatively recent times, although pre-1984, it reverted back to the name Cockpit. ** Still open for business in 2019.
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Anns Blackfriars, City of London.
Three castles, 7 St Andrews Hill - in August 2006
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Cockpit, 7 St Andrews Hill EC4
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Cockpit, 7 St Andrews Hill EC4 - in May 2019
Residents at this address
1805/William Evans, victualler, 7 St Andrews hill/../../Holdens Directory
1825/Mr & Mrs Winter, Three Castles, St. Andrews hill, Doctors Commons /../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1825/John Hunt/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **
April 1827/John Hunt/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1832/Thomas Alford/../../../Robsons Directory
1842/Thomas Alford/../../../Robsons Directory
1843/James Hill, Wine Merchant, 7 St Andrews hill/../../Post Office Directory
Morning Advertiser 20 September 1847 - Transfer of Licenses
Three Castles, St Andrews hill, John Owen to John Walker
1848/John Walker/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Walker/Wine & Spirit Merchant/../../Kellys Directory
1851/Benjamin Vernon/Publican/28/City of London/Census
1851/Mary Vernon/Wife/28/York/Census
1851/William Midgley/Barman/22/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1851/Elizabeth Lloyd/House Servant/18/Hampshire/Census
December 1851/John Walker/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
December 1851/Benjamin Vernon/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1856/Benjamin Vernon/../../../Post Office Directory
December 1859/Frederick John Abbott/Outgoing Licensee/../../London City Press
December 1859/John Newby/Incoming Licensee/../../London City Press
1861/Mary A Lewis/Housekeeper/40/London/Census
1861/William Knight/Barman/25/London/Census
1861/Alfred Brewer/Barman/16/Deptford, Surrey/Census
1861/Thomas Webb/Potman/18/Farringdon, Berkshire/Census
1861/Isabella Holt/House Servant/26/London/Census
1862/John Newby/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1862/John Newby/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
January 1862/John James Pearce/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
The Era 08 September 1867 - Transfer of Licences
City of London - Farringdon : Three Castles, St Andrews hill, John James Pearce to Richard Corish
1869/Richard Corish/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/James G Burden/Licensed Victualler/43/Abingdon, Berks/Census
1881/Ellen Hastic/General Servant Domestic/45/Scotland/Census
1881/John Humphrey/Barman/45/Scotland/Census
1882/James George Burden/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/George Fisher/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Hy Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/William Henry Ampleford/../../../Post Office Directory **
1899/Johan Holmboe Strangbye/../../../Post Office Directory **
1904/Frederick Upton/../../../Post Office Directory **
1906/Frederick Upton/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Archibald Douglas Ayrton Lansdell/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Frederick Saunders Lamb/Licensed Victualler/41/Marylebone, London/Census
1911/Louisa Saunders Lamb/Wife, Assistant/40/St Pancras, London/Census
1911/Roland Saunders Lamb/Son/5/Acton, London/Census
1911/Gwendoline Louisa Lamb/Daughter/5 months/City of London/Census
1911/Mary Ann Saunders Betts/Aunt, Widow/77/City of York/Census
1911/Alfred Whalley/Barman/23/Westminster, London/Census
1915/William Thomas Binks/../../../Post Office Directory
In the 1921 census at 7, St Andrew's Hill, City of London
Ethel Snook, Licensed Victualler, aged 43 years, and born in Lambeth, London, At Home
Mary Ann Drew, Cook, 7 St Andrews Hill, EC4, aged 63 years, and born in Whitstable, Kent
1922/Mrs Ethel Martha Snook/../../../Post Office Directory **
1934/Mrs Ethel Martha Snook/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Mrs Ethel Martha Snook/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Herbert Fairhurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1983/../COCKPIT: 7 St Andrew's Hill. Courage. Renamed the Three Castles after the abolition of cock-fighting in the middle of the eighteenth century, the pub reverted to its old name in recent times. /../../Pub Directory
1991/COCKPIT: 7 St Andrew's Hill EC4. Courage./../../Pub Directory
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