Kings Head, 128 Commercial road E1

St George in East Index

At 21 Kings Place, Commercial Road in 1869 and earlier; This pub closed in 2000 and now houses a clothes shop and a business school (2007). **

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George In East, London - in East London.

Kings Head, 128 Commercial Road, St George In East E1 - in 1931

Kings Head, 128 Commercial Road, St George In East E1 - in 1931

Kings Head, 128 Commercial Road, E1 - in May 2007

Kings Head, 128 Commercial Road, E1 - in May 2007

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Kings Head, 128 Commercial Road, E1 - in June 2014 / Further modified by 2014 with the addition of extra floors.

Kings Head, 128 Commercial Road, E1 - in June 2014 / Further modified by 2014 with the addition of extra floors.

Kindly provided by Tris

Residents at this address.

The King's Head was my great-grandfather David Bloom's pub from 1900 until he died in 1926. The building was built in the 1820s in the early days of Commercial Road. Years ago it was very ornate and Victorian, and was repainted and restored in the 1970s. Unfortunately it was bought by a developer who destroyed the old pub and turned it into a commercial building about five years ago. The pub was in my great-grandfather's brother-in-law Abraham Golders's name from about 1900 to about 1906, and then in another brother-in-law David Harris's name, for a long forgotten legal reason. However, David Bloom was the tenant for 25 years and he and his family (wife, five children, mother, several nieces and nephews!) all lived in the rooms above the pub, where my grandfather, Benjamin Bloom was born in 1900. Tower Hamlets local history library has a photo. ***

1827/Henry Gardiner, Kings Head, Commercial road/../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1836/Henry Gardiner, Kings Head, 1 Kings place, Commercial road east/../../Pigots Directory

1839/John Fletcher/../../../Pigots Directory

1841/J Nichols/../../../Pigots Directory

1842/Jeremiah Nichols/../../../Robsons Directory

1843/Jeremiah Nichols/../../../Post Office Directory

1848/William Rowland Sears/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/William Rowland Seares/../../../Kelly's

1856/G Mackey/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/ James Golding / Victualler, / Married/ 37/ Springfield, Essex/ census *
1861/ Mary Golding / Wife / 36/ Clapham, Surrey/ census
1861/ Elizabeth Golding / Daughter / 16/ Hackney, Middlesex/ census (William Beaumont Buer's future wife)
1861/ Mary Ann Golding / Daughter /14/ Hackney, London/ census
1861/ William [B] Buer/ Barman/ 21/ Hackney London/ census
1861/ Henry Farnes/ Barman/ 18/ Polar, Middlesex/ census
1861/Eliza Julia Barden/ Cook/ 32/ Brandon / census

May 1862/James Golding/LV Association, Governor/../../Era

July 1862/James Golding/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer

July 1862/William Charker/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer

1865/William Charker/../../../Post Office Directory **

November 1865/William Charker/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

November 1865/Carsten Olandt/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1869/Charles Olandt/../../../Post Office Directory

October 1873/Carsten Orland/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer

October 1873/Thomas Clifford/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer

August 1874/Thomas Clifford/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer

August 1874/Lovat John Fraser/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer

1877/Richard Dipple/../../../Post Office Directory **

May 1879/R Dipple/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer

May 1879/Frederick Uffelman/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer

1881/Frederick Uffelman/Licensed Victualler/29/Hersen Casel, Germany/Census
1881/Adeline Uffelman/Wife/29/London E C, Middlesex/Census
1881/Adeline Uffelman/Daughter/8/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick J Uffelman/Son/7/Stratford, Essex/Census
1881/John Uffelman/Son/6/Stratford, Essex/Census
1881/Adolph L Uffelman/Son/4/Stratford, Essex/Census
1881/Beatrice Uffelman/Daughter/1/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1881/W Uffelman/Sister, Housekeeper/29/Germany/Census
1881/Valentina Cottrell/Barmaid/29/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1881/William Wallis/Barman/17/West Ham, Essex/Census
1881/Frances Tudgin/Barman/16/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Augusta Vette/Domestic Servant/19/St Georges East, Middlesex/Census
1881/Marie Suigler/Housemaid/18/London East , Middlesex/Census

1884/F Uffelman/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Anton Glaum/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/William C H Williams/Farrier/39/Spitalfields, London/Census
1891/Marie Williams/Licensed Victualler/43/St Georges, London/Census
1891/Charles W Williams/Son/8/Stepney, London/Census
1891/Gustave Sclafer/Barman/17/Germanyt/Census
1891/William Phillips/Barman/28/Kent/Census
1891/Alice Uting/Barmaid/17/Whitechapel, London/Census
1891/Kate Sweeney/General servant/18/Kent/Census

1895/David Charles & Arthur Bansback/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Herbt Thos Stow/../../../Post Office

1901/David Bloom/Licensed Victualler/27/Poland (Russian Subject)/Census
1901/Fanny/Wife/26/Spitalfields, London/Census
1901/Beatrice/Daughter/2/St Georges East, London/Census
1901/Benjamin/Son/1/St Georges East, London/Census

1903/Abraham Golder/../../../Post Office Directory

1910/David Harris/../../../Post Office Directory

1915/David Bloom/../../../Post Office Directory

1917/David Bloom/../../../Post Office Directory

1921/David Bloom/../../../Post Office Directory **

In 1921 census at 128, Commercial Road, St George in the East
David Bloom, Licensed Victualler, aged 47 years 8 months and born in Spitalfields, London, Own Account
Beatrice Bloom, Daughter, Typist, The Desposals Board, Earls Court, aged 23 years 1 month and born in St George in the East, London
Benjamin Bloom, Son, Assistant In Public House, D Bloom, aged 21 years 5 months and born in St George in the East, London
Nellie Bloom, Daughter, aged 19 years 8 months and born in St George in the East, London
Sophia Bloom, Daughter, aged 17 years 9 months and born in St George in the East, London
Alfred Bloom, Son, aged 15 years and born in St George in the East, London
Florence Ferris, Servant, aged 16 years 10 months and born in Cubitt Town, London
Bessie Golder, Niece, Sales Assistant Blouses, Rosalie, 178 New Bond street, aged 25 years 8 months and born in St George in the East, London

1923/David Bloom/../../../Post Office Directory **

1926/David Bloom/../../../Post Office Directory **

1928 - 1929/Hamberger/../../../Freehold

1930 - 1947/Green/../../../Freehold

1948 - 1953/H Green/../../../Freehold

1948/Harry Green/../../../Post Office Directory **

1954 - 1959/H S Magee, Copes Taverns Ltd/../../../Freehold

The licensee of the Kings Head at 128 Commercial Road was my dad, Sam Sternshine, who was the licencee from 1960-1972. Prior to that he was the licencee of the Prince of Hesse at 4 Fieldgate street having taken over from my grandfather, Sol Goldstein. *+

1960 - 1964/S Sternshine/../../../Freehold

1960 - 1972/Sam Sternshine/../../../Personal history *+



* Provided By Bernard Grant

*+ Provided By Chris Sternshine

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Jeff Maynard

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