Closed in 1915 as a pub through the compensation award scheme.
Sydenham index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Sydenham, Kent .
Residents at this address
1871/William Rigby/Beerhouse Keeper & Coachman/31/Belmont,
Lancashire/Census *
1871/Annie Rigby/Wife/34/St Ives, Huntingdonshire/Census
1871/Reuben Samuel Rigby/Son/4/Epsom, Surrey/Census
1871/Martha Thomas Rigby/Son/2/Mitcham, Surrey/Census
1871/Thomas Warkworth/Lodger, Gardener Domestic/40/Walthamstow, Essex/Census
The Woolwich Gazette of 18 January 1873 reports the license transfer at the Gardeners Arms from William Rigby to Jeremiah Blackmore, in Lewisham
Kentish Independent 18 May 1878 - Transfer of Public Houses
Gardeners Arms, from George Newby to G F Ralph
1881/Henry Hearer/Inn Keeper/25/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1881/Elizabeth Hearer/Wife/21/Conington, Lincolnshire/Census
1881/Henry Hearer/Son/9 months/Sydenham, Kent/Census
1891/Thomas Scudder/Beer House Keeper/32/Sydenham, Kent/Census *
1891/Carrie Scudder/Wife/32/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1891/Henry Heaven/Nephew/10/Sydenham, Kent/Census
1896/Thomas Scudder/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *
Kentish Mercury 11 May 1900 - Licence Transfers
Gardeners Arms, Lewisham, from T Scudder to Alfred Samuel Block
1901/John Earles/Publican/66/Hatton, Middlesex/Census *
1901/Ellen Earles/Wife/69/Ealing, Middlesex/Census
1903/J. H. Jefferies/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1905/J. H. Jefferies/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1906/Henry Wallis/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1911/Henry Wallis/Beerhouse Keeper/38/Clerkenwell/Census *
1911/Elenor Mary Wallis/Wife, Assisting in the Business/40/Slough, Buckinghamshire/Census
1911/James Wallis/Son/7/New Southgate/Census
1914/William Norman Ellis/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
London Evening Standard 03 June 1914
Licensing Act 1904 Notice of principal meeting to discuss by the Compensation authority on 1st July 1914
Blackheath
Gardeners Arms, Wells road, Sydenham, Beer on, William Norman Ellis
Westminster Gazette 14 July 1915
Compensation Authority for the County of London under the Licensing Consolidation Act 1910. The recipients of the money were the freeholders, leaseholders, and tenants of twenty seven licensed premises in the Metropolis, which are to be closed at the end of July as redundant. The awards totalled £59,651.
Gardeners Arms, Wells road, Sydenham, £1,441
* Provided By Ewan