Preston Hotel, 161 Preston Road, Wembley HA9
Harrow pub history index
Even in the early 20th century the area was entirely rural. Preston Road remained little more than a country lane until the late 1930s. Suburban development came after the 1924-5 British Empire Exhibition and associated road works. Housing spread along Preston Road and Preston Hill in the 1920s, accompanied by a pub, the 'Preston Park Hotel'. ***
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Preston Hotel, 161 Preston Road, Wembley HA9 - in 2012
Kindly provided by John Carnaby
Residents at this address
1937/Chas Horace Smith/Proprietor/../../Post Office Directory
From 1948 to 1952, Katie Deacon and Dennis Deacon were Licensed Victuallers
at the "Preston Hotel", Preston Road, Wembley. (now 161 London Road). From
1953 to 1962 Katie Deacon and Dennis Deacon were Licensed Victuallers at the
Kings Arms, 82 Tottenham Court Road. ***
Katie Ellen Deacon and her husband Dennis Deacon were the Licensed
Victuallers, at the "George 1V",
28 Portugal street from 1955 up until 1962 and when we were
young, we used to visit them with our parents. Katie Ellen Deacon was
Godmother to my Sister Sheila Carnaby (Parrs Head). ***
Over the years they had multiple pubs at the same time:
1955, the “Regency Arms” 53 to 55 Regency Street, SW1. ***
1959 to 1962 "Devonshire
Arms", 7 Duke Street, Manchester Square W1 and the "Princess of Wales",
27 Villiers Street, WC2. ***
1963 to 1965 "Coach
and Horses", Hill Street, W1 (Their residence was 5 Hill Street). ***
They then retired to Ramsgate where Dennis died in 1969 aged 64 years and
Katie later died in 1994 aged 95 years. ***
*** Provided By John Carnaby