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Old Black Dog, 1 Gloucester place, Chelsea SW3

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Gloucester place is latterly part of Kings road

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Residents at this address.

1843/Mrs Mary Needham/Old Black Dog/../../Post Office Directory

1851/Marmaduke William Baxter/Publican Beer shop/31/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Thomas L Baxter/Wife/30/Uffculme, Devon/Census
1851/Thomas Phillip Baxter/Son/2/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1851/Noah Newens/Potman/21/Beslow, Hertfordshire/Census
1851/Caroline Donovan/House Servant/28/Cork, Ireland/Census
1851/Amelia Lucas/Nursemaid/14/St Martins, Middlesex/Census

1856/Mrs A Still/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory

Licensed Victuallers' Guardian. 25 July 1874 Transfer of Licenses
Old Black Dog, Kings road, Chelsea, Eugene Sullivan to Margaret Shorter

Morning Advertiser. 24 September 1879 - Transfer of Licences
The Black Dog, Kings Road, Chelsea, William James Endscott to Charles Morris

Mid-Surrey Times. 08 January 1881 - Transfer of Licences
The Black Dog, Kings road, Chelsea, George Warman to George Whitnall

Chelsea News and General Advertiser. 07 July 1883 - Transfer of Licences
The Black Dog, Chelsea, Louis Joseph Octave Marison to Henry Alfred Haye

Morning Advertiser. 07 January 1885 - Transfer of Licenses
Black Dog, Chelsea, Eliza Thornton to George Skipper

Morning Advertiser. 30 September 1885 - Transfer of Licenses
Black Dog, Chelsea, Charles Frederick Patterson to Sarah Ann Wilkinson

West London Observer. 11 February 1888 - Transfer of Licences
The Black Dog, Chelsea, Sarah Ann Wilkinson to Thomas Morgan James

The Kensington News and West London Times. 05 January 1889 - License Transfers
Black Dog, Michael Death to Thomas Morgan James

Morning Advertiser. 06 November 1889 - Transfer of Licences
The Black Dog, Chelsea, Thomas Morgan James to Thomas Saunders



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