This pub has been renamed Paper Moon (2008). Rising Sun 24 Blackfriars Road was called the Blackfriars Distillery for a few years in the early 1890s. ** Closed in 2008 and set for demolition. *** The address is given in Sun Fire Office insurance records as Great Surrey Street and St Georges Road, older names for the street. *+
Southwark Christchurch index
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Southwark Christchurch, Surrey, London. The Southwark Christchurch, Surrey , London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Rising Sun, 24 Blackfriars Road, Southwark SE1
Rising Sun, 24 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 - in June 2008
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1803/James McMillan/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *+
1811/John Salter, Rising Sun, New Surrey street, Blackfriars road/../../Holdens
Directory
1822/Robert Moore/Rising Sun, Great Surrey street/../../Petty Sessions
1825/Mr
Moore, Rising Sun, Blackfriars road/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1825/Robert Moore/Rising Sun, Great Surrey street/../../Petty Sessions
1826/Robert Moore/Rising Sun, Great Surrey street/../../Petty Sessions
1829/R Moore,
Rising Sun, 24 Great Surrey street/../../Pigots Directory
1830/Edward Grimmer/Rising Sun,
Great Surrey Street/../../Robsons Directory *
1831/Edward Grimmer/Rising Sun, Great Surrey Street/../../Robsons Directory
*
1833-34/Edward Grimmer,
Rising Sun, 24 Great Surrey street/../../Pigots Directory
1837/Charles Page/victualler/../../Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills and
probate records held at the National Archives *+
1839/John Nelson/../../../Pigots Directory
1841/John Nelson/../../../Post Office Directory
1842/John Nelson/../../../Robsons Directory
1848/James Grape/../../../Post Office Directory
1851/James Grape/../../../Kellys Directory
November 1850/James Grape/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
November 1850/Christopher Walker/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1851/Christopher Walker/Inn Keeper, Widow/61/Bedfordshire/Census
1851/Ann Walker/Daughter/28/Alambury, Huntingdon/Census
1851/Marian Walker/Daughter/21/Hull, Yorkshire/Census
1851/Elizabeth Walker/Daughter/18/Eton Locum, Bedfordshire/Census
1851/Frederick Davis/Waiter/21/Farringdon, Berkshire/Census
1851/James Selby/Pot Boy/12/Rockwall, Huntingdon/Census
1856/C Walker/../../../Post Office Directory
April 1862/Chritopher Walker/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
April 1862/William Witherly/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
May 1866/William Henry Castle and Theodore Townsend Castle/Outgoing
Licensee/../../Era
May 1866/Samuel Hockings/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/Samuel Hockings/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Tommas John Caffin/Licensed Victualler/40/Surrey/Census
1881/Emma Charlotte Caffin/Daughter/13/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1881/Mary Ann Caffin/Wife/37/Leiston, Suffolk/Census
1881/Tommas Charles Caffin/Son/11/Surrey/Census
1881/Ada Louisa Shore/Step Daughter/6/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Beatice Margareta Shore/Step Daughter/5/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ellen O'Toole/Barmaid/19/Aldershot, Hampshire/Census
1881/Emmalene Hines/General Servant/28/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/William Bleaser/Barman And Potman/23/Hoxter (Foreign), Germany/Census
1882/Thomas John Caffin/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Thomas J Caffin/../../../Post Office Directory
South London Press 27 September 1884 - Newington Transfer of Licenses
Rising Sun, 24 Blackfriars road, T J Catlin to Mary Ann Catlin
1895/Charles I. Digby/[Blackfriars Distillery]/../../Post Office Directory
*+
1899/Thomas William Penrose Durman/../../../Post Office Directory
1906/Joseph Thomas Markham/../../../Post Office Directory
Lawrence Edward Buckmaster is a butcher at 6 Sudeley street, Brighton, when
he marries his first wife, Agnes Emma Byford on Christmas Day in 1892. He
marries his second wife, Alice Augusta Baker, in 1906.
1908/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/Licensed Victualler/40/Cubitt Town,
London/Census
1911/Alice Augusta Buckmaster/Wife/50/Portland, Dorset/Census
1911/Violet Agnes Maude Buckmaster/Daughter, Short Hand Typist/16/Brighton,
Sussex/Census
1911/Alice Violet Baker/Step Daughter, Florist Assistant/16/Tunbridge Wells,
Kent/Census
1911/Beatrice Sarah Baker/Step Daughter, Assistant/15/Tunbridge Wells,
Kent/Census
1911/Nellie Legg/Barmaid/29/Redhill, Sussex/Census
1911/Lillie Elsie Hayward/Barmaid/20/Harold Wood, essex/Census
1911/Floternce Alice Atkins/Servant/26/Bermondsey, London/Census
1915/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/../../../Post Office Directory *+
1921/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Alice Augusta Buckmaster of 24 Blackfriars road Southwark Surrey (wife
of Lawrence Edward Buckmaster) died 26 December 1929 at 103 South Side
Clapham Common Surrey Administration London 13 May to the said Lawrence
Edward Buckmaster licensed victualler. Effects £50.
1934 - 1946/Buckmaster/../../../Freehold
1938/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/../../../Post Office Directory
1939/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/Born 25 September 1870/../../Electoral
Register
1939/Rose Buckmaster/Born 27 April 1887/../../Electoral Register
1939/Margaret Goldsmith/Barmaid/Born 25 August 1888/../Electoral Register
1944/Lawrence Edward Buckmaster/../../../Post Office Directory
1947//Lawrence Edward Buckmaster of the Rising Sun, 24 Blackfriars road
Southwark London died 29 March 1947 Probate London 29 May to Rose Buckmaster
widow. Effects £525 14s.
1947//Rose Buckmaster of the Rising Sun, 24 Blackfriars road Southwark
Surrey widow died 10 September 1947 at St Thopmas Hospital Hambledon Surrey
Probate London 16 October to Charles Thomas Mendham solicitors managing
clerk and Sydney George Clare estate agent. Effects £713 18s 5d.
1947 - 1949/S J Lee/../../../Freehold
1950 - 1951/Mrs L B Smith/../../../Freehold
1952 - 1955/S W Weavis/../../../Freehold
1956 - 1965/H F Goldsmith/../../../Freehold
* Provided By Mary Davidson
*+ Provided Ewan
** Provided By Stephen Harris & Bill Rigby
*** Provided By Tris