The address is sometimes listed in 137 Whitecross Street in earlier directories, but is 137 Upper Whitecross Street until at least 1884, and renumbered as 142 Whitecross Street by 1895. * At 142 Whitecross Street in 1899, listed as the Crown in the 1901 census; It has had a succession of different names in recent years and has been the Trader since 1999. It was rebuilt in its present form in c.1940s with the modern address at 142 Whitecross street **
St Luke pub history index
Spreadeagle, 142 Whitecross Street - in September 2006
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Residents at this address.
1789/Mr South/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1793/Mr South/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1797/Mr South/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1805/Thomas Morgan, Spread Eagle, 137 Whitecross street/../../Holdens Directory
1814/William Morgan/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1825/Mr
Palmer, Spread Eagle, White Cross street /../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1829/Thomas Palmer, Spread Eagle, Whitecross street, Cripplegate/../../Robsons Directory
1836/Edward Drewry/victualler and wine and spirit merchant/../../Sun Fire
Office records held at the London Metropolitan Archives *
1837/Thomas Palmer/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1839/Mary Cook/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1841/William Belton/../../../Post Office Directory *
1842/Wilson Drewry & Co./../../../Robson’s Directory **
1843/Robert Gay/../../../Post Office Directory
1847/Simeon Odwell / Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era, Sunday 9 May 1847 **
1847/Thomas Stoatt / Incoming Licensee /../../The Era, Sunday 9 May 1847 **
Morning Advertiser 05 July 1847 - Transfers
Spread Eagle, Whitcross street, Thomas Stoatt to Henry Edward Abell
October 1848/Henry Edward Abell/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
October 1848/George Blundell/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
April 1849/George Blundell/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
April 1849/William Daniel Hart/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
1851/William Daniel Hart/../../../Finsbury Petty Sessions
1852/William D Hart/../../../Trade Directory
1856/G Cotton/../../../Post Office Directory
April 1857/George Cotton/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
April 1857/James King/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
Era 30 January 1859 - Licence transfers :
Spread Eagle, Whitecross Street, James King to George Woodcock
1861/Joseph Hart/Licensed Victualler/28/London City, Middlesex/Census
1861/Eleanor Hart/Wife/22/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1861/Eleanor Hart/Daughter/3/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1861/Joseph Hart/Son/1/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1861/Louisa Birch/Domestic Servant/18/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1862-3 Joseph Hart is at the Spread Eagle, 137 Upper Whitecross Street, London. *+
April 1865/H Carter/ Outgoing Licensee /../../North London News
April 1865/James Woodcock/ Incoming Licensee /../../North London News
March 1866/James Woodcock/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News
1869/George Woodcock/../../../Post Office Directory
November 1870/James Woodcock/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1870/George Woodcock/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1871/G Woodcock/Licensed Victualler/39/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Francis Woodcock/Wife/37/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/George Woodcock/Son/12/St Luke, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alice Woodcock/Daughter/9/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1871/James Woodcock/Son/2/St Luke, Middlesex/Census
1871/Fanny Lambert/Niece, Servant/13/Kingsland, Middlesex/Census
1874/G Woodcock/../../../H.D. Miles London & Suburban Licensed Victuallers'
Directory **
1881/John W Meade/Licensed Victualler/37/Uxbridge/Census
1881/Sarah Meade/Wife/38/Colb...ourne/Census
1881/Harry Ed Meade/Son/13/Bayswater/Census
1881/Alice Ellen Meade/Daughter/9/Kensal Green/Census
1881/Edith Meade/Daughter/7/Kensal Green/Census
1881/Charles J Meade/Son/3/Clerkenwell/Census
1881/Mary Ann Brooks/Servant/16/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/John Meade/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Alfred Edward Joyce/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/Nathan Isaacs/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Nathan Isaacs/../../../London Trade Directory
Islington Gazette 31 October 1900 - Licence Transfers
Spread Eagle, 142 Whitecross street, St Luke, Sarah Isaacs to Lewis Abraham
1901/Louis Levy/Cigar Maker/37/England/Census
1901/Sarah Levy/Wife, Public House Manageress/30/Spitalfield, London/Census
1901/Abigail Abrahams/Barmaid/15/Spitalfield, London/Census
1901/Annie Hinsall/General Servant/25/Forset Gate, Essex/Census
1910/August Fredericks/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Ernest Henry Mogford/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Ernest Henry Mogford/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Frank Edward Chapman & Edward Parker/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Frank Edward Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Mrs Helen Henrietta Dudden/../../../Post Office Directory *
1983/SPREAD EAGLE: 142 Whitecross Street EC1. Watney Combe./../../Pub Listing
1991/MOLLY BLOOMS: 142 Whitecross Street EC1. Grand Met-Watneys. The pub now houses the HQ of Saxon Inns hence there is no function room now. Formerly the Spread Eagle./../../Pub Listing
2017/The Trader, 142-146 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8QJ - A Stonegate pub
2018, The Trader Public House, 142-146 Whitecross Street, Islington, London EC1Y 8QJ Islington
* Provided By Ewan
*+ Provided By Mary Brodbin
** Provided By Stephen Harris