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The 1891 listing of around 1400 Beer Retailers / Publicans in London

from the 1891 Post Office Directory, This excludes the Publicans listed at named Pubs in the Directory. The Directory does not include Public House names, just an address. This is fine for double checking names and places; but lacks the modern naming convention of a Public House and its named sign.

Many of these Beer Retailers (usually better known as Publicans) are very important in the fact that many formed the modern Public House as we now know it; whilst others were the modern equivalent of the Off Licence.

I will add links from these pages as I am able; but please help me out here. It is often difficult through the documentation that exists to match an address to a Pub name as much of this is through word of mouth, i.e. a Public House is often known by it's name to the locals, rather than through any record system.

1891 Beer Retailer index

Ings Thos, 39 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell EC
Insall John, 199 Shoreditch High Street E
Ives George, 45 Bow Common Lane E
Ives William, 136 East India Dock Road E
Jackson Robt Hy, 22 Great St Andrew Street WC
Jacobs Robert, 1 Lion Street, Poplar E
Jacobs William Joseph, 100 Praed Street E
James Adolphus Chas, 105 Princes Road, Bermondsey SE
James Samuel, Bath Street, Brady Street E
Janes John Henry, 20 Fish Street Hill EC
Jarvis Aug, 32 Gough Street, Grays Inn Road WC
Jeapes James, 43 Duckett Street, Stepney E
Jeeves George, 24 New King Street, Deptford SE
Jefferys John, 137 Hackney Road E
Jenner Wm, 8 Frederick Street, Portland Town NW
Jennings Mrs Mary Jane, 50 Victoria Road NW
Jennings Henry Wm, 83 Ocean Street, Stepney E
Jennings John, 341 Oxford Street W
Jennings Nathaniel, 232 Rhodeswell Road E
Jennssen Petr, 18 White Horse Yard, drury lane WC
Jerrett James, 7 Homer Street, marylebone W
Jex John Jacob, 10 Cumberland Place, Chelsea SW
Johnson Benjamin, 14 Bow Common Lane E
Johnson Charles, 330 Kings Road, Chelsea SW
Johnson Charles, 13 Uxbridge Street W
Johnson Henry, 72 Weedington Road NW
Johnson Henry Geo, 28 Chrisp Street, Poplar E
Johnson Robert John, 4 Albany Street, Walworth SE
Johnson Thos, 19 Cleaver Street, Kennington Road SE
Johnstone John Campbell & Co, 10 Randells Road, Bingfield Street N
Jones Mrs Adelaide, 28 West India Dock Road E
Jones Alfred William, 202 Mile End Road E
Jones John Edward, 81 Lambeth Palace Road SE
Jones Joseph, 12 Bowling Green Lane EC
Jordan Charles, 17 Druid Street, Bermondsey SE
Joslin Geo, 1 Bath Place, Bath Street, Poplar E
Joy Mrs Mary, 342 Upper Street N
 


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