At East Heath in 1907 and before.
The building is on the site of an earlier building and then was rebuilt or at
least extensively altered in the 1850s, probably at the time it was first used
as a beer house. Recent additions dwarf the older structure.
The Two Poplars was originally a beer house catering for the workers building
the railway from Guildford to Reading. The beer house was at first called the
Engineer, and then the Engineer’s Arms, or lngineers’ Arms. Sometime before 1880
the name had changed to the Two Poplars.
It was leased to various breweries before being sold to Henry Hewlett of the
Waltham St. Lawrence brewery in 1888. *
Wokingham pub history index
Two Poplars, 118 Finchampstead Road, Wokingham
Kindly provided by Chris French
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Berkshire. The Berkshire listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1881/George Stone/Licensed Victualler/36/Collumpton, Devon/Census ***
1881/Mary Stone/Wife/36/Horsham, Sussex/Census
1881/Ida Mary Stone/Daughter, Scholar/3/Horsham, Sussex/Census
1881/Harriett Randall/Sister in Law, Dressmaker/40/Horsham, Sussex/Census
1881/Kate Jewell/Servant, Domestic Servant/15/Wokingham, Berks/Census
1883/George Stone/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1884/Geo Stone/../../../Stevens Directory ***
1887/George Stone/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1891/Jane Stone/Licensed Victualler/47/Horsham, Sussex/Census ***
1891/Ida M Stone/Daughter/13/Horsham, Sussex/Census
1895/George Stone/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1899/Mrs J Stone/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1903/Mrs Jane Stone/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1907/Mrs Jane Stone/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1911/Charles Hawkins/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1915/William Leonard Wallace/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1920/James Bridgman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1924/James Briggman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1928/James Bridgman/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1931/Ernest Brimblecombe/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1935/Rt Taylor/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1939/Fras Jack Smith/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1956/J H Potter/../../../Times Directory ***
1957-8/J H Potter/../../../Times Directory ***
* Provided By Chris French
*** Provided By Colin Ager