Chingford index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex.
There have been at least four incarnations of this pub. The original pub was rebuilt in around 1890, the new building being the one shown in your first photo (of around 1905). It was rebuilt in around 1932, the replacement being the building shown in your second photograph (of around 1970). The whole site was then redeveloped in 1971, with the pub being reduced to a basement bar below new shops. My photograph shows the pub as it appears in April 2009: **
The Prince Albert, Chingford Mount in 1905 and 1970
Kindly provided by Brian Lodge
source: Chingford in History written by the Chingford Historical Society
Prince Albert, 1 Old Church Road, Chingford, E4 - in April 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1862/John Taylor/../../../Kellys
1867/Executors of John Taylor/../../../Post Office
1869/Thomas Francis Harris/../../../Kellys **
1870/George Hart Pargiter/../../../Kellys
1871/George Hart Pargiter/../../../Post Office
Philemon and Mary Lodge circa 1870
Kindly provided by Brian Lodge
Philemon was born Ellis Farm in High Easter 09/12/1832, son of Isaac and Elizabeth Lodge, one of eleven
children. He must have had some form of education, which would be helpful to him in later life. he married Mary Scott of North Weald Bassett on
17/12/1859 in Bethnal Green. He had twelve children. In 1871 he was running a coffee shop in Worship Street Shoreditch. Between 1873 to 1886 he was a
tennant at the Prince Albert Pub Chingford, between 1894 to 1897 he was
running the Kings head Pub in Chingford. During this time he also had some
grazing land in Chingford, from which he supplied fresh horses for the Post
Coaches. In 1900 he became one of the first councillers for Chingford when
it became a UDC, he retired from that in 1909. In 1901 he was running The
White Lion Pub in Enfield. One of his daughters went on to run a sucessful
Forge and Taxi service in North Chingford, they were one of the first taxi
services to have motorised cabs after the First World War, loosing all their
horses to the war effort. Philemon died 14/08/1920, he was buried in
Chingford Mount Cemetery.
1874/Philemon Lodge/../../../Kellys
1876/Philemon Lodge/../../../Kellys*
1878/Philemon Lodge/../../../Kellys
1880/Philemon Lodge/../../../Kellys*
1881/Philemon Lodge/Licensed Victualler/48/High Easter, Essex/Census
1881/Mary Lodge/Wife/42/North Weald, Essex/Census
1881/William Lodge/Son, Ostler/20/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie E. Lodge/Daughter/18/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edith M. Lodge/Daughter/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Albert J. Lodge/Son, Carpenter/14/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick J. Lodge/Son/9/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1881/Walter Lodge/Son/7/Chingford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred C. Lodge/Son/4/Chingford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Agnes S. Lodge/Daughter/2/Chingford, Middlesex/Census
1881/C. P. Lodge/Son/1d/Chingford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Jolley/Monthly Nurse/62/Walthamstow, Essex/Census
1882/Philemon Lodge/../../../Kellys
1886/Philemon Lodge/../../../Kellys
I have just received the Will of Charles Thomas Clark, who died 1887 in
Chingford. He was "a licensed victualler of Prince of Albert of Chingford,
county of Essex, and also of Cowley Arms, Leytonstone Road, county of Essex".
His widow was Annie Clark.
1890/Robert Parkinson/../../../Kellys
1894/Robert Parkinson/../../../Kellys
1895/Robert Parkinson/../../../Kellys
1898/Steer & Ives/../../../Kellys
1899/Steer & Ives/../../../Kellys
1902/Arthur William Steer/../../../Kellys
1906/John Beech/../../../Kellys
1908/John Beech/../../../Kellys
1910/John Beech/../../../Kellys
1912/John Beech/../../../Kellys
1914/John Beech/../../../Kellys
1917/Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Beech/../../../Kellys
1922/Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Beech/../../../Kellys
1925/Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Beech/../../../Kellys
* Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
** Provided by Stephen Harris
*** Provided by Brian Lodge
Provided by Alice Puceck