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Red Lion, High Street/Ilford Hill, Ilford

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Latterly know as Mainstreet, then the Rat & Carrot , and in 2002 the Red Lion. By 2014 it is a trendy bar called Lush, but now closed.

Red Lion, High Street/Ilford Hill, Ilford, September 200

Red Lion, High Street/Ilford Hill, Ilford, September 2002

Taken by Brian Berry

The Red Lion, (now Lush), Ilford Hill, High Street, Ilford - in February 2015

The Red Lion, (now Lush), Ilford Hill, High Street, Ilford - in February 2015

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Residents at this address

The licensee in 1806 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as John Hone, at the Red Lion.

The licensee in 1816 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Ann Hone, at the Red Lion.

The licensee in 1825 was recorded on the Alehouse Recognizances as Ann Hone, at the Red Lion.

1826/Ann Hone/../../../Pigots

1832-3/Ann Hone/../../../Pigots

1839/Ann Hone/../../../Pigots

1845/Mrs. Ann Hone/../../../Post Office

1848/Ann Hone/../../../Whites

1851/Aaron Jones/licensed victualler/46/London, Middlesex/Census **
1851/Sarah Servington/barmaid/23/Kent/Census
1851/Richard [Dulley]/ostler/21/Barking, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Bateman/cook/14/Hornchurch, Essex/Census
1851/Henry Pilkington/pot boy/16/Ilford, Essex/Census
1851/Amelia Wilson/visitor, artificial flower maker/23/City, Middlesex/Census

I was interested in these people as Mary Rees married an ancestor of mine, James Wheatley (1823) who was a blacksmith. Mary Rees & Martha Rees are sisters ***

1861/Joseph Mabe/Licensed Victualler/58/Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire/Census ***
1861/Hortensia Mabe/Wife/30/Norwich, Norfolk/Census
1861/Ann Newby/Visitor/64/Barholm, Lincolnshire/Census
1861/Mary Rees/Cook/24/Johnstone, South Wales/Census
1861/Martha Rees/Housemaid/19/Caermarthen, Wales/Census
1861/John Clements/Ostler/23/Chelmsford, Essex/Census

1862/Joseph Mabe/../../../Kellys

1870/Edwin Newman/../../../Kellys

1871/Edwin Newman/../../../Post Office

1871/Edwin Newman/Licensed Victualler/42/Stepney, Middx/Census
1871/Annie W Newman/Wife/41/Stepney, Middx/Census
1871/Edwin J Newman/Son/17/Stepney, Middx/Census
1871/James J Newman/Son/15/Stepney, Middx/Census
1871/Henry W Newman/Son/13/Stepney, Middx/Census
1871/Albert M Newman/Son/10/Mile End, Essex/Census
1871/Frederick W Newman/Son/8/Stepney, Middx/Census
1871/Ernest W Newman/Son/6/Bromley, Essex/Census
1871/Alfred Newman/Son/3/Bromley, Essex/Census
1871/Elizabeth A Govan?/BarMaid/20/Poplar, Essex/Census
1871/Clara Towers/General Servant/19/Newbury, Berks./Census
1871/Elizabeth Hockny/General Servant/16/Stratford, Essex/Census


1874/Edwin Newman/../../../Kellys

1878/William Apedaile Turnbull/../../../Kellys

1881/William A. Turnbull/Licensed Victualler/39/Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Turnbull/Wife/43/Melbourne, Cambridge/Census
1881/Ellen Hewes/Niece/14/Herne Hill, Surrey/Census
1881/Agnes King/Niece/11/Royston, Hertford/Census
1881/Harriett Mary Lancaster/Cousin, Barmaid/22/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Sarah Strunk/Cousin, Barmaid/27/Stepney, Middlese/Census
1881/Mary Richer/Domestic Servant/17/Little Maplestead, Essex/Census

1882/William Apedaile Turnbull/../../../Kellys

1891/James Rothenburg/Publican/45/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1891/Ellen Rothenburg/Wife/34/Whitechapel, London/Census
1891/James W Rothenburg/Son/14/Mile End, London/Census
1891/Alice Lucy/Bar Maid/21/London/Census
1891/Serena J Hackshall/Bar Maid/24/St Georges, London/Census
1891/Roseanna Joslin/Bar Maid/21/Childerditch, Essex/Census
1891/Elizabeth Ramage/General Servant/19/Poplar, London/Census
1891/James Goldstone/Potman/31/Ilford, Essex/Census
1891/Fred Marstill?/Gardener/24/Willingdon, Cambs/Census

1894/James Rothenburg/../../../Kellys

1896/William Charles White/../../../Petty Sessions

01/1/1898/Thomas William Ferris/../../../Petty Sessions

1898/T. W. Ferres/../../../Kellys

10/12/1898/George Thomas Hastler/../../../Petty Sessions

17/2/1900/Henry Reginald Rayne/../../../Petty Sessions

31/8/1901/Harry Marchant Warner/../../../Petty Sessions

1902/Harry M Warner/../../../Kellys

11/10/1902/William James Colwill/../../../Petty Sessions

1908/William James Colwill/../../../Kellys

1912/William James Colwill/../../../Kellys

24/7/1915/Elizabeth Hole Colwill/../../../Petty Sessions

1917/Mrs. Elizabeth Hole Colwill/../../../Kellys

19/8/1919/Elizabeth Hole Webster/../../../Petty Sessions

27/9/1924/Maurice William Drewry Rainer/../../../Petty Sessions

1925/Maurice Ranier/../../../Kellys

08/3/1933/William Davis/../../../Petty Sessions

1937/Wm Davis/Red Lion, 71 High Road/../../Kellys


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*** Provided by Roderick Wheatley


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