Green Gate, Greengate Street & 523 Barking Road, Plaistow E13

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[Later Ye Olde Green Gate, 523 Barking Road]. It closed in early 2012, and is now a Tesco. *+

The Greengate was recorded from at least 1776 and held on to its original appearance longer than any pub in Plaistow - here it is in circa 1926. Thanks to Lal & Amy

Green Gate, Greengate Street & 523 Barking Road, Plaistow E13 - in 1959

Green Gate, Greengate Street & Barking Road, Plaistow

4th October 2002

Taken by Brian Berry

Ex Green Gate, 523 Barking Road, Plaistow E13 - in 2018

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1811/Edward Croney, Greengate, Plaistow, Essex/../../Holdens Directory

1826/George Frederick Robinson/../../../Pigot's

1828/William Trott/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1832-3/William Robert Trott/../../../Pigot's

1839/William Robert Trott/../../../Pigot's

1841/William Trott/Licensed Victualler/40/Essex/Census
1841/Susannah Trott/../38/Essex/Census
1841/Sarah Isben?/Female Servant/23/../Census
1841/Susannah Radnall/Female Servant/20/Essex/Census
1841/John Parker/Male Servant/31/../Census

1848/Susan Trott/../../../White's

1851/Mrs. Susannah Trott/../../../Post Office

1851/Susannah Trott/innkeeper (widow)/48/Writtle, Essex/Census **
1851/William Trott/son, barman/23/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1851/Julia May/cook/27/St George in the East, Middlesex/Census
1851/Ann Holleyworth/housemaid/19/Newark, Nottinghamshire/Census
1851/John Parker/ostler/40/Wennington, Essex/Census

1855/J Emmerson/../../../Essex, Herts, Kent ...Post Office Directory

1862/Samuel Maskell/../../../Kelly's

1867/Alfred Milton/../../../Post Office

1870/Alfred Thomas Milton/../../../Kelly's

1871/Alfred Milton/Inn Keeper/33/Barking, Essex/Census
1871/Julia Milton/Wife/33/Barking, Essex/Census
1871/Julia L Milton/Daughter/6/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Louisa Milton/Daughter/5/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Alfred J Milton/Son/3/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Eliza A Milton/Daughter/1/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Maud M Milton/Daughter/Under 1 month/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Ann Milton/Cousin/39/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Mary Hayden/Servant/14/Plaistow, Essex/Census
1871/Rachel Montague/General Servant/18/Barking, Essex/Census
1871/Mary A Corsey/Nurse/54/Maidstone, Kent/Census

1874/William Murphy/../../../Kelly's

1878/David Legg/../../../Kelly's

1881/David Legg/Retailer Of Wines &C (Mt)/50/Mitcham, Surrey/Census
1881/Mary A. Legg/Wife/51/West Ham, Essex/Census
1881/Samuel J. Legg/Son/10/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Solomon Shipp/General Labourer/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary A. Hutton/General Servant/15/West Ham, Essex/Census
1881/Lily Y. Buliver/Barmaid/26/Romford, Essex/Census

My great-grandfather and grandfather owned the pub in the 1870's-1880's. I found out the other day that the bar maid Lily Buliver went onto marry my great-grandfather when Mary Anne - his wife - died, wonder how long that had been going on! ***

1882/David Legg/../../../Kelly's

1886/David Legg/../../../Kelly's

1891/Frederick A Gardner/Licensed Victualler/36/Newington, London/Census
1891/Matilda Gardner/Wife/34/St Pancras, London/Census
1891/Frederick Gardner/Son/10/Islington, London/Census
1891/Ethel Dora Gardner/Daughter/1/West Ham, Essex/Census
1891/William Allder/Visitor, Compositor/37/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1891/Emily Allder/Visitor/35/St Pancras, London/Census
1891/Arthur Davis/Barman/27/Clerkenwell, London/Census
1891/Harry Richard King/Barman/21/Southwark, London/Census

1896/Edward John Dyne/../../../Post Office Directory

1902/Walter Alfred Jones/../../../Kelly's

1906/Walter Alfred Jones/../../../Kelly's

1908/Walter Alfred Jones/../../../Kelly's

1912/Sydney Hill/../../../Kelly's

1914/Sydney Hill/../../../Kelly's

1917/Sydney Hill/../../../Kelly's

1922/Sydney Hill/../../../Kelly's

1925/Sydney Hill/../../../Kelly's

1934/Sydney C Hill/../../../Kelly's

1938 - 196/S C Hill/../../../Freehold

1944/A & H Hill Ltd/../../../Post Office Directory

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*+ Provided by Ian Gilbert

** Provided by John Mead

*** Provided by Joanne William

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