Walthamstow pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex. The Essex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
It was formerly the tap for Colliers Brewery, and is the same place as the Brewery Tap, 73 St James Street. It was probably established in 1859, at the same time as the brewery itself, when the address was given as Marsh Street. The pub stands at the junction of St James Street and Markhouse Road, but appears to have moved to the opposite side of the junction when it was rebuilt in around 1906 (hence the two different addresses). It closed in 2006 and the premises are currently (January 2009) undergoing conversion to residential use. . In recent years it has traded under a succession of different names and finally closed in 2006. **
Essex Brewery Tap, St James Street, Walthamstow - in 1923
Essex Brewery Tap, St James Street, Walthamstow - in 1956
Essex Brewery Tap, 2 Markhouse Road, E17 - in November 2006
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address.
1891/Charlotte Day/Beer Retailer, Widow/48/City, London/Census
1891/Joseph A Day/Son, Barman/22/Shoreditch, London/Census
1891/Alfred Day/Son, Printer & Machine Minder/21/Shoreditch, London/Census
1891/George Day/Son, Barman/19/Shoreditch, London/Census
1891/Charlotte K Day/Daughter, Barmaid/17/Shoreditch, London/Census
1891/Ernest C Day/Son/14/Shoreditch, London/Census
1891/Albert Day/Son/11/Old Ford, London/Census
1891/Edith Day/Daughter/6/Walthamstow, Essex/Census
1891/Horace Day/Son/4/Walthamstow, Essex/Census
24/2/1906/Joseph Alfred Day/../../../Petty Sessions
1908/J. A. Day/../../../Kelly's
1912/Harry James Balls/../../../Kelly's
1912/J A Day/../../../per. Waltham Forest Oral History Group **
1917/Harry James Balls/../../../Kelly's
17/11/1919/Henry James Kingston Balls/../../../Petty Sessions
1922 - 1925/Balls Bros/../../Freehold
1922/Harry James Balls/../../../Kelly's
1925/Harry James Balls/../../../Kelly's
1926 - 1935/Day Bros/../../Freehold
6/11/1926/Christopher Caleb Day/../../../Petty Sessions
1935/Christopher Caleb Day & Gibson Leitch Muir/../../../Essex
Records Office - Register of Alehouse Licenses **
1935/C C Day & David Henry Smith/../../../Essex Records Office -
Register of Alehouse Licenses **
1936 - 1939/G L Sheppard/../../Freehold
1937/George James Sheppherd & Lydia Elizabeth Sheppherd/../../../Essex
Records Office - Register of Alehouse Licenses **
1940 - 1950/Weston & Wood/../../Freehold
1951/A W Wood & Sons/../../Freehold
1952 - 1954/W R Barrett/../../Freehold
1955/Copes Taverns Ltd/../../Freehold
** Provided by Stephen Harris (Reference - Waltham Forest Oral History Group)