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Bunch of Grapes, 40 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey SE16

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About 19 Bermondsey Wall in 1856. Closed in 1931 by the compensation authority.

Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.

Residents at this address.

1841/Thomas Cubitt/Grapes/../../Post Office Directory

1842/Thomas Cubitt/../../../Robsons Directory

1848/Mrs Honor Cubitt/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/Honor Cubitt/Widow/61/../Census
1851/Catherine Johnson/Niece/17/../Census
1851/Patric Farquharsen/Servant/44/../Census
1851/Daniel Hart/Servant/19/../Census
1851/Sarah Purdell/Servant/27/../Census
1851/Mary Buckingham/Servant/14/../Census
1851/Henry Orten/Visitor/50/../Census
1851/James Bear/Visitor/45/../Census

1856/Mrs Honor Cubitt/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/Honor Cubitt/Victualler, Widow/70/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1861/Mary Ann Figgins/Visitor, Fund Holder/60/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1861/Sarah Vesey/Barmaid/16/Sydenham, Kent/Census
1861/Pheoby Ben/Housemaid/61/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/Patrick Ferguson/Pot Man/55/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census

1869/Frederick Johnson/../../../Post Office Directory *

1881/Emma Hiscock/Licensed Victualler/28/Berkshire/Census
1881/Mary Ann Hiscock/Sister, Barmaid/34/Berkshire/Census
1881/Peter Hiscock/Father, Widow, Visitor/78/Hampshire/Census
1881/Charles J Hearn/Nephew, Clerk/15/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census

1882/Miss Emma Hiscock/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Emma Hiscock/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/John Aplin/../../../Post Office Directory

1895/John Aplin/../../../Post Office Directory *

1899/Frank White jun/../../../Post Office Directory

1910/Samuel Pearcy/../../../Post Office Directory

1915/Samuel Pearcy/../../../Post Office Directory *

1921/Samuel Pearcy/../../../Post Office Directory

1923/Allen James Pavey/Bunch of Grapes/../../Electoral Register

Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder. 17 July 1931
Licensing, nineteen Bermondsey Licenses to GO.
Under the Licensing(Consolidation) Act 1910, the compensation authority dealt with 30 licences. The committee renewed four. The list of houses considered is:
Ship and Pilot, full, 114 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey ; licensee Amelia Dorothy; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd; The house was described as inferior in all respects to the three nearest houses, the Old Justice, the Ship in Distress, and the Cherry Tree (also referred). Licence not renewed.
Cherry Tree, full, Cherry Garden street, Bermondsey ; licensee James William Taylor; owners, Watney, Combe Reid and Co Ltd. There are five full licences within 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Havelock Arms, beer and wine on, 95 Jamaica road, Bermondsey ; licensee Mary Foster; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. Licence not renewed.

Involved in Clearance Scheme.
Noahs Ark, full, 380 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee Artur Herbert Carey; owners, Whitbread and Co Ltd. This home comes within the borough of Bermondseys clearance scheme. Licence not renewed.
Dukes Head, full, 268 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee, Thomas Henry Davis Plummer; owners, Taylor Walker and Co Ltd. The Dukes Head is also involved in the clearance scheme. Licence not renewed.
White Bear, full, 33 Tabard street, Southwark; licensee, Thomas Ogilvie; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. This was described as much inferior to the Royal Oak immediately opposite, the Dover Castle, 140 yards away; and the Swan Inn, 140 yards. Licence not renewed.
Tanners Arms. beer on, 8 Stanworth street, Bermondsey ; licensee, Edward Harold Munro; owners, Charrington and Co Ltd. There are two full licences within 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Red Lion and Key, full, 8 Battle Bridge Lane, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Jeremiah Mahoney; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd. It was mentioned that the Duke of Clarence (60 yards away), Shipwrights Arms (110 yards away), and Royal Oak (185 yards away), were superior in all respects. Licence not renewed.
Bricklayers Arms, full, 40 Parkers Row, Bermondsey ; licensee, Albert John Harrold Cope and Charles Leonard Colthorpe; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd ; Christopher W Parker, Faulkbourne Hall, Witham, Essex; and Oxley D Parker, Sharpham, Tootnes, Devon (trustee). A moderate sized house, the Bricklayers Arms was described as inferior to the Primce of Teck beerhouse, 100 yards away, and the Swan and Sugar Loaf, full, 120 yards. Licence not renewed.
Staver Porters, full. 1 Jacob street Bermondsey ; licensee, John Charnick; owners, Courage and Co Ltd (leaseholders) and Noakes and Co Ltd. This house was stated to be much smaller and inferior to the Ship Aground (120 yards away) and the Swan and Sugar Loaf (135 yards away). Licence not renewed.
Margate Town, full, 43 George row, Bermondsey ; licensee, Richard Wakefield; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. The Margate Town was compared with the George, a house recently rebuilt, 120 yards. Licence not renewed.
Grapes, full, 40 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey; licensee, Thomas Henry Gentry; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and Major R J Bevan, c.o. Messrs Marson and Toulmin, 1 Southwark Bridge Road SE1 . Licence not renewed.
Queens Head, full, 130 Tanner street, Bermondsey; licensee, Charles Woods; owners, Whitbread and Co Ltd and the Governors of Aldgate and All Hallows Barking Exhibition Foundation. There are two full licences within a radius of 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Swallow Galley, full, 446 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee, George John Lovett; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. Licence not renewed.
Kings Head, full, 135 Tooley street, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Andrew John Smith; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and the London County Council. There are 25 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile, the nearest being the Royal Oak, 85 yards, the Old Antigallican, 100 yards and St John Tavern, 135 yards. Licence not renewed.
City of Salisbury, full, Tooley street, Southwark; licensee, George Pearce; owners, Cannon Brewery Co Ltd, the London County Council and the Law Union and Crown Insurance Company. Within a radius of 200 yards there are eight full licences and two beerhouses, the nearest houses being the Kings Arms, 30 yards, the Goat, 100 yards and the Tower Bridge Hotel, 135 yards. Licence not renewed.

Strong Plea fails.
Crown and Sceptre, full, 7 Shad Thames, Southwark; licensee, Edward Condon; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. The Crown and Sceptre was stated to be much smaller and inferior in every way to the Dockhead Stores at 95 yards, and the Feathers, at 155 yards. Within 200 yards there are 11 full licences and one beerhouse.
A plea for the owners and licensee suggested money could be spent more profitably. The tenant has been in the house for 20 years, and if refused what is he to do? Licence not renewed.
Woolf Arms, beer on, 38 Woolf sytreet, Bermondsey ; licensee, William Henry Abbott; owners, Courage and Co Ltd and Noakes and Co Ltd. The Woolf Arms was said to be inferior in all respects to the nearest houses, the Feathers, 50 yards, and the Dockhead Stores at 135 yards. There are 31 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile. Licence not renewed.



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