Worlds End, 459 Kings road, Chelsea SW10

Established since the mid-seventeenth century; the Worlds End, 1 Cambridge terrace in the 1861 census; this pub was most recently rebuilt in 1897, listed as the Old Worlds End by 1895. **

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Chelsea, London.

February 1832/Henry Baker, of the World's End, Kings Road Chelsea, victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records at the LMA

In March 1840, Samuel Reeves marries Eliza Weatherley at Isleworth

1841/Samuel Reeves/Publican/25/Middlesex/Census
1841/Eliza Reeves/../20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Thomas Vandenburgh/Male Servant/15/Middlesex/Census
1841/Sarah Prior/Female Servant/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Henry Bird/Male Servant/30/Middlesex/Census
1841/Edward Carr/Labourer/20/Middlesex/Census
1841/Edward Watts/Labourer/30/../Census
1841/Richard Anderson/Labourer/35/../Census
1841/William Smarte/Labourer/40/../Census
1841/James Render/Male Servant/25/../Census

1841/Samuel Reeves/../../../Post Office Directory

1843/Samuel Reeves/../../../Kellys Directory

1848/Samuel Reeves/../../../Post Office Directory

Samuel Reeves is at the Waggon & Horses, Brentford by 1851

1851/Henry Whelpdale/Victualler/31/St Bartholomew, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary Ann Whelpdale/Wife/27/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1851/Martha B Whelpdale/Daughter/3/St pauls, Middlesex/Census
1851/Eliza Ann Whelpdale/Daughter/1/Deptford, kent/Census
1851/Emma Gogay/Barmaid/27/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1851/Sarah Acton/Barmaid/21/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1851/Thomas Parslow/General Servant, Widow/43/St Margaret, Middlesex/Census
1851/Ann Smith/General Servant/17/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1851/Matilda Smith/General Servant/13/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census

1856/J Swinbank/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/Stephen Pusey/Licensed Victualler/37/Longcot, Berkshire/Census
1861/Ann Pusey/Wife/33/Oxford, Oxfordshire/Census
1861/Thomas Pusey/Son/13/Louth, Lincolnshire/Census
1861/Charles Pusey/Son/5/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1861/Sarah Pusey/Daughter/3/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1861/Mary Pusey/Daughter/1/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1861/James Jeffries/Barman/32/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1861/John Crook/Barman/15/Longcot, Berkshire/Census
1861/Annie Burkett/Servant/15/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1861/Louisa Freeman/Servant/20/Hammersmith, Middlesex/Census

1875/Alfred James Deer/../../../Electoral Register *

1877/Henry Price/../../../Post Office Directory **

1878 - 1880/Harry Price/../../../Electoral Register *

1881/Henry Price/Licensed Victualler, Widow/35/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas Bumpas/Bar Attendant/28/St Georges Hanover Sqr, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ernest Colvin/Bar Attendant/21/Borton, Kent/Census
1881/John Colburn/Bar Attendant/21/Kintbury, Berkshire/Census
1881/Eliza Jordan/Housekeeper/42/Blackfriars, Middlesex/Census

1882/Henry Price/../../../Post Office Directory

1883/James Crockett/../../../Electoral Register *

1884/Francis Newport/../../../Electoral Register *

1884/Francis Newport/../../../Post Office Directory

Morning Advertiser. 30 September 1885 - Transfer of Licenses
Worlds End, Chelsea, Francis Newport to Charles Clifford

Morning Advertiser. 06 January 1887 Transfer of Licenses
The Worlds End, Chelsea, Charles Clifford to Fredercik Staddon

West London Observer. 05 July 1890 - Transfer of licences :
the Worlds end, Chelsea, Henry Adolphus Gray to Thomas Henry Payne

1891/Thomas Hy Payne/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Thomas H Payne/Licensed Victualler/38/Marylebone, London/Census
1891/Annie Payne/Wife/35/Bermore, Hertfordshire/Census
1891/Thomas R Payne/Son/15/Hanover Square, London/Census
1891/Cecelia Payne/Daughter/12/Hanover Square, London/Census
1891/Robert L Payne/Son/10/St Pancras, London/Census
1891/William Payne/Son/8/Hanover Square, London/Census
1891/Charles Payne/Son/6/St Pancras, London/Census
1891/Andrew A Payne/Son/4/Tottenham, London/Census
1891/Herbert H Swilling/Barman/22/Chelsea, London/Census
1891/Charles Pattridge/Barman/19/Panghell, Devon/Census
1891/William G Hoadley/Barman/19/Panghell, Devon/Census
1891/Sarah A Martin/Cook/18/Hammersmith, London/Census
1891/Emily E Martin/Nursemaid/13/Fulham, London/Census
1891/Edward Payne/Son/3 months/Fulham, London/Census

1893/Thomas Henry Payne/../../../Electoral Register *

1894/George Oake/../../../Electoral Register *

1895/Geo Fisher/../../../Post Office Directory

Fulham Chronicle 05 June 1896 - Transfer of Licences
the Worlds End, Kings road from G Fisher to T McCrie Miller

1899/John Bell/../../../Post Office Directory

1897/George Fisher/../../../Electoral Register *

1900/John Bell/../../../Electoral Register *

1901/Henry George/../../../Electoral Register *

1901/Fred Saltmarsh/Publican/38/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Nancy Saltmarsh/Mother, Widow/60/Chelmsford, Essex/Census
1901/Dorris Hutson/Barmaid/28/Bethnal Green/Census
1901/Elizabeth Stephens/Barmaid/27/Clapham/Census
1901/Kate Eorman/Barmaid/23/Collyton, Devon/Census
1901/John Forsdick/Barman/23/Islington/Census
1901/Robert Cook/Barman/21/St Pancras/Census

Mid-Surrey Times. 07 November 1902
The Worlds End, Kings road, Chelsea, Edward Cecil Moore and Frederick Saltmarch to Bernard Joseph Belton and George William Mumford

1903/Frederick Saltmarsh/../../../Electoral Register *

1904 - 1910/George William Mumford/../../../Electoral Register *

1915/London & County Caterers/../../../Post Office Directory

1921/Huxley & Foster/../../../Post Office Directory

1934/Francis Shearmur/../../../Kelly Directory

1938/Fras Shearmur/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Jeremiah Crowley/../../../Post Office Directory

* Provided By John Carnaby

** Provided By Stephen Harris

And Last updated on: Wednesday, 27-May-2026 11:05:29 BST