Friend At Hand, 2-4 Herbrand Street Bloomsbury WC1N 1HX

St George Bloomsbury pub index

Built in 1735; At 32 Colonnade, Brunswick Square in 1869 and earlier; at 4 Herbrand Street in 1934 & 1944. The 1901 census describes the address as at 64 Colonnade (known as 64 Herbrand Street) - the north side. **
It was a Greene King public house in 2017 and March 2026. Greene King has announced plans to sell off, or convert 150 pubs into tenanted or franchised locations, as the UK hospitality sector struggles with rising costs.

A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George Bloomsbury parish, London.

Friend at Hand, 4 Colonnade, WC1 - in March 2007

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Residents at this address

1827/William Bayley, Friend at Hand, Colonade, Brunswick square/../../Pigot's Directory

1833-34/Samuel Smith, Friend at Hand, 32 Colonnade, Brunswick square/../../Pigots Directory

1836/William Thornton/../../../Information Board at the Pub **

1839/William Carruthers/../../../Pigots Directory

1841/William Carruthers/../../../Post Office Directory

1842/W Carruthers/../../../Robsons Directory

January 1847/Charles Carruthers/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

January 1847/James Smith/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1848/James Smith/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/James Smith/Licensed Victualler, Widow/60/Chelsfield, Kent/Census
1851/Thomas W Smith/Son/26/southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Betsy W Smith/Sister in Law, Housekeeper/57/Middlesex/Census
1851/E Spendloaf/House Servant/17/Mildenhall, Norfolk/Census

1856/Edmund Kent/../../../Post Office Directory

September 1855/Edward Kent/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era

September 1855/Robert David Marshall/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era

1861/John Weeks/Licensed Victualler/45/Swindon, Wiltshire/Census
1861/Mary Weeks/Wife/46/Ellesmere, Shropshire/Census
1861/Susan Ponter/Niece/27/Liverpool/Census
1861/Mary Weeks/Daughter/9/Middlesex/Census

1869/Chas Stovell/../../../Post Office Directory

October 1869/Charles Sewell/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

October 1869/William Surridge/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1874/W Surridge/../../../LV Directory

1881/William Wrigglesworth/Publican/45/../Census
1881/Ann Wrigglesworth/Wife/43/../Census
1881/Ann Sarah Wrigglesworth/Daughter/16/Hoxton/Census
1881/Ada Wrigglesworth/Daughter/13/Hoxton/Census
1881/William Wrigglesworth/Son/10/Bermondsey/Census
1881/Emma Wrigglesworth/Daughter/6/Old Kent Road/Census
1881/Edwin Wrigglesworth/Son/4/Seven Sisters Rd Holloway/Census
1881/David Wrigglesworth/Son/3/Warne St New Kent Rd/Census
1881/Richard Wrigglesworth/Son/1/Bloomsbury/Census

1882/George Mills/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/George Mills/../../../Post Office Directory

1895/George Wigglesworth/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Albert Green Gwunne/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/George W Gould/Licensed Victualler/43/Thrupp, Berkshire/Census
1901/Angelina Gould/Wife/37/Bristol, Somerset/Census
1901/William B Gould/Son/6/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Emily K Gould/Daughter/4/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Rosina Wolf/Niece, Barmaid/19/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Helena M Dight/Niece, Cook/23/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Minnie Sillett/Niece/14/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Robert A Seymour/Potman/36/Peckham, Surrey/Census
1901/Thomas Brittains/Saloon Attendant/16/London, Middlesex/Census

1934/Solomon Martin/../../../Kellys Directory

1938/Mrs Mary E T Davis/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Mrs Mary E T Davis/../../../Post Office Directory

1966/Samuel Silverman, Friend at Hand, 4 Herbrand street WC1/../../Licensed Victuallers Association

2017 Greene King, Friend At Hand, 2-4 Herbrand Street Bloomsbury WC1N 1HX


** Provided By Stephen Harris