Goat Tavern, 3 Stafford Street, Mayfair W1S 4RP

St George Hanover Square pub history index

Goat Tavern was built in 1686, nestled amongst the busy streets of Mayfair. 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 Hanover Square

The Goat Tavern, Stafford Street, off Bond Street - in 1948

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Goat, 3 Stafford Street, W1 - in August 2012

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Residents at this address.

1811/Thomas Little, Goat, Arabella row, Pimlico/../../Holdens Directory

1811/William Field, Goat, Arabella row, Pimlico/../../Holdens Directory

1833-34/William Wedd, Goat, Arabella row, Pimlico/../../Pigot's Directory *

1839/John Newell/../../../Pigot's Directory *

1841/John Newell/../../../Post Office Directory *

1842/John Newell/../../../Robson's Directory *

1848/Henry Bailey/../../../Post Office Directory *

1851/John Thompson/Licensed Victualler/40/Derbyshire/Census *
1851/Elizabeth Ann Thompson/Wife/32/London/Census
1851/Thomas King/Servant/44/Sussex/Census
1851/Lucy Allen/Servant/27/Hampshire/Census
1851/George Gom/Lodger, Sculptor/32/London/Census
1851/William Hobin/Lodger, Servant/53/Yorkshire/Census

1851/John Thompson/../../../Kellys Directory

1856/Robert Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/Henry Edmonds/Licensed Victualler/47/Carlton, Suffolk/Census
1861/Hannah Edmonds/Wife/44/Newcastle, Staffordshire/Census
1861/Ellen Fry/House Servant/18/Windsor, Berks/Census
1861/Edward Roble/Lodger, Gentleman/24/Homersfield, Suffolk/Census
1861/William Harkman/Lodger, Smith/23/Odiham, Hampshire/Census
1861/William Bilbrough/Lodger, Tailor/26/Tadcaster, Yorkshire/Census
1861/Mary Jones/Lodger, Householder/54/LLananddyn/Census

1869/W Greenfield/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/William Greenfield, Goat, 3 Stafford Street W/../../Post Office Directory

1877/Edmund Shelley, Goat, 3 Stafford Street W at junction with Albemarle street/../../Post Office Directory

1879/Edmund Shelley, Goat, 3 Stafford Street, Old Bond street W/../../Post Office Directory

[The Goat was owned by Frederick Shelly of the King John’s Head at 8 Albemarle Street; later to be best known as Shellys.]
1881/Frederick Shelly/Son (Head), Inkeeper (Manager)/18/Westminster, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah H Shelly/Cousin, Innkeeper (Manageress)/25/Chelsea, Middlesex/Census
1881/Fanny Shelly/Cousin/23/Lewes, Sussex/Census
1881/Jane M Patterson/Barmaid/31/Kennington, Surrey/Census
1881/Jame Bartlett/Cellarman/35/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Bartlett/Cook/40/Hoxton, Middlesex/Census

1882/Edmund Shelly/../../../Post Office Directory

1882/Fanny Shelley/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Fanny Shelley/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/John Robert Cottrell/../../../Post Office Directory

1895/William White/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Fredk Arthur Rhodes/../../../Post Office Directory

1910/Fredk Arthur Rhodes/../../../Post Office Directory

1914/Fredk Arthur Rhodes/../../../Post Office Directory

1915/Frederick Arthur Rhodes/../../../Post Office Directory *

1921/Emma A. Rhodes/../../../Hughes Directory *

1938/Mrs Emma Alice Rhodes/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Mrs Emma Alice Rhodes/../../../Post Office Directory

2017 Greene King, Goat Tavern, 3 Stafford Street, Mayfair W1S 4RP


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** Provided By Stephen Harris