All public house, restaurants, bars etc closed for the forseeable future on 20th March 2020, but this is a history site
Chelsea Pub history index
This is not to be confused with the Coach & Horses at a similar address, as the numbering was very sporadic in early directories. The Three Crowns is earlier listed as at Royal Hospital row in 1843 and earlier. If it had survived longer it would have had an Pimlico road address
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Chelsea, London. The Chelsea , London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1805/Charles Preston, Three Crowns, Grosvenor row, Chelsea/../../Holdens
Directory
1823-24/Thomas Neale, Three Crowns, Royal Hospital row/../../Pigots
Directory
1826/Thomas Neale, Three Crowns, Royal Hospital row/../../Middlesex
Directory
1831/Thomas Neal, Three Crowns, Jews row, Chelsea, in addition to 2 guineas, 3
guineas/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
February 1833/Thomas Neale, the Three Crowns, Royal Hospital Row, Chelsea,
victualler/../../Sun Fire Insurance records at the LMA
1839/Thomas Neale/4 Royal Hospital row/../../Pigots Directory
1842/Thomas Neale/Royal Hospital row/../../Robsons Directory
1843/Thomas Neale/Royal Hospital row/../../Kellys Directory
1848/Thomas Neale/Grosvenor row/../../Kellys Directory
1851/Thomas Neale/4 Queens road east/../../Kellys Directory
1851/Thomas Neale/Publican, Widow/62/Surrey/Census
1851/Elizabeth Neale/Daughter/34/Isleworth/Census
1851/Jane Bradwick/Servant/30/Aylesbury/Census
1851/Richard Ware/Servant/23/Newbury/Census
+ Lodgers
May 1856/Edward Smith/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1856/Robert Alfred Moore/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1860/James Maidment/../../../Post Office Directory