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Star & Garter, 70 Caledonian road, Clerkenwell N1

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The address is 1 Melville Terrace, Caledonian Road in 1856 and earlier, prior to street renumbering. * Listed in the Barnsbury, Islington census in 1901. Long closed and now in use as an Islamic centre. ***

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Star & Garter, 70 Caledonian Road N1

Star & Garter, 70 Caledonian Road N1

Star & Garter, 70 Caledonian Road, N1 - in October 2007

Star & Garter, 70 Caledonian Road, N1 - in October 2007

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Residents at this address.

March 1866/Samuel Olliff/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News

1848/William Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory *

1851/Thomas Gascoyne/../../../Post Office Directory *

In 1851 at Melville Terrace, Saint James Clerkenwell is the Star & Garter
Samuel Olliff, Publican aged 29 and born in Buckinghamshire
William Weatherley, Servant, Assistant to publican aged 24 and born in Chiswick, Middlesex
Thomas Weatherley, Servant aged 11 and born in Hammersmith, Middlesex
John Delane, Potman aged 25 and born in Chelsea, Middlesex
Ann Delane, General servant aged 28 and born in Oxon

1856/Samuel Olliff/../../../Post Office Directory *

In 1861 at 1 Melville Terrace, St James Clerkenwell
Samuel Olliff Head aged 39 and born in Hatton, Buckinghamshire
Henry Willis Servant Assistant aged 19 and born in St Andrew's, Middlesex
Thomas Barrett Servant Assistant aged 17 and born in Heathbeach, Bedfordshire
George Parsons, Pot boy aged 16 and born in Marylebone, Middlesex
Ann Banks, House servant aged 39 and born in Marylebone, Middlesex

1869/Samuel Olliff/../../../Post Office Directory

June 1871/Samuel Oliff, deceased/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

June 1871/Caleb C Oliff, executor of Samuel Oliff/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

1876/John T Briggs/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1881/Thomas S Eade/Licenced Victualler/45/Heigham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Harriet A Eade/Wife/38/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/E H Eade/Daughter/19/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas B Eade/Son, Tailor/17/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frank P Eade/Son/4 months/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census
1881/Louisa Sharman/Servant/59/Borough, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas Mercer/Barman/28/Chatham, Kent/Census
1881/Herbert Wright/Barman/18/Ashridge, Cheshire/Census
1881/Henry Moseley/Barman/18/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census

1882/Thomas Samuel Eade/../../../Post Office Directory

1883/Thomas Samuel Eade/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1884/Thomas S Eade/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/E J Rose & Co/../../../Post Office Directory

1895/Edward Evans/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Arthur Stribling/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/Arthur Stribling/Manager of Licensed Victualler/28/Paddington, London/Census
1901/Elizabeth Stribling/Wife/27/St Pancras, London/Census
1901/Lillian D Stribling/Daughter/9 months/St Pancras, London/Census
1901/Albert Doling/Barman/24/Southampton, Hants/Census
1901/Alfred G Sapsworth/Barman/20/Spitalfields, London/Census
1901/Frederick G Waller/Barman/19/Old Warden, Bedford/Census
1901/David Taylor/Barman/18/Haddenham, Bucks/Census
1901/Harry Monro/Barman/19/Chelsea, London/Census

1910/Arthur Lennox Bryan/../../../Post Office Directory

1917/Arthur Lennox Bryan/../../../Post Office Directory ***

1915/Arthur Lennox Bryan/../../../Post Office Directory *

1921/Harry Defries/../../../Hughes Directory *

1934/Mrs Kate Randall/../../../Kellys Directory

1938/Stanley H Emerson/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Stanley Henry Emerson/../../../Post Office Directory *


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