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Boston Arms, 178 Junction Road, Islington N19

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The address is also sometimes given as Dartmouth Park Hill (and as York Road in 1856, prior to street renaming). It is listed in directories as the Boston Hotel by 1896 and later, though it has since returned to the earlier name, the Boston Arms. * At Junction Villas, Junction Road in 1869; This pub was rebuilt in its present form in 1899.  **

Boston Arms, Islington - the original pub before 1899

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Boston Arms, Junction Road, Islington - circa 1905

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Boston Arms, 178 Junction Road, Islington N19 - in May 2010

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Boston Arms, Junction Road, Islington - in 2013

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Residents at this address.

1856/George Brooks/../../../Post Office Directory *+

1862/Joseph Grose/../../../Post Office Directory *+

March 1866/James Hewitt/License renewal/../Clerkenwell News

1869/Jas Hewitt/../../../Post Office Directory

1874/James Hewitt/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/Edward H Blunt/Licensed Victualler, Widow/40/Islington/Census
1881/Genev Blunt/Daughter/7/Islington/Census
1881/Frank J Blunt/Son/4/Islington/Census
1881/John Geo Houde/Barman/19/Islington/Census
1881/Emma Gardener/Barmaid/26/Islington/Census
1881/George Dring/Billiard Maker/22/Stepney/Census
1881/Alicia Wood/Housekeeper/30/Manchester/Census
1881/Eliza Blint/Nurse Maid/17/Clerkenwell/Census
1881/Alexand Blint/Coachman/18/Clerkenwell/Census
1881/Fredrick Staught/Barman/20/Dublin/Census

1896/Francis Courtney/../../../Kelly's Directory *+

1899/Walter Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory

By 1911 the barman, Henry Hayes, is the manager at the Yorkshire Grey, 48 Whitechapel High Street. *

1901/William Bell/Public House Manager/39/Marylebone, London/Census *
1901/Alice Bell/Wife/31/Kennington, London/Census
1901/Henry Hayes/Barman/24/Blackfriars, London/Census
1901/Arthur Sproule/Barman/20/China, British Subject/Census
1901/Kathleen Callaghan/Barmaid/29/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1901/Florence Smith/Barmaid/22/Newington, London/Census
1901/Edith Gattrill/Barmaid/24/Guildford, Surrey/Census
1901/Margaret Dramwell/Barmaid/26/Wapping, London/Census
1901/Kate Tarrant/Barmaid/26/Newbury, Berkshire/Census
1901/Amy Shepherd/Barmaid/31/Westminster, London/Census
1901/Lottie Field/Barmaid/27/Stevenage, Hertforfdshire/Census
1901/Nellie Vale/Barmaid/23/Ely, Cambridgeshire/Census
1901/Florrie Lock/Barmaid/16/Deptford, London/Census
1901/Nellie Davis/Barmaid/20/Ratcliff, London/Census
1901/Elizabeth Norton/Cook/30/Sevenoaks, Kent/Census
1901/Mary Bryan/Housemaid/23/St Pancras, London/Census

1906/Walter Lewis Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory *+

1910/Walter Lewis Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory

1914/Walter Lewis Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory *+

1915/Walter Lewis Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory

1921/Walter John Lewis & Ernest Pickard/../../../Post Office Directory

1927/Joseph Mummery & Ernest Pickard/../../../Post Office Directory *+

1934/N Fish/../../../Kelly's Directory

1938/N Fish/../../../Post Office Directory

1940/N. Fish/../../../Post Office Directory *+

1942/N. Fish/../../../Post Office Directory *+

1944/N Fish/../../../Post Office Directory

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** Provided By Stephen Harris