Hoop & Toy, 34 Thurloe Place, LONDON SW7 2HQ

This pub was established as the Grapes in around 1515 and renamed the Hoop & Toy in 1784. **
It was a Greene King public house in 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 Kensington, London.

1792/Peter Quin, victualler, the Hoop and Toy, Brompton/../../Sun Fire Office insurance - Access to Archives

1805/Peter Quin, the Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton/../../Holdens Directory

1825/Mr. Carncelly, Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton/../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1826/John Carnelly, Hoop & Toy, Old Brompton/../../Middlesex Directory

1827/John Carncelly, Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton/../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1830/Mr Carnelly, Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton makes a one guinea Susbscription to the Licensed Victuallers Association

1833-34/John Carnelly, Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton/../../Pigots Directory

1836/John Carnelly, Hoop & Toy, Kings Head row, Old Brompton/../../Pigots Directory

1841/John Carnelly/Publican/64/../Census ***
1841/Martha Carnelly/../50/../Census
1841/George Carnelly/Farrier/22/../Census
1841/Harriet Carnelly/../13/../Census
1841/Ann Carnelly/Widow/60/../Census

1843/John Carnelly/../../../Kellys Directory

1845/John Carnelly, Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton/../../Post Office Directory

By 1848, John Carnelly is at the Black Horse, 30 Oxendon Street

1851/Mrs Eliza Pope/../../../Kellys Directory

1851/Julian Pritchard/Licensed Victualler/25/Lawley Pel, Shropshire/Census
1851/Mary Pritchard/Wife/17/St James, Middlesex/Census
1851/Mary A E Pritchard/Daughter/Under 6 months/Brompton, Middlesex/Census
1851/Richard Bradburn/Barman/17/Dawley, Shropshire/Census
1851/Henry Salisbury/Servant/24/Brompton, Middlesex/Census
1851/Emma Rhodes/House Servant/18/Brompton, Middlesex/Census
1851/Lacaser Spindler/Cook/22/Brentwood, Essex/Census

1856/Julian Pritchard/../../../Post Office Directory

1861/Julian Pritchard/Licensed Victualler/37/Shropshire/Census
1861/Ann Pritchard/Mother, Widow/71/Shropshire/Census
1861/Alfred Pritchard/Brother in Law, Barman/34/Shropshire/Census
1861/Sarah Lloyd/Daughter, Housekeeper/34/Shropshire/Census
1861/Thomas Lloyd/Son in Law, Iron Moulder/37/Shropshire/Census
1861/George Lloyd/Grandson/4/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1861/John Lloyd/Grandson/1/Brompton, Middlesex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Willis/General Servant/20/../Census
1861/Fanny Fletcher/Nursemaid/12/Lancashire/Census

1865/Mr J Pritchard, Hoop and Toy, Thurloe place, Old Brompton/../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1869/Julian Pritchard/../../../Post Office Directory

September 1870/Julian Pritchard/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

September 1870/George Midland Cawse, late of the Royal Standard, Sale Street, Paddington/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper

1871/John Murry/Barman/18/Bethnal Green/Census
1871/William Owen/Waiter/15/Marylebone/Census
1871/Alice Case/Housekeeper, Widow/32/Berkshire/Census
1871/Maria Simpson/Barmaid/27/Marylebone/Census
1871/Marian Taylor/Barmaid/19/Surrey/Census
1871/C Cawse/Licensed Victualler, Widow/50/Southampton/Census

Morning Advertiser. 05 May 1880 - Transfer of Licences
Kensington - The Hoop and Toy, Old Brompton, Anton Francis Phillips to Anton Phillips

1881/Acton Phillips/Licensed Victualler/27/St Georges, Middlesex/Census
1881/Amy Phillips/Wife/23/St Margarets, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Phillips/Sister/15/St Margarets, Middlesex/Census
1881/Fred Horlock/Barman/25/Christchurch, Hampshire/Census
1881/James Parks/Barman/21/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred J Cutley/Potman/21/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/Louisa C Benecke/General Servant, Widow/55/Clerkenwell, Middlesex/Census

1882/Acton Phillips/../../../Post Office Directory

Morning Advertiser. 07 February 1883 - Transfer of Licences
The Hoop and Toy, Thurloe place, Kensington, Acton Phillips to Benjamin Parish

1884/Benjamin Parish/../../../Post Office Directory

Morning Advertiser. 07 January 1885 - Transfer of Licenses
Hoop and Toy, Kensington, Benjamin Parish to Alfred Henry Watts

1891/Benjamin Parish/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Benjamin Parish/Publican, widow/49/Westminster, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth M Triggs/Sister, Manageress, widow/42/Pimlico, London/Census
1891/Ellen L Scott/Barmaid/21/Crayford, Kent/Census
1891/Emily E Collins/Barmaid/24/Belgravia, London/Census
1891/John B Garnall/Barman, Widow/32/Hoxton, London/Census
1891/William Moran/Barman/21/Earls Court road, London/Census
1891/Eliza Bartlett/Cook/49/Islington, London/Census

1895/Benj Parish/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Edwin Hy Gilbert/../../../Post Office Directory

1910/Edwin Hy Gilbert/../../../Post Office Directory

1915/Edwin Hy Gilbert/../../../Post Office Directory

The name of the pub is listed as E N (or M ] Gilbert, Hoop & Toy in the 1921 census. *
The manager is listed as Ernest Edward Parlby and his wife Amy Sarah as Manageress,

1934/Wilfred Geo Penney/../../../Kellys Directory

1938/Wilfred Geo Penney/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Mrs N E Penney/../../../Post Office Directory

2017 Grwene King, Hoop & Toy, 34 Thurloe Place, LONDON SW7 2HQ

* Provided By Stephen Malcolm Parlby

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By David Wall

And Last updated on: Tuesday, 31-Mar-2026 10:47:20 BST