Paddington pub history index
Existed from at least 1864. Earlier address is at 24 Desborough Place, Harrow Road
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Devonshire Castle, 320 Harrow Road, Paddington W2 - circa mid 1920s
The girl in front of the pub was born in 1910, so I imagine the photo dates from the mid-1920s.
Kindly provided by Roger Hughes
Residents at this address.
Samuel Richardson is the Licensed Victualler at the
Portman Arms, Edgware
road in the 1861 census, and just prior at the
Green Man, Edgware road
and at the Devonshire Castle, Desborough Place by 1864, and at the
Skiddaw Hotel by the 1871
census.
1864/Samuel Richardson/../../../Post Office Directory
1865/Mr S Richardson, Devonshire Castle, Desborough place, Harrow road/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1866/Samuel Richardson/../../../Morning Advertiser
1866/Eliza Morgan/Barmaid/17/seven days hard labour for stealing/Morning
Advertiser
24th January 1867/Samuel Richardson/Probate of his mother Elizabeth
Richardson/../../Probate
1867/Mr Samuel Richardson/Steward/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1869/Samuel Richardson/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Richard Davis/../../../Post Office Directory
1873/Stephen Miller/../../../Post Office Directory
1877/Thomas Brown/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/William Parker/Publican/35/Dinton, Buckingham/Census
1881/Sydney Parker/Nephew, Barman/12/Bermondsey , Middlesex/Census
1881/William Bruton/Barman/23/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alfred Cornish/Barman/18/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Humphreys/Potman/15/Paddington, Middlesex/Census
1882/William Parker/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/William Parker/../../../Post Office Directory
1886/Thomas William Guest/../../../Post Office Directory
1888/Thomas William Guest/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Edward Thomas Ginder/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Robert Stanley Chattey/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Robert Chattey/../../../Post Office Directory
1904/W Ferris & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1906/W Ferris & Co/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Robert Stanley Chattey/../../../Post Office Directory
1910/Samuel Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Samuel Cohen/Licensed Victualler/37/Boston USA/Census
1911/Julia Cohen/Wife, Proprietoress/40/Middlesex/Census
1911/Annie Constance Phipps/Servant/35/Wansford, Northampton/Census
1911/Charlie Trusson Cackett/Barman/25/Acton, Middlesex/Census
1911/Charles Day/Barman/31/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1911/Arthur Earnest Howard/Barman/25/Camberwell, London/Census
1911/Arthur Robert Isbell/Barman/27/Black Notley, Essex/Census
1915/Mrs Julia Cohen/../../../Post Office Directory
1916/David Davies/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/David Davies/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/George Henry Charlton/../../../Post Office Directory
1924/George Henry Charlton/../../../Post Office Directory
1927/George Henry Charlton/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Rt G Bicknell/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Rt G Bicknell/../../../Post Office Directory
[In
1920, Edward Hesling married Dorothy Maud Neale in Plaistow where he was a
greengrocer. Prior to the Devonshire Castle, he is at the
Dolphin, 27 Sirdar road,
W11]
1939/Edward Hesling, Licensed Victualler, 320 Harrow road/Born 28 Jan
1889/../Electoral register
1939/Dorothy M Hesling, 320 Harrow road/Born 17 Jun1 1894/../Electoral
register
1940/Edward Hesling/../../../Post Office Directory
1942/Edward Hesling/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/Edward Hesling/../../../Post Office Directory
1946/Edward Hesling, 320 Harrow road/../../Electoral register
1945 - 1950/Edward Hesling, Devonshire Castle, 320 Harrow road/../../BT
Telephone Directory [CUNningm 4359]