Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
Paddington pub history index
Existed from at least 1869. Earlier address is at 61 & 63 Moscow Road until at least 1910, at 51 Moscow Road by 1921. Latterly called the Phoenix. It was a Greene King public house in 2017 and 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.
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address
September 1864/William Chapman Garret/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1864/Charles Edwin Checkley/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/Chas Murrell/../../Post Office Directory
1871/Eliza Robinson/Manageress Public House/28/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1871/Florence Nurton/Servant/21/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1871/Edward Lovegrove/Servant/20/Westmonster, Middlesex/Census
1871/Eliza Parsons/Servant/27/Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire/Census
1881/Henry Edward Barrow/Publican/33/Bristol/Census
1881/Jane Fisher/Barmaid/27/Carlisle, Cumberland/Census
1881/Edward Turner/Barman/19/Paddington/Census
1881/Emma Turner/Housekeeper/35/Stretham, Leicester/Census
1881/James Barker/Potman/19/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1884/Frederick I Barrow/../../Post Office Directory
Family history research has the birth of Ashton Frank Bokenham Abbott on 2 June 1892 at 61 Moscow Road, parents are Hubert Robert Abbott and Kate Alice (nee Bockenham) christened 1st July at Christ Church Paddington; and the death of Hubert Robert Abbott, licenced victualler at Moscow Arms, 61 Moscow Road, Bayswater on 5 June 1894 from from the National Probate Calendar. *
Further research gives the marriage of Hubert Robert Abbott a licenced victualler of 61 Moscow Road on 21 October 1884 and Kate Alice Bockenham at St Matthew, Bayswater (from his certificate of marriage).*
1891/Hubert Robert Abbott/Licenced victualler/29/Hackney, Middlesex/Census *
1891/Kate Alice Abbott/Wife/30/Islington, London/Census
1891/Elizabeth Taylor/Servant/17/Notting Hill, London/Census
1891/Mabel B Abbott/Daughter/5/Bayswater, London/Census
1891/Hubert B Abbott/Son/3/Bayswater, London/Census
1891/Aubrey B Abbott/Son/2/Bayswater, London/Census
1891/Dorothy A Abbott/Daughte/6 months/Bayswater, London/Census
1891/Helena Green/Barmaid/29/Islington, London/Census
1891/Annie Hide/Barmaid/28/Paddington, London/Census
1891/Emily Ford/Nurse/15/Shoreditch, London/Census
1899/Charles James Langdale/../../Post Office Directory
1910/John Stronach/../../Post Office Directory
1911/John Rennie Stronach/Licensed Victualler/30/Keith, Banff/Census
1911/Elizabeth Stronach/Wife, Assistant/27/Old Kilpatrick, Renfrew/Census
1911/Ian Rennie Stronach/Son/3/Newcastle, Northumberland on Tyne/Census
1911/Percy Richardson/Barman/20/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1915/Edgar North/../../Post Office Directory
George Thomas Moorcroft is licensee of the Victory, 32 Barlow Street, Walworth in 1911
August 1915 National Registration Act Forms :
Moscow Arms, 51 Moscow Road – Ada Webber, aged 17 – nurse housemaid – Mr G J Moorcroft +
Moscow Arms, 51 Moscow Road – Alice Emily Moorcroft, aged 36 – household duties +
1921/G T Moorcroft/../../Hughes Directory
In 1921 census at 51 Moscow Road, Paddington
George Thomas Moorcroft, Licensed Victualler, aged 40 years 8 months, and born in Plaistow, Essex, Employer
Alice Emily Moorcroft, Wife, Licensed Victualler Assistant, G J Moorcroft , aged 41 years 6 months, and born in South Ockendon, Essex
Albert Percy Moorcroft, Son, Assisting Father, aged 17 years 1 month, and born in Paddington, London
Hilda Fenton, Barmaid, G J Moorcroft, aged 27 years 2 months, and born in Windsor, Berkshire
Annie Heslin, Barmaid, G J Moorcroft, aged 26 years 3 months, and born in Pentson, Addingtonshire
Annie Phillips, Cook, G J Moorcroft, aged 26 years 1 month, and born in Kington, Herefordshire
1938/Harry Bennett/../../Post Office Directory
1944/Harry Bennett/../../Post Office Directory
2017 Greene King, Phoenix (Bayswater) 51 Moscow Road Bayswater W2 4AL
2026, Greene King, Phoenix 51 Moscow Road, Bayswater W2 4AL
+ Provided By Jenny Edwards
* Provided by Ted Croucher