Poplar pub history index
Existed from at least 1860. The address in 1862 is at Pekin place, East India Dock road. The 1863 and 1875 license transfers list the address as the Eagle Tavern, Cotton street, as it is at the junction with Cotton Street. It was destroyed in 1945 by a V2 rocket with the loss of 20 lives. The site has never been built on since. **
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
2nd July 1860/James Daveron/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
2nd July 1860/George Samuel Ayres/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
May 1862/George S Ayres/LV Association/../../Era
August 1863/George Samuel Ayres/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
August 1863/John Osborne/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1869/J Osborne/../../../Post Office Directory
January 1875/John Osborn/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
January 1875/Thomas Corbett/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
12th May 1877/T E Corbett/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
12th May 1877/George Salmon/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
May 1879/J Roberts/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
May 1879/W Charles Parsons/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer
The landlord William Charles Parsons was formerly of the
Tenterden Arms,
Bromley-by-Bow. **
1879/William Charles Parsons / Landlord /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
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1880/William Charles Parsons / Landlord /../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey
**
1881/William Parsons/Licensed Victualler/39/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Louisa C Parsons/Wife/34/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1881/Arthur Toombs/Barman/27/Barnet, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ellen Thatcher/Barmaid/27/Richmond, Surrey/Census
1881/Harriett Wainer/Barmaid/25/Newark, Nottingham/Census
1881/Kate Apson/Domestic Servant/19/Bromley, Middlesex/Census
1884/William C Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Charles Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory
1895/William Charles Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory
1898/William Charles Parsons / Licensed Victualler, deceased / Died 2
November 1898 /../../London Gazette, 18 April 1899 **
1898/Louisa Clara Parsons, William Farnham James Parsons & Walter Parsons /
Executors /../../London Gazette, 18 April 1899 **
1899/William Charles Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Executors of William Charles Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/Joseph Gazeley/Head, Scaffolder/47/St Pancras, London/Census
1901/Thomas Beech/Barman/26/Witham, Essex/Census
1901/Hanry Stearn/Barman/26/Long Melford, Suffolk/Census
1901/William Smith/Barman/22/Battersea, London/Census
1901/Emily Blencoe/Cook, Widow/37/Stanton St Johns, Oxford/Census
1907/William George Rayner & William Robert Burton/../../../Post Office Directory **
1910/Walter Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Walter Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Walter Parsons/../../../Post Office Directory **
1931/Alfred Jn Stevens/../../../Post Office Directory **
1934/Alfred Jn Stevens/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Edward Shacklady/../../../Post Office Directory
1944/William Story/../../../Post Office Directory
+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
** Provided By Stephen Harris