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Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street EC2

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The address was earlier given as 84 Curtain Road and 113 or 114 Curtain Road. The Pub first established in 1700 - re-built 1876 in current form - remains open **

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Shoreditch, East London.

Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street - circa 1930's - The four gentlemen standing at the front of the pub (Old Blue Last) are Harold Seear (2nd from right) and three of his sons, William, Arthur and Frank.

Kindly provided by David B Seear

Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street - circa 1950

Old Blue Last, 38 Great Eastern Street EC2 - in April 2006

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Residents at this address

1805/Robert Greenaway, Blue Last, Curtain road, Shoreditch/../../Holdens Directory

1808/Robert Greenaway/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1812/Robert Granaway/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1816/William Blundell/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1820/Joseph Fearne/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1824/Joseph Fearn/Victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1825/Mr Joseph Fearn/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1828/Joseph Fearn/../../../Proceedings of the Old Bailey **

1833-34/Joseph Fearn/../../../Pigots Directory

1836/Henry CossonVictualler/../../Sun Fire Office records, held at Guildhall Library **

1839/Henry Cosson/../../../Pigot’s Directory **

1841/Henry Cosson/../../../P.O. Directory **

1842/Henry Cossen/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1843/Henry Cosson/../../../Post Office Directory

1851/Henry Cosson/../../../Kellys Directory

1851/Henry Cosson/Licensed Victualler/53/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1851/Jane Cosson/Wife/43/St Lukes/Census
1851/Henry Cosson/Son/7/Shoreditch/Census
1851/Ann Green/Servant/26/Norfolk/Census
1851/Emma Pritchard/Servant/25/Shoreditch/Census
1851/Mary Ann Jeffrey/Servant/32/Shenfield, Essex/Census
1851/Sarah Parsons/Servant/24/Norfolk/Census
1851/George Hall/Servant/31/Mile End/Census
1851/Charles Welbourne/Servant/18/Hertford/Census

1856/Henry Cosson/../../../Post Office Directory

1858/Henry Cosson/../../../Post Office Directory

2nd July 1860/W Hubble and John Robert Burleton executors of the late Peter Henry Deakin/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

1863/Peter Henry Deakin/../../../Post Office Directory

September 1867/Elizabeth Deakin/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

September 1867/Thomas Taplin/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

16th May 1868/Thomas Taplin/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +

16th May 1868/Samuel Coombs/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

1869/Samuel Coombs/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/Eliza J Coombs/Licensed Victualler, Widow/37/Finsbury, Middlesex/Census
1871/William F Coombs/Son, Barman/17/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Samuel E Coombs/Son, Apprentice to Printer/16/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry A Coombs/Son/12/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Thomas H Coombs/Son/11/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary A Pipe/Visitor/24/Oxford/Census
1871/Eliza Clark/Domestic Servant/24/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sidney Blackly/Visitor, Retired Builder, Widow/38/Sheerness, Kent/Census

1872/Mrs E J Combs/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **

1874/Eliza Jane Coombs/../../../H D Miles Directory of Licensed Victuallers **

6th March 1875/Eliza Jane Coombs/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +

6th March 1875/George Abraham Riley/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

November 1875/G A Riley/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer

November 1875/G Hewitt/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer

1881/Francis Bryan/Licensed Victualler/47/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Matilda Bryan/Wife/43/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Adelaide Bryan/Daughter/18/Newington, Surrey/Census
1881/Thomas Statell/../23/Kennington/Census
1881/Jane Satchell/Boarder/23/St Botolph, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sydney Wheeler/Barman/22/Reading/Census
1881/Frederick Gaulder/Barman/23/Wittersham, Suffolk/Census
1881/Frederick Newman/Barman/17/Mereworth, Kent/Census
1881/Goerge Chack/Barman/21/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Mary Ann Stevenson/Domestic Servant/28/Huntingdon/Census
1881/Ann S Davis/Domestic Servant/28/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas Satchell/../2 months/Finchly, Middlesex/Census

1882/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Francis Brien/Licensed Victualler/57/Spitalfields/Census
1891/Elizabeth Rousham/Manageress/32/Walworth/Census
1891/Sarah E Gray/Domestic Servant/26/Lincolnshire/Census
1891/Sarah Lewis/Domestic Servant/22/London/Census
1891/Bessie McArthur/Domestic Servant/22/Kerry, Ireland/Census
1891/William H Clark/Barman/20/London/Census
1891/John McGibbons/Barman/22/St georges East/Census
1891/William J Bowers/Barman/25/Bethnal Green/Census
1891/Frank Harrison/Potman/22/Bermondsey/Census

1895/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Francis Brien/../../../Post Office Directory

1901/Samuel Goddard/Licensed Victualler/25/Great Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1901/Ellen Goddard/Wife/26/Marlow, Buckinghamshire/Census
1901/Henry Goddard/Barman/21/Great Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1901/George Batterham/Barman/22/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1901/Sydney Darby/Barman/18/Lynn, Norfolk/Census
1901/Albert Rogers/Potman/20/Shoreditch, London/Census
1901/Jenny Say/Cook/18/Shoreditch, London/Census

1903/Francis Brien / Licensed Victualler, deceased / Died 8 April 1903 /../../London Gazette, 3 July 1903 **

1910/Brien & Co/../../../Post Office Directory

1921/Brien & Co/../../../Post Office Directory

1934/Harold Seear/../../../Kellys Directory

1938/Hy Jn Poll/../../../Post Office Directory

1952/Mr & Mrs F E Beaton/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***

Mrs Lobham, wife of Mr J A Lobham, died on May 14th, 1963 - Black Eagle Journal ***

+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Alex Wilkinson