Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street, Shoreditch N1

I am presuming that the 1811 entry is correct. The address is 20 Pitfield Street in 1856 and earlier, prior to street renumbering. * This pub is now called Charlie Wright's International Bar. I see that Charlie Wright was landlord in 1910. *** Closed 2015, demolished c. 2016. *+

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Queens Head postcard, 45 Pitfield Street, in 1908 from Charlie to Mrs Collieu, 5 Pavilion street, Brighton.

Queen's Head, 45 Pitfield Street, in 1908 from Charlie to Mrs Collieu, 5 Pavilion street, Brighton.

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

Queen's Head, 45 Pitfield Street, N1 - in November 2007

Queen's Head, 45 Pitfield Street, N1 - in November 2007

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Residents at this address.

1811/William Leverington, the Queen Elizabeth, Pitfield street, Hoxton/../../Holdens Directory

August 1822/William Flint/Victualler, Queens Head, Pitfield Street, Hoxton/../../Access to Archives

1825/Mr James Sandwell/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association

December 1825/James Harding/Victualler, Queens Head, Pitfield Street, Hoxton/../../Access to Archives

1833-34/Edwin Laver, Queens Head, 20 Pitfield street, Hoxton/../../Pigot's Directory

1834/Mr Edwin Laver/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1839/John Price/../../../Pigot's Directory *

1841/John Price/../../../Post Office Directory *

1842/John Price/../../../Robsons Directory

1844/John Price/../../../Thompsons Directory ***

1848/John Price/../../../Post Office Directory *

1856/J Price/../../../Post Office Directory

August 1862/John Price/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era

August 1862/John Coe/Incoming Licensee/../../Era

October 1863/John Coe/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +

I am related to Joseph Collieu (Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street, Shoreditch). He ran the pub from 1863, then his wife Sarah in 1879, then his son Joseph about 1891. ++
My great-grandmother left this really cool 1908 postcard of the pub.
It appears to be sent by Charles Wright to my great-grandmother, Eliza Ada Collieu.
She is not listed in your family members, as she was married, but all the other family members listed line up perfectly. Charles signs it "bro" brother, although they are not related. But, certainly they would have been like family, together at the pub.

October 1863/Joseph Collieu/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +

1865/Mr Joseph Collieu/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association

1869/Joseph Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory

1871/Joseph Collieu/Licensed Victualler/42/Shoreditch, London/Census
1871/Sarah Collieu/Wife/42/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sarah Collieu/Daughter/22/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/William Collieu/Son/20/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary Ann Collieu/Daughter/18/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Caroline Collieu/Daughter/16/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Eliza Collieu/Daughter/14/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Martha Collieu/Daughter/12/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alice Collieu Collieu/Daughter/10/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Selina Collieu/Daughter/7/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henrietta Collieu/Daughter/5/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Jessie Collieu/Daughter/4/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Joseph Collieu/Son/2/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census
1871/Emily Collieu/Daughter/3 months/Shoreditch, London, Middlesex/Census

1876/Joseph Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory ***

March 1877/Joseph Collieu/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer

March 1877/Sarah Catharine Collieu/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer

1879/Mrs Sarah Collieu, Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street, Hoxton/../../Post Office Directory

1881/Sarah C Collieu/Licensed Victualler, Widow/52/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Collieu/Son, Manager/30/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Maryann Collieu/Daughter, Assistant/28/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Marther Collieu/Daughter, Assistant/20/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Collieu/Daughter, Domestic/18/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1881/Selina Collieu/Daughter, Machinist/17/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henrietta Collieu/Daughter, Machinist/15/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jesse Collieu/Daughter/14/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Joseph Collieu/Son/12/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Collieu/Daughter/10/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census

1882/Mrs Sarah Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory

1884/Mrs Sarah Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory

1885/Mrs Sarah Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory ***

In December 20 1890, Joseph Collieu married Julia Sarah Wright, both aged 22 of 45 Pitfield street, with marriage witnesses Charles Frederick Wright and Elizabeth Coombe

1891/Joseph Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory

1891/Joseph Collieu/Publican/22/London/Census
1891/Julia S Collieu/Wife/22/London/Census
1891/Hetty Morris/Barmaid/19/London/Census
1891/Hester Bullwinkle/Servant/19/London/Census

1895/Joseph Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory

1899/Joseph Collieu/../../../Post Office Directory

1899, Joseph Collieu of the Queens Head 45 Pitfield street Middlesex died 3 March 1899 Administration London 24 March to Julia Sarah Collieu widow Effects £872 4s 11d.

1903/Mrs Julia Sarah Collieu, Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street/../../Post Office Directory

1905/Charles Frederick Wright, Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street/../../Post Office Directory

1910/Charles Frederick Wright/../../../Post Office Directory

1911/Henry Goodman/Licensed Victualler Manager/31oxton, London/Census
1911/Charles Fredrick Westhape/Servant/25/Sheffield/Census
1911/Alice Mott/Housekeeper/37/Bloomsbury, London/Census

1915/Charles Frederick Wright/../../../Post Office Directory

1917/Charles Fdg Wright, Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street/../../Post Office Directory

1921/Charles F. Wright/../../../Hughes Directory *

1925/Charles Fdk Wright, Queens Head, 45 Pitfield Street/../../Post Office Directory

1934/David O'Gorman/../../../Post Office Directory *

1938/Henry Pack/../../../Post Office Directory

1944/Hy Jas Hall/../../../Post Office Directory

1962/A R Graves/../../../BT Telephone Directory ***

1963/A R Graves/../../../BT Telephone Directory ***


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