Southwark St Olave pub history index
There are two Kings Head in Tooley Street before 1891, at 95 Tooley Street and also at 178 Tooley Street. This Kings Head is at, or near, the junction with Stoney Lane. This Kings Head is latterly renamed the Old Kings Head, and at 135 Tooley Street by 1891. Closed in 1931 by the compensation authority. Kings Head, full, 135 Tooley street, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Andrew John Smith; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and the London County Council. There are 25 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile, the nearest being the Royal Oak, 85 yards, the Old Antigallican, 100 yards and St John Tavern, 135 yards.
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Southwark St Olave, Surrey, London.
Residents at this address.
1788/Jonathan Hamilton/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1800/Walter Stokes/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the
London Metropolitan Archives *
1802/William Fox/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1803/William Fox/victualler/../../Sun Fire Office records held at the London
Metropolitan Archives *
1822/William Aldon/../../../Victuallers Recognizance *
1823/William Aldon/../../../Victuallers Recognizance *
1825/William Aldon/../../../Victuallers Recognizance *
May 1826/Thomas Gosling/../../../Victuallers Recognizance *
October 1826/Thomas Gosling/../../../Victuallers Recognizance *
1827/Thomas Gosling/../../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1831/Thomas Gosling, Kings Head, Stoney lane, Tooley street, in addition to 2
guineas, 3 guineas/../../Licensed Victuallers Association
1839/Griff Griffiths/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Pigots Directory
1841/Griffin Griffiths/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Post Office
Directory
1842/G Griffiths/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Robsons Directory
1843/John Nash/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Post Office Directory
1848/John Nash/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Nash/Licensed Victualler/40/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Ann Nash/Wife/35/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/John Nash/Son/8/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Ann Nash/Daughter/5/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Mary Nash/Daughter/3/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/George Nash/Son/7 months/Southwark, Surrey/Census
1851/Mary Scott/General Servant/18/Southwark, Surrey/Census
September 1855/John Nash, deceased/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
September 1855/Ann Nash, widow and executrix of John Nash/ Incoming Licensee
/../../The Era
1856/Mrs Ann Nash/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Post Office Directory
1861/James Lapidge/Licensed Victualler/38/St Johns, Hackney,
Middlesex/Census
1861/Ann Lapidge/Wife/38/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1861/Ann Nash/Daughter/15/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1861/Mary Nash/Daughter/13/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1861/Elizabeth Nash/Daughter/10/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1861/Sarah Nash/Daughter/8/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1861/William Nash/Son/6/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1861/James K Hayhudon/Lodger, Undertaker/62/Southwark St Saviours,
Surrey/Census
1861/William Wilmot/Waiter/16/Southwark St Johns, Surrey/Census
1861/Mary Williams/House Servant/20/Southwark St Olave, Surrey/Census
1869/Jno William Thurston/Kings Head, 95 Tooley Street/../../Post Office
Directory
1891/Walter Carter/Old Kings Head, 135 Tooley Street/../../Post Office Directory
My Great Grandfather was Henry Couchman. In 1870 he ran "The
Old Fish" in Baldwins Gardens, Grays Inn Road; in 1877 "The Hope", Ivy
Lane St. Pauls and "The Dukes Head"; in 1879 "The George" Bury St,
Piccadilly; in 1888 "The Harp" Church St. Lisson Grove; and in 1891 "The
Old Kings Head", Tooley Street.
Henry died in 1893 and his son Harry went on to establish
COUCHMAN'S LTD soon after WW1. **
1891/Henry Couchman/Licensed Victualler/49/Lewes, Sussex/Census **
1891/Jane Couchman/Wife, Publicans Manager/45/Sittingbourne, Kent/Census
1891/Minnie M Couchman/Daughter, Barmaid/18/Holborn,London/Census
1891/Arthur Couchman/Son/10/St Georges, London/Census
1891/Florence C Couchman/Daughter/8/Chelsea, London/Census
1891/Richard Couchman/Son/4/Paddington, London/Census
1891/Clara Couchman/Daughter/3/Paddington, London/Census
1891/Alice Couchman/Daughter/1/Paddington, London/Census
1891/William Hey/Potman/21/Camden Town, London/Census
1891/Emily Parsons/Cook/22/St Pancras, London/Census
1895/Kingston Brothers/Old Kings Head, 135 Tooley Street/../../Post Office
Directory
1899/Walter William Woodman/Old Kings Head, 135 Tooley Street/../../Post
Office Directory
1910/James Townsend & Son/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/John Townsend/../../../Post Office Directory
1921/Charles H J Keeble/Old Kings Head, 135 Tooley Street/../../Post Office
Directory
1923/John Buck/Kings Head, 135 Tooley Street//../../Electoral Register
1923/Edith Hughes/../../../Electoral Register
1923/George Hughes/../../../Electoral Register
Southwark and Bermondsey Recorder. 17 July 1931
Licensing, nineteen Bermondsey Licenses to GO.
Under the Licensing(Consolidation) Act 1910, the compensation authority dealt with 30 licences.
The committee renewed four. The list of houses considered is:
Ship and Pilot, full, 114 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey ; licensee Amelia Dorothy; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd; The house was described as inferior in all respects to the three nearest houses, the Old Justice, the Ship in Distress, and the Cherry Tree (also referred). Licence not renewed.
Cherry Tree, full, Cherry Garden street, Bermondsey ; licensee James William Taylor; owners, Watney, Combe Reid and Co Ltd. There are five full licences within 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Havelock Arms, beer and wine on, 95 Jamaica road, Bermondsey ; licensee Mary Foster; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. Licence not renewed.
Involved in Clearance Scheme.
Noahs Ark, full, 380 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee Artur Herbert Carey; owners, Whitbread and Co Ltd. This home comes within the borough of Bermondseys clearance scheme. Licence not renewed.
Dukes Head, full, 268 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee, Thomas Henry Davis Plummer; owners, Taylor Walker and Co Ltd. The Dukes Head is also involved in the clearance scheme. Licence not renewed.
White Bear, full, 33 Tabard street, Southwark; licensee, Thomas Ogilvie; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. This was described as much inferior to the Royal Oak immediately opposite, the Dover Castle, 140 yards away; and the Swan Inn, 140 yards. Licence not renewed.
Tanners Arms. beer on, 8 Stanworth street, Bermondsey ; licensee, Edward Harold Munro; owners, Charrington and Co Ltd. There are two full licences within 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Red Lion and Key, full, 8 Battle Bridge Lane, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Jeremiah Mahoney; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd. It was mentioned that the Duke of Clarence (60 yards away), Shipwrights Arms (110 yards away), and Royal Oak (185 yards away), were superior in all respects. Licence not renewed.
Bricklayers Arms, full, 40 Parkers Row, Bermondsey ; licensee, Albert John Harrold Cope and Charles Leonard Colthorpe; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd ; Christopher W Parker, Faulkbourne Hall, Witham, Essex; and Oxley D Parker, Sharpham, Tootnes, Devon (trustee). A moderate sized house, the Bricklayers Arms was described as inferior to the Primce of Teck beerhouse, 100 yards away, and the Swan and Sugar Loaf, full, 120 yards. Licence not renewed.
Staver Porters, full. 1 Jacob street Bermondsey ; licensee, John Charnick; owners, Courage and Co Ltd (leaseholders) and Noakes and Co Ltd. This house was stated to be much smaller and inferior to the Ship Aground (120 yards away) and the Swan and Sugar Loaf (135 yards away). Licence not renewed.
Margate Town, full, 43 George row, Bermondsey ; licensee, Richard Wakefield; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. The Margate Town was compared with the George, a house recently rebuilt, 120 yards. Licence not renewed.
Grapes, full, 40 Bermondsey Wall, Bermondsey; licensee, Thomas Henry Gentry; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and Major R J Bevan, c.o. Messrs Marson and Toulmin, 1 Southwark Bridge Road SE1 . Licence not renewed.
Queens Head, full, 130 Tanner street, Bermondsey; licensee, Charles Woods; owners, Whitbread and Co Ltd and the Governors of Aldgate and All Hallows Barking Exhibition Foundation. There are two full licences within a radius of 100 yards. Licence not renewed.
Swallow Galley, full, 446 Rotherhithe street, Rotherhithe; licensee, George John Lovett; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. Licence not renewed.
Kings Head, full, 135 Tooley street, St Olave and St Thomas; licensee, Andrew John Smith; owners, Barclay, Perkins and Co Ltd and the London County Council. There are 25 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile, the nearest being the Royal Oak, 85 yards, the Old Antigallican, 100 yards and St John Tavern, 135 yards. Licence not renewed.
City of Salisbury, full, Tooley street, Southwark; licensee, George Pearce; owners, Cannon Brewery Co Ltd, the London County Council and the Law Union and Crown Insurance Company. Within a radius of 200 yards there are eight full licences and two beerhouses, the nearest houses being the Kings Arms, 30 yards, the Goat, 100 yards and the Tower Bridge Hotel, 135 yards. Licence not renewed.
Strong Plea fails.
Crown and Sceptre, full, 7 Shad Thames, Southwark; licensee, Edward Condon; owners, Hoare and Co Ltd. The Crown and Sceptre was stated to be much smaller and inferior in every way to the Dockhead Stores at 95 yards, and the Feathers, at 155 yards. Within 200 yards there are 11 full licences and one beerhouse.
A plea for the owners and licensee suggested money could be spent more profitably. The tenant has been in the house for 20 years, and if refused what is he to do? Licence not renewed.
Woolf Arms, beer on, 38 Woolf sytreet, Bermondsey ; licensee, William Henry Abbott; owners, Courage and Co Ltd and Noakes and Co Ltd. The Woolf Arms was said to be inferior in all respects to the nearest houses, the Feathers, 50 yards, and the Dockhead Stores at 135 yards. There are 31 licences within a radius of a quarter of a mile. Licence not renewed.
* Provided By Ewan
** Provided by Norma Leatherby