Dog & Truck, 72 Back Church lane E1
St George in East Index
It was rebuilt in its present form in 1935 and is now the only surviving pub in the street. **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St George In East, London - in East London.
Dog & Truck, 72 Backchurch Lane, E1 - in January 2008
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1862- 1863/Jonathan Austin/grocer & beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1864 - 1868/Elijah Davis/grocer & beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1869/Mrs Isabella Davis/../../../Post Office Directory **
London Daily Chronicle of Friday 18 December 1868 has an advert for “Beer and General Shop to Let. For terms apply at the Dog and Trunk [sic] Back Church Lane, Whitechapel” *
1870 - 1872/Malcolm McLeod/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1871/Malcolm McLeod/engine fitter/35/, Scotland/Census *
1871/Lucy McLeod/wife/28/Borough, Surrey/Census
1871/Charles McLeod/son/1 month/St Georges in the East, Middlesex/Census
1871/Hannah Owens/servant/11/St Georges in the East, Middlesex/Census
1873 - 1874/George Batt/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1875 - 1876/Henry Brockman/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1876/Henry Brockmann/../../../Post Office Directory **
1877 - 1879/Henry Stessel/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
Feb 1877 - East London Observer reports that “A man named Stessel, keeper of the ‘Dog and Truck’ public-house, Back Church Lane, Whitechapel, was summoned at the instance of Chief Inspector McDonald, of the H division, for permitting drunkenness.” *
Tower Hamlets Independent and East End Local Advertiser of Saturday 23 August 1879 has an advert for the sale of several properties including “Nos 66, 68, 70 and 72 Back Church Lane, including a Corner Beerhouse, The Dog and Truck” *
(Henry Stessel died aged 44 on 27 Apr 1879 at 72 Back Church Lane. His death was registered as “Heinrich Stussell”. He was buried on 3 May 1879 in City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery, under “Henry Stessel” which was later altered to “Heinrich Stussell”, of Back Church Lane) *
1880 - 1881/Mrs Susannah Stessel/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1881/Carl C Shutze/Beer Seller/33/Stockholm, Sweden/Census *
1881/Julia Shutze/Wife/20/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Matilda Shutze/Daughter/15 months/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
The Era of Sat, Oct 15, 1881 has a report of the prosecution of Frederick Daniel Braun and one witness was “Carl Conrad Shutze of 72 Backchurch Lane, Whitechapel” who keeps “a small chandler’s and beershop at that address” *
1882 - 1886/Carl Conrad Schutze/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
Eastern Post of Saturday 12 May 1883 describes a group of people being charged with uttering counterfeit coins – two of them passed coins to “Mr Carl Conrad Schutze, the Dog and Truck public-house, Backchurch Lane.” *
East London Observer of Saturday 09 February 1884 describes the prosecution of “George Clark, 40, a dealer in sand” who was charged with assaulting “Carl Conrad Schutze, a general dealer of 72 Backchurch Lane, Whitechapel”. Clark wouldn’t stop trying to get Schutze to buy some sand until Schutze came out from behind the counter to try to get him to leave the shop, at which point Clark “called him some filthy names, and catching hold of some handsfull of sand, he threw it in the witness’s face, the sand going all over two casks of butter”. *
Morning Advertiser of Tuesday 06 July 1886 shows the transfer of the licence from Carl Conrad Schutze to Moses Danai. *
Morning Advertiser of Tuesday 19 October 1886 describes an application in respect of 72 Backchurch Lane “for the grant of a licence to Henry Stark jun, in the stead of the late occupier, Moses Danai, who had ‘removed from and yielded up possession’ of the premises”. The application was granted. *
1887/Henry Stark/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
Commercial Gazette (London) of Wednesday 09 February 1887 shows Nicholas Dorn of the Dog and Truck, 72 Back Church Lane, beerhouse & provision shop keeper granting a charge over property. *
1888 - 1893/Nicholas Dorn/grocer/../../Post Office Directory *
In Oct 1889, Henry Theobald Dorn, son of Nicholas Dorn, a provision merchant of 72 Back Church Lane was baptised at St Mark, Goodman’s Fields. *
In Oct 1890, Albert Dorn, son of Nicholas Dorn of 72 Back Church Lane, started at Berner Street School *
1891/Nicholas Dorn/Grocer/35/, Germany/Census *
1891/Katie Dorn/Wife/27/, Germany/Census
1891/Albert Dorn/Son/3/St Georges in the East, London/Census
1891/Henry Dorn/Son/1/St Georges in the East, London/Census
On 14 Nov 1894, Katie Bertha Dorn of 72 Back Church Lane was buried in the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery. *
Morning Advertiser of Tuesday 01 August 1893 records the transfer of the licence from Nicholas Dorn to John Fritz *
1894/John Fritz/grocer/../../Post Office Directory *
Financial News of Monday 03 September 1894 has an article about the old Queens Head, in the Borough which “is now to be pulled down. It has been in existence for more than four centuries, and, so far as the present century is concerned, owed its fame – as do so many old inns – to the ‘touch of the vanished hand’ of Charles Dickens. It was at the Queens Head that the stroller Jingle accepted a financial solatium for the loss of that impressionable spinster, Miss Rachel Wardle, a proceeding which so far raised the ire of Mr Pickwick that he flung the inkstand at the retiring head of Mr Jingle. The most recent host of this now doomed landmark was Mr Nicholas Dorn.” *
Morning Advertiser of Tuesday 25 September 1894 records the transfer of the licence from John Fritz to Nicholas Dorn. *
1895/Nicholas Dorn/grocer/../../Post Office Directory *
Eastern Post of Saturday 19 January 1895 records the transfer of the licence from Nicholas Dorn to Humphry Hatcher. *
1896/Humphry Hatcher/../../../Post Office Directory **
Morning Advertiser of Tuesday 01 October 1895 records the transfer of the licence from Humphry Hatcher to Nicholas Dorn. *
Eastern Post of Saturday 05 December 1896 records the transfer of the licence from Nicholas Dorn to Samuel Mitchell. *
Nicholas Dorn would go to the Sugar Loaf, 155 Back Church Lane, then on to the Crown and Anchor, 44 Brook Street, until it shut down in about 1913, then on to the Lord Liverpool, Clark Street, Mile End. *
1897/Samuel Mitchell/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1899/Robert Leech/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1900/William Oakley/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1901/John Powis Surrey/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1901/John Surrey/Beer House Keeper/52/Camberwell, London/Census
1901/Ann Surrey/Wife/48/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1901/William Surrey/Son, Parcels Clerk to Carrier/15/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1901/Elizabeth Surrey/Daughter/18/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1901/Lily Surrey/Daughter/14/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1901/Florence Surrey/Daughter/9/Folkestone, Kent/Census
Morning Advertiser of Tuesday 25 June 1901 records the transfer of the licence from John Surrey to Frederick Towerzey. *
1903/Frederick Towerzey/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
East End News and London Shipping Chronicle of Friday 03 July 1903 records the transfer of the licence from Frederick Towerzey to Andrew Monteith. *
1904 - 1905/Andrew Monteith/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1907 - 1910/Samuel Mitchell/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1911/Charles Brett/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
Eastern Post. 22 April 1911 - Transfers of Beer and wine on Licences
Beer, 72 Backchurch lane, Charles Briston Brett to Charles John Hintz
1911/John Hintz/No occupation/76/, Germany/Census *
1911/Lena Hintz/Wife/61/, Germany/Census
1911/Charles John Hintz/Son, beer house keeper/34/, London/Census
1911/Anora White/Boarder/20, shop girl/St Georges in the East, London/Census
1912/Charles John Hintz/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
Eastern Post. 11 November 1911 - Transfers of Beer and Wine Licenses
Beer, 72 Backchurch lane, Charles John Hintz to John Grybus
1913 - 1920/John Grybus/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1921/John Grybus/beer retailer/71/Suwalki, Poland/Census *
1921/Emily Grybus/wife/65/Suwalki, Poland/Census
1921/Andrew Grybus/beer retailer/32/Stepney, London/Census
1921/Thaddeus Grybus/bookkeeper/29/Stepney, London/Census
1922 - 1923/Charles Andrew Grybus, Electoral Roll *
Eastern Post of Saturday 10 November 1923 records the transfer of the licence to Charles Andrew Grybus. This is the “Andrew Grybus” shown on the 1921 census, son of John Grybus. *
Charles Andrew Grybus appears at 72 Back Church Lane on either (or both) of the electoral roll or a directory until 1941. From here he went to run an off-licence on the Holloway Road. *
1944/B M Briggs/../../../Post Office Directory **
1949/E J York/../../../Post Office Directory **
1988 - 90/Mr A D Hawkins/../../../Watney Truman publicans list
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