Landlords, legends, census records, and lost taverns.
St Martins pub history index
This is named the Norfolk in the 1852 directory, aka Cafe a Gourmet in 1856 and 1874
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in St Martins in Fields, London.
Residents at this address.
1792/James Gardner / Victualler /../../Sun Fire Office records, held at London Metropolitan Archives **
1842/Thomas Reeve/../../../Robson’s Directory **
1851/Nehemiah Norton/Wine Merchant, Widow/46/Mattishall, Norfolk/Census
1851/Sarah Norton/Mother/71/Yaxham, Norfolk/Census
1851/Lydia W Taylor/Sister in Law/40/Mattishall Burgh, Norfolk/Census
1851/Emma Rich/Barmaid/18/Waterloo road, Middlesex/Census
1851/Elizabeth M Button/Barwoman/38/City of London/Census
1851/Mary Ann Ellis/Cook/27/Collingtone, Wiltshire/Census
1851/Mary Ann Reed/Housemaid/17/City of London, St Brides/Census
1851/William Cowell/Porter/30/St Georges east, Middlesex/Census
1852/Nehemiah Norton, Norfolk, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
1855/John Pickford the younger / Manager of the business of a Licensed Victualler & occasionally an Omnibus Driver /../../London Gazette, 24 August 1855 **
1856/Thomas Eden Gamble, Cafe au Gourmet, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
1861/Job Cambridge/Manager Licensed Victualler/24/Kensington,
Middlesex/Census
1861/Elizabeth Mackrill/Housekeeper, Widow/66/Berkshire/Census
1869/John Besley, Adelphi Stores, 75 Strand/../../Licensed Victuallers
Association
1869/John Besley, Adelphi Wine & Spirit Stores, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
1871/Jane Besley/Licensed Victualler, Widow/32/Knowstone, Devon/Census
1871/Caroline Fister/sister/22/Knowstone, Devon/Census
1871/Eleanor caroline Knight/Barmaid/34/Horsham, Sussex/Census
1871/Margaret Elizabeth Dalimore/Barmaid/23/Kenningron Cross/Census
1871/harriet Crew/Domestic Servant/22/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1871/George Geater/Barman/26/Bray, Berkshire/Census
1874/Walter Joyce, Cafe au Gourmet, 75 Strand/../../Licensed Victualler &
Hotelier Directory
1881/Walter Joyce/Licensed Victualler/44/Brixton, Surrey/Census
1881/Sarah Joyce/Wife/48/Enfield, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Joyce/Daughter/10/London City, Middlesex/Census
1881/Fanny Joyce/Daughter/10/London City, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie Peck/Governess/27/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Ann Duncan/Barmaid/29/Sea Salter, Kent/Census
1881/Fanny Beverly/Barmaid/35/Halesworth, Suffolk/Census
1881/Mary Chamberlain/Domestic Servant/24/Cambridge/Census
1882/Walter Joyce/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/Walter Joyce, Adelphi Stores, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
1888/Henry Kruger/../../../Middlesex Sessions of the Peace records, held at
London Metropolitan Archives **
1891/Miss Elizabeth Barnes, Adelphi Wine & Spirit Stores, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
1891/Alfred J Whalley/Licensed Victuallers Manager/36/London/Census
1891/Louisa Whalley/Wife/35/London/Census
1891/Alice E Baker/Barmaid/23/London/Census
1891/Ellen Edwards/Barmaid/23/Rayleigh, Essex/Census
1891/Minnie Channing/Barmaid/21/London/Census
1891/Frank Clark/Barman/28/London/Census
1891/Harriet Sherwood/Cook/23/London/Census
1891/Emily Webb/Housemaid/23/London/Census
1899/Burney & Grimes, Adelphi Wine & Spirit Stores, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
1901/Frederick W L Smith/Licensed Victualler/33/Bermondsey, London/Census
1901/Elsa Smith/Wife/32/Scotland/Census
1901/Cyril Smith/Son/8/Marylebone, London/Census
1901/Rosalind A Middleton/Barmaid/19/Notting Hill, London/Census
1901/Rose Skinner/Barmaid/19/Middlesex/Census
1901/Nellie Newton/Barmaid/19/Clapham, London/Census
1901/George R Barham/Barman/22/Bayswater, London/Census
1901/Edward Carroll/Door Porter/29/Marylebone, London/Census
1901/Sarah E Ray/Cook/40/Surrey/Census
1901/Minnie Fuhe/Housemaid/19/Devon/Census
1906/Frederick Lancaster Smith, Adelphi Stores, 75 Strand/../../Post Office Directory
My great-great-granduncle Charles Lawrence (1861-1931), is at the Adelphi Wine & Spirit Stores in the 1911 census . *
In 1895, a Licensed Victualler at the Havelock Arms, Meeting House Lane, he marries Mary Ellen Wright, aged 30 at St Stephen, Westminster
In 1901 he is at his fathers hotel, Henry Lawrence at the Duke of Cambridge Hotel, Farnborough road, in Farnborough.
1911/Charles Lawrence/Hotel Manager/50/Bermondsey, London/Census
1911/Mary Ellen Lawrence/Wife/45/Peckham, London/Census
1911/Irene Victoria Lawrence/Daughter/13/Westminster, London/Census
1911/Annie Eileen Dunne/Barmaid/22/Meath?, Dublin?/Census
1911/Christina Vanse/Barmaid/23/Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire/Census
1911/Annie Thomas/Cook/34/Sudbury, Middlesex/Census
1911/Horace Arnold O'Dell/Barman/28/Worthing?, Sussex/Census
1911/John North/Potman/43/Stoke Newington, Middlesex/Census
* Provided By Steven Lawrence
** Provided By Stephen Harris