In the heart of the notorious �Devil�s Acre�, this house had a reputation as �a headquarters for thieves and other evil-doers�. In a case heard by Bow Street magistrates on 23rd Sept 1795, a witness stated that he heard �two men in the yard conversing about their having robbed one Mr Green� and arguing about the distribution of the loot. The final tenant of the pub not only left without paying the rent, but also took with him �everything that could be conveniently removed.� The vacant building was leased in 1858 by a group headed by a well-known reformer, Miss Adeline Cooper, and converted into the One Tun Ragged School. The school moved to Old Pye Street in 1879, and the building was demolished. *
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Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1811/John Harden, One Tun, Perkins rents, Old Pye street, Westminster/../../Holdens Directory
7 November 1821, Insured: William Daniel The One Tun 4 Purkis Rents Great Peter Street Westminster victualler - Other property or occupiers: 75 Park Place Locks Fields ; 3 Prior Place East Lane Walworth
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1841/Elizabeth Young/../30/ Middlesex/Census
1841/William Young/../15/ Middlesex/Census
1841/Grace Young/../20/ Middlesex/Census
8th Aug 1847/License transfer from Thomas Walkington Cooke to Wm Coe/../../../The Era *
4th June 1850/License transfer from William Humphryes to Charles Cross Laughton /../../../The Era *
3rd Dec 1850/License transfer from Charles Cross Laughton to George Newton Swinson Jones/../../../The Era *
8th April 1851/License transfer George Newton Swinson Jones to Charles Cross Laughton /../../../The Era *
In the 1851 Census, No 3 was unoccupied *
25th May 1851/License transfer from Charles Cross Laughton to William Matthews /../../../The Era *
The same transfer was agreed again on 17th Aug 1851
22nd Nov 1853/ License transfer from James Stevens to Edward Jackson/../../../The Era *
4th Aug 1855/ License transfer from Henry Newman to Charles Thomas Goble /../../../The Era *
29th Jan 1856/ License transfer from Charles Thomas Goble to John Boyden/../../../The Era *
11th Nov 1856/ Simeon Whytell, the landlord, was granted a license because the previous tenant had quit./../../../The Era *
4th Mar 1857/ License transfer from Simeon Whytell to John Wilson/../../../The Era *
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