Commonwealth Tavern, Caterham Valley, Surrey
Caterham pub history index
Commonwealth Tavern, 76 Croydon Road - in 1913 when the landlord was George Robert William Gammon
Kindly provided by Vincent O'Loughlin
The Commonwealth Tavern, was converted from two cottages is 1866, it was originally called The Dominion, then The Commonwealth Tavern,
and it was The Fountain in the 1990s and ended its days as The Valley. It closed in August 2012 and was demolished shortly after.
Next door is The Commonwealth Cinema (opened 7.7.1913), by 1923 it was the Valley Cinema & Varieties and it closed in 1929, never having been equipped for sound.
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Residents at this address
1867/Richard Bathford/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/Charles Kennett/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Charles Kennet/Publican/46/West Well, Kent/Census
1881/Emily Kennet/Wife/38/Dalston, Middlesex/Census
1881/William George/Son In Law, Assistant (Publican)/15/Dalston,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Edward Kennet/Son/7/Kensington, Middlesex/Census
1891/Joseph Martin/../../../Kellys Directory
In 1901, George Gammon is a barman at his mothers public house, the Selkirk in Streatham.
1911/George Gammon/Licensed Victualler/32/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1911/Dorcy Gammon/Wife, Assistant/28/Leytonstone, Essex/Census
1911/Edith Stephens/Servant/16/Caterham, Surrey/Census
1911/Julia Kearton/Barmaid/23/Torquay, Devon/Census
1913/George Robert William Gammon/../../../Kellys Directory
1918/Mrs Dorcy Gammon/../../../Kellys Directory
1937/John Edmund Mason, Commonwealth Tavern, 76 Croydon road, Caterham/../../Kellys Directory
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