Brighton pub history index
at 3 Regency Colonnade in 1866 & earlier
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Brighton, Sussex . The Brighton, Sussex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Residents at this address.
1859/H Gaston/../../../Post Office Directory
1866/F Sturdy/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/Robert Payne/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Robert Payne/Licensed Victualler, Widow/47/Harrietsham, Kent/Census
1881/Robert Payne/Son, Clerk/17/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Walter E Payne/Son, Apprentice/14/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/William F Payne/Son/9/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Amelia Norris/Barmaid/21/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1881/Harry Carter/Visitor, Groom/21/Chigwell Row, Essex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Tester/Visitor, Lady, Widow/77/Slaugham, Sussex/Census
Walter J Edlin, born Q4 1883 Regency Tavern, Russell Square, Brighton.
In 1901 he was a Post Office Clerk. He married Millicent L Earney in Brighton
Q1 1911. The HQ for their Brighton pub chain was the
King and Queen. After
the First World War it was a garage run by Walter Edlin and Neville Hodgson
before reverting to a pub in 1932.
The original King and Queen inn was a bow-fronted two-storey Georgian
building on the site of a farmhouse. This had gained a licence in 1779 to
cater for various sporting events held at that time on the North Steine. In
addition the inn was also the venue for Brighton's corn market until 1868
when the Corn Exchange opened.
The present building was built in the Tudor style by architects Clayton and
Black in 1931-32 with carved timber framing, herring-bone brickwork, stained
glass and tapestries. The interiors were fitted out by Heaton, Tabb and
Company, a well-known firm of pub decorators. Despite the figures of Henry
VIII and one of his wives, the inn's sign more accurately shows King George
III and Queen Charlotte. In 1967 three rooms were knocked through to make a
mediaeval nobleman's hall.
Walter's father Henry William Edlin, born Q3 1848 baptised on 28 Oct 1849,
in Shadwell, Stepney. Henry was a Licensed Victualler. He was married Q3 1877
Fulham D to Emily Sarah Jones. (born c 1854 Trefonnen Shropshire) According
to the 1881 Census they lived at the
Talfourd Arms on Lyndhurst Road in Camberwell, Surrey. He was a Licensee from 12th August 1889. In 1891 they
were living at 33 Russell Square, Brighton. He died in 1892 at the Regency
Tavern Brighton and in 1893 his widow, Emily, became a Licensee. from 2 May
1893 until 4 November 1902. She died May 1938 age 91 at Gloucester Mansions
Brighton. **
1890/Harry Wm Edlin/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Henry W Edlin/Licensed Victualler/40/Shadwell, London/Census
1891/Emily J Edlin/Wife/37/Trefonnen, Salop/Census
1891/Frederick W Edlin/Son/12/Camden Town, London/Census
1891/Harry S Edlin/Son/10/Startford, Essex/Census
1891/Walter J Edlin/Son/7/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Lloyd E Edlin/Son/4/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1891/Kate Robins/General Servant/18/Handcorss, Sussex/Census
1899/Mrs E Edlin/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Emily J Edlin/Licensed Victualler, Widow/?/Trefonnen, Shropshire/Census
1901/Frederick W Edlin/Son, Cashier/22/London, Middlesex/Census
1901/Walter J Edlin/Son, Post Office Clerk/17/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1901/Lloyd E Edlin/Son/14/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1901/Annie Carter/General Servant/18/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1901/Charles W Cobden/Potman/23/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1905/Richard Mose/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Percy Foot/../../../Post Office Directory
1913/Percy Foot/../../../Post Office Directory
1915/Percy Foot/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Percy Foot/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Evan Tom Evans/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Evan Tom Evans/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By David Wilson
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