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Sort file:- Woolwich, August, 2024.

Page Updated:- Wednesday, 28 August, 2024.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1823-

 George and Dragon

Latest ????

41 High Street

Woolwich

George and Dragon 1920s

Above photo 1920s, by kind permission Chris Mansfield. http://www.chrismansfieldphotos.com/
1869 map

Above map, 1869. RED "Coach and Horses." MAGENTA "Duke on Horseback." CYAN "George and Dragon." YELLOW "Ship and Half Moon." GREEN "Royal Standard." BLUE "Marquis of Granby. MUSTARD "Three Daws."

 

Information found suggests that the pub was reputed to be one of the roughest pubs in the area in the 1900s.

 

From the Borough of Greenwich Free Press, 19 January, 1856.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.

PETTY SESSIONS — CROOMS HILL. Saturday, Jan. 12.

Present — T. Lewin, Esq. (in the chair), Major Gossett, Alderman Engleton, Coles Child, and J. Sutton, Esqrs.

Woolwich.

"George and Dragon," High street, Charles Gordon to James Ellis.

 
 

 

LICENSEE LIST

STEVENS William 1823+ Pigot's Directory 1823

BROWN Elizabeth 1832-40+ Pigot's Directory 1832-34

GREEN Charles Thomas 1852-May/53

GORDAN Charles May/1853-12/Jan/56

ELLIS James 12/Jan/1856-Nov/60

ELLIS Charles Nov/1860-66+

GORDON James 1881+ (age 52 in 1881Census)

GORDON Mary B Mrs 1882-91+ (widow age 55 in 1891Census)

HOUGH Henry Shelley to Mar/1894 Kentish Mercury

GORDON Charles Mar/1894+ Kentish Mercury

SIME William 1901-21+ (age 46 in 1901Census)

O'NEIL Alfred 1934+

QUICK Arthur Sidney 1938+

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Pigot's Directory 1823From the Pigot's Directory 1823

Pigot's Directory 1832-34From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34

CensusCensus

Kentish MercuryKentish Mercury

 

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