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76 Watergate Street / 29 Old King Street
St. Nicholas
Deptford
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo circa 1903. |
Also referred to as the "Masons' Arms" and also addressed as 29 Old King
Street.
The pub closed its doors in the 1911 and has since been demolished.
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From the Borough of Greenwich Free Press, 8 May,
1858.
GREENWICH POLICE COURT.
Cutting and Wounding a Police-constable.
John Finity, described as a labourer, was placed at the bar on
remand, charged with cutting and wounding Police-countable Claridge,
157 R, while in the execution of his duty.
William Tissen deposed, that about half past nine o’clock on the
night of Saturday, the 24th ult., he went into the tap-room of the
"Freemasons Arms," King-street, Deptford, and saw the prisoner
there. He was making a disturbance about a half-sovereign, of which
he said, "somebody had picked him up." One man showed him a
half-sovereign, and asked him if that was it, and on his returning
it to his pocket the prisoner struck him in the face, and caught
hold of his hair. The landlord then put him out of the room, and in
getting him to the outer door witness advised him to go home, when
he instantly struck him in the face. A constable was on the spot,
and he gave the prisoner in charge for the assault. Witness saw the
prisoner throw the constable down, and kick him violently in the
face, he made several desperate kicks at him. Assistance then
arrived, and the prisoner, who was drunk was secured. The constable
was bleeding from the face.
Mr. Cregreen, assistant to Dr. Downing, divisional police
surgeon, said that about ten o'clock the officer was brought to the
surgery, and he examined him. He found a contused wound on the angle
of the right eye, bleeding very freely, also on the left angle of
the lower jaw. Both wounds were likely to be produced by kicks.
There were also two wounds on the hand near the thumb, the result of
a bite.
The prisoner, having heard the above testimony said he was very
drunk and was sorry for what he had done.
The witnesses were then bound over, and the prisoner committed
for trial on the charge of cutting and wounding.
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LICENSEE LIST
GODWYN John 1826+
BATCH William 1840+
BROMLEY Mathew 1851-74+ (age 37 in 1851 )
GILBERT Charles 1881-82+ (age 36 in 1881)
CRAIGHEAD Henry A 1884+
ELLIS John to Nov/1890
PASS Edward John Nov/1890-91+ (age 33 in 1891)
BREEN Patrick 1895-99+
KIDDLE Samuel 1910-11+ (age 52 in 1911)
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Census
Woolwich Gazette
Jack Pass, also known as Edward John Pass had a number of pubs during his
lifetime, these include the Freemasons Arms, 76 Watergate Street, Deptford
(1891); Admiral Napier, 94 Carburton Street, Bethnal Green (1895); the
Waterloo Tavern 64 Samuel Street, Stepney (1899-1901); the White Horse, 236
Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green (1902-1909); the Hope (Woodman), 89 Holly
Street, Hackney (1910-1915); and at the Boundary House 1 High Street,
Ponders End, where he died (1915-1940).
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