Limehouse index
Early address was at 10 Burn Street. * Closed by the Compensation Authority in 1908.
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Residents at this address.
1833-34/William Rd Parsons, Devonshire Arms, Burner street,
Limehouse/../../Pigots Directory
1834/William Parsons / Victualler & Carman /../../records of Sun Fire Office
held at Guildhall Library **
1836/William Parsons / Victualler & Carman /../../records of Sun Fire Office
held at Guildhall Library **
August 1847/William Tomlin/ Outgoing Licensee /../../The Era
August 1847/James Cantor/ Incoming Licensee /../../The Era
July 1849/Benjamin Cooper/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
July 1849/Daniel Scully/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
November 1849//Daniel Scully/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
November 1849/John Matthews jun/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
March 1862/Thomas Coombes/ Outgoing Licensee /../../Era
March 1862/Thomas James Parker/ Incoming Licensee /../../Era
May 1862/Thomas James Baker/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer +
May 1862/Edward Greaves/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
November 1863/William Bird (solicitor to the assignees of the late
tenant)/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1863/James Brown/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
17th March 1866/Elizabeth Wilkes/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
17th March 1866/George Amber/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
1867/George Amber / Formerly Licensed Victualler, now Bankrupt and
Out-of-Business /../../London Gazette, 14 June 1867 **
September 1867/George Amber/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
September 1867/John Grant/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1869/George Leftwich/../../../Post Office Directory
May 1869/George Leftwich/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
May 1869/Robert Skirrow Danter/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
19th March 1870/Skirrow Danber/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
+
19th March 1870/James Clark/Incoming Licensee/../../East London Observer +
September 1870/James Clark/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
September 1870/Joseph Waterer/Incoming Licensee/../../Era Newspaper
1871/Joseph Wakin/Licensed Victualler/40/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/Emma F Wakin/Wife/36/Cobham, Surrey/Census
1871/Joseph Wakin/Son, Porter/18/Cobham, Surrey/Census
1871/George H Wakin/Son/9/Clapham, Surrey/Census
1871/Mary A Wakin/Daughter/7/Clapham, Surrey/Census
May 1878/H G Penny, Licensed Victualler, Burn street, Limehouse, five
measures defective, fined 40s/../../Lloyds Weekly Newspaper
21st October 1876/Joseph Waterer/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
21st October 1876/Henry George Penny/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer +
August 1879/Henry G Penny/Outgoing Licensee/../../East London Observer
August 1879/Robert Henry Bennett/Incoming Licensee/../../East London
Observer
1881/Henry Martin/Musician/29/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henrietta Martin/Wife/29/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Martin/Son/10/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Fanny Martin/Son/8/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henrietta Martin/Daughter/6/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Lilian Martin/Daughter/4/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Martin/Son/3/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Maude Martin/Daughter/4 months/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1884/William Roffe/../../../Post Office Directory
1884/James Stebbings / Licensed Victualler, deceased / Died 11 December 1884
/../../London Gazette, 27 February 1885 **
1884/Elizabeth Ann Stebbings / Widow /../../London Gazette, 27 February 1885
1886/Rose Jarvis / Public House Keeper�s Wife /../../Proceedings of the Old
Bailey **
1895/William Chas Britton/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/William Charles Britton/../../../P.O. Directory **
London Evening Standard 12 June 1907 - List of premises to be considered by the Compensation Authority :
The Devonshire Arms, Dupont street, Limehouse, Full, Walter George Moffatt
Morning Post 29 January 1908
More Lost Licences. £323,342 awarded in six hours as compensation.
Licenses ordered for extinction under the Licensing Act, 1904 were:
Devonshire Arms, Dupont street, Limehouse £1484
+ Provided by Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park
** Provided by Stephen Harris