Old Sheer Hulk, 3 Church Street, Woolwich SE18
at 194 Woolwich Church Street by 1944
Woolwich index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Woolwich, Kent .
The Old Sheer Hulk, Church street, Woolwich
Residents at this address
1840/William Edwards/../../../Post Office Directory
1852/Edwin Edwards/../../../Archdeacons Directory
1858/Edwin Edwards/../../../Melvilles Directory
November 1859/Harriet Edwards/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1859/Emily Blest/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1862/George Prentis, Old Sheer Hulk, 3 Church street/../../Post Office Directory
1867/Old Sheer Hulk tavern, George Prentis, 3 Church street, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
November 1868/Eliza Prentis/Outgoing Licensee/../../Era
November 1868/William Musson/Incoming Licensee/../../Era
1871/Eliza Musson/Licensed Victualler/35/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1871/George Prentice/Son in Law/13/St Pancras, Middlesex/Census
1871/Walter Prentice/Son in Law/10/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1871/Maud Prentice/Daughter in Law/4/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1871/Grace Watts/Mother, Housekeeper, Widow/57/Sandwich, Kent/Census
1871/Mary Brown/Sister in Law, Housekeeper, Widow/48/Great Bardfield,
Essex/Census
1871/George Briggs/Potman/18/Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire/Census
1871/Elizabeth Brown/Servant/18/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1874/Chas William Acock/../../../Post Office Directory
16 November 1878/Robert Gwynn, 33, no occupation, was charged with being
drunk and disorderly and assaulting Mr Hughes, proprietor of the Sheer Hulk,
public house Woolwich./Kentish Independent
1882/Thomas Edward Hopper, Old Sheer Hulk, Old Sheer Hulk, Woolwich/../../Post Office Directory
1896/William W Campbell/../../../Post Office Directory
Woolwich Gazette 13 November 1896 - Transfers
Sheer Hulk, Woolwich, from Walter William Campbell to William Launchbury
1901/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/Robert W Luck/Licensed Victualler/40/Westminster, London/Census
1901/Ada Luck/Wife/25/Penge, Surrey/Census
1901/Lydia O Luck/Daughter/6/Marylebone, London/Census
1901/Gladys M Luck/Daughter/3/Sydenham, London/Census
1901/Dorothy M Luck/Daughter/1/Woolwich, London/Census
1901/William O'Donnell/Barman/17/Farnham, Surrey/Census
1901/James Chalmers/Potman/20/Deptford, London/Census
1901/May L Wood/Cook/30/Barrow on Furness, Lancs/Census
1901/Elizabeth E Chaplin/Nurse/19/Woolwich, London/Census
1904/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1905/Alfred Wordsworth/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Albert George Gifkins/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Alfred Elden/../../../Post Office Directory
1919/Tom Charles Pope/../../../Post Office Directory
Kentish Independent 16 May 1919 - Transfers
Sheer Hulk, Church street, Woolwich, Tom Charles Pope to John Edward Sanders
1921/John Edward Sanders/../../../Post Office Directory
In 1921 census 3 Church Street, Woolwich
John Edward Sanders, Publican, aged 51 years 10 months, and born in Wandsworth, London, Employer
Ada Sanders, Wife, aged 51 years 8 months, and born in Lambeth, London
Rose Emily Sanders, Daughter, Barmaid, J C Sanders, aged 18 years 4 months, and born in Lambeth, London
Lily Maud Sanders, Daughter, Drapers Assistant, aged 14 years 11 months, and born in Lambeth, London
Dudley William Clark, Barman, J E Sanders, aged 28 years 3 months, and born in Edmonton, Middlesex
Florence Bertha Clarke, Cook, J E Sanders, aged 28 years 8 months, and born in St Luke's, Middlesex
Harry Walter Tilbury, Visitors From Petoria S Africa, aged 55 years 4 months, and born in Battersea, London
Augusta Tilbury, Visitors From Petoria S Africa, aged 53 years 10 months, and born in Lambeth, London
Lila French, Visitors From Petoria S Africa, aged 32 years 1 month, and born in Lambeth, London
Derrick French, Visitors From Petoria S Africa, aged 6 months, and born in Croydon, Surrey
1934/Edward Harold Munro/../../../Kellys Directory
1938/Edward Harold Munro/../../../Post Office Directory
The Old Sheer Hulk was run by my father who was Arthur Wilfred Bond (not Arthur William as stated in directories). He, and my mother, Violet Caroline
Bond (nee strange) were the landlords until 1948/49. *
On leaving the public house, my father left a log book there which dated
back to the 1800s in which was logged payments to various landlords for the
last grog of rum issued to convicts about to be deported to Australia, the
hulks were then Anchored in the Thames at Woolwich.The rum was supposedly
for medicinal purposes it was not sold to customers, but reserved for the
convicts and would, I imagine, taste revolting! Sadly I believe that the log
book was probably thrown out when the pub was demolished! *
1944/Arthur Wilfred Bond/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided by Mary Hibberd