1 Tower Hamlets Street

Above photo shows the position of 1 Tower Hamlets Street 6 Oct 2007. This is obviously a new set of buildings and not the original. Photo below shows the extent to which the new buildings have been rebuilt. Photos by Paul Skelton.

An outlet of Ash and Company and fully licensed, the site was occupied in 1848 by another pub called "Paul Pry". The sign changed whilst the Gann family were in residence, probably between 1865 and 1867.

An open and shut existence prevailed here in the last century and it closed for the last time in 1913. Ash and Company received £165 compensation and William Kennett the tenant £10.

Another with this sign traded from Clarence Place, then Crane Street and that later became the "Cinque Ports Arms". (Henry Jell 1791 and Atkins 1805).

LICENSEE LIST

GANN James 1867

BAKER William 1869

BROWNING Moses 1869

MATCHAM Theodore 1873-74+

MILLINGTON John Thomas 1889

MAXTED Mrs 1890

QUESTED Mrs Eliza Mary 1890-91

GREEN Francis 1898-99 (beer retailer)

FLOOD William 1898 end

FULCHER J. 1901-03 end

MASTERS W. or Mrs Sarah 1903 end

MULLINS Matthew 1903-04 end

LAWLER John 1904-05 end

FINNIS George 1905-07 end

BAILEY Walter John 1907-08 end

KENNETT William Joseph 1909-13 end

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Kelley's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1909

From the Post Office Directory 1913