The London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex, Devon, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Oxfordshire, Norfolk, Dorset Trade Directories

Search the London & UK Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory of London and the Southern area of the UK, listing many Pubs (either closed or open); and street name changes between about 1840 and about 1940. If your Pub is still OPEN (and not a dead pub), why not send a picture and some details - to clarify this.
Please Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions to the site.
site search by freefind

The Historical Essex, London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Kent, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Sussex & Surrey Dead Pubs site in the South East of England

Eventually,  I think the mapping of an address through time will come, as the technology is improving slowly. Google has mapped vast areas in its street view and modern maps, Ordnance Survey are releasing their maps to the wider community. All we need now, is the likes of google and their billions of pounds to drill down on an address and show it through the layers of time!

I keep this site simple, but do have the technological know-how to do much of this - but sadly don't have the time or money, or inclination - hey ho! Pubs, like churches move slowly over a period of time, I use this to my advantage.

This historical site lists 'some of' the street and trade directory information for the UK, listing the Pub History of London, Essex, Kent, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Devon & Dorset. The directory is an important tool in searching for addresses in the towns that have changed over time. This site lists historical Public Houses site and Directory listings, and has entries up until 1944 at the latest. If there is not an entry for a year, it is because I do not have this information, please help to complete the data. Not all Pubs are dead Pubs, and I do not tend to list modern information as it is largely a historical Pub site (Although I welcome any modern pictures of those on the site).

Ancestry, the historical site

The site lists original content on Pub History, Census and Trade Directory entries  from the Post Office , Kelly and Pigots Trade Directories, Petty Session Victuallers records etc. for the last two hundred years.  The public houses are listed by church parish as they would have existed before 1900 -  many of these are no longer in existence. Use this site, and the search engine, to discover the areas of London and the South of England during this time. Here are some research tips. A new addition is the Middlesex 1826 listing which actually lists many Pubs within twelve miles of London; and includes many parts of Essex, Kent, Surrey etc.
It is always useful to find your people in the census first, which are now available in 1901, and every ten years previous back to 1841 - 1841 and 1901 , then again in 1911. Next, find some civil registrations at the freebmd site (or try the card system at your local library). If your relative was a tradesman, there is probably an entry in the early Yellow Pages (Kellys, Pigots & Post Office Directories). In the case of beer retailers and licensed victuallers - there should be a court entry for licensing in the Petty Sessions Victuallers records. These Petty Sessions records will be held at the relevant record office (probably).

Are you watching the twitter? -

London has been carved up into administrative chunks on a number of different bases over the centuries, from the old parish system to the current post code one.  Post codes might seem, initially, like a good system to use, but in reality they are probably worse than useless. Postal districts are based, alphabetically, on the location of main post office and are very confusing to people who expect some kind of numerical logic (e.g. N10's neighbours are N8, N6 and N2).  [Caroline Bradford]

This site offers an alternative view to the modern post code system. It lists Pubs and other addresses according to the census, i.e. according to the church that was allocated in the census. Occasionally these change over time.



Please  email with any historical detail you may have about any London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Cambridge,  Hampshire & Hertfordshire, Surrey, Berkshire & Sussex Pub history.  I hope you get the idea that this site is about Pub History, around the South of England - help me to make it more interesting.


Ancestry search - 14 Day FREE trial   ,   1841 England Census   ,   1851 England Census   ,   1861 England Census
  1871 England Census ; 1891 England Census   ,   Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes 1837-2004 ,

The Deadpubs site contact with new detail is: Kevan If you wish to use any information on another site, please link back to the deadpubs site with a proper reference link.

The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.

Are you thinking about using a web provider for a useful site? I use eukhost.com - not perfect but also NOT BAD. I previously used Lunarpages.com; but Lunarpages.com is a fraudulent American company that likes to use your credit card details when it wants to defraud YOU, and also deletes your web site due to the accounting team being completely useless; which is most of the time

And Last updated on: Sunday, 11-Jul-2010 02:13:41 BST