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Chobham Arms, 62 Chobham Road, Stratford E15

Stratford Index

This pub closed in 1997 and has been converted to residential use.

Chobham Arms, Chobham Road, Stratford 1971

14th October 1971

Taken from a Photograph supplied by The Department of Education, Arts & Libraries, London Borough of Newham

The Chobham Arms, in 1958, with Mr & Mrs Thurstons Sunbeam outside Sunbeam

The Chobham Arms, in 1958, with Mr & Mrs Thurstons Sunbeam outside

Kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson

Chobham Arms, Chobham Road, Stratford 2003

5th February 2003

Taken by Brian Berry

Known Residents

History of Stratford & West Ham

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1867/William Hope/../../../Post Office Directory

1868/William Hope / Licensed Victualler, Bankrupt/../../London Gazette, 22 January 1869 **

1870/David Mills/../../../Kelly's Directory

1871/David Mills/Licensed Victualler/62/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census ****
1871/Ann Mills/Wife/60/Portsmouth/Census
1871/Margaret Mills/Daughter/18/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry Mills/Son, Brewers Clerk, Widow/38 ?/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Anne Mills/Grand Daughter/14/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census

1871/David Mills/../../../Post Office Directory

1874/David Mills/../../../Kelly's Directory

1878/Henry Walter Bryne/../../../Kelly's Directory

1881/Henry Walter Bryne/Licensed Victualler/46/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ann Martha Byne/Wife, Licensed Victualler/43/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Byne/Son, Assistant Schoolmaster/18/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Annie Susan Byne/Daughter, Barmaid/15/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Ida Harriet Byne/Daughter/13/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Margaret Byne/Daughter/11/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Mary Ann Byne/Daughter/10/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Arthur Byne/Son/8/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Florence Catherina Byne/Daughter/6/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Edward Davy Byne/Son/3/Stratford, Essex/Census

1882/Henry Walter Bryne/../../../Kelly's Directory

1886/Henry Walter Byne/../../../Kelly's Directory ****

1896/Hy Byne/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Walter Byne/Brothers,Licensed Victualler/30/Camberwell, Surrey/Census ****
1891/Henry Byne/Brothers,Licensed Victualler/28/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1891/Elizabeth Byne/Wife of Henry/29/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1891/Emily Everett/General Servant/28/Kentish Town, London/Census

1902/Arthur Byne/../../../Kelly's Directory ****

1908/Arthur Byne/../../../Kelly's Directory

1911/Ernest Sharp/Licensed Victualler/33/Stratford, Essex/Census ****
1911/Marion Sharp/Wife/34/Barkingside, Essex/Census
1911/Doris Elizabeth Sharp/Daughter/7/Leytonstone, Essex/Census
1911/Annie Sharp/Daughter/6/Leytonstone, Essex/Census
1911/Hilda Sharp/Daughter/2/Leytonstone, Essex/Census
1911/Edna Sharp/Daughter/1/Staines, Middlesex/Census
1911/Lily Spiers/Barmaid/18/South Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1911/Lily Rowe/Cook, Widow/37/Wandsworth, Surrey/Census

1912/Ernest Sharp/../../../Kelly's Directory

1917/Ernest Sharp/../../../Kelly's Directory

1922/E Sharp/../../../Kelly's Directory

1925/James Charles King/../../../Kelly's Directory

1934/James Charles King/../../../Kelly's Directory ****

1938/James Charles King/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1943/Mrs L King/../../../Black Eagle Journal ****

Mrs L King, Chobham Arms, died on January 23rd, 1954. At the Chobham since 1924, and licensee in 1943 after her husbands death. - Black Eagle Journal ***

Mr & Mrs S P Thurston, Chobham Arms, Chobham Road in 1958

Mr & Mrs S P Thurston, Chobham Arms, Chobham Road in 1958

Kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson

Mr S P Thurston arrived at the Chobham Arms, Chobham Road, Stratford in 1924 when his stepfather took over the licence. He was twelve years of age and has lived at the house ever since, becoming the tenant when his mother died. During the last War, he was in the engineering branch of the RAF Fighter Command, serving under Douglas Bader for a considerable part of the time. His chief hobby is car racing and he raced at the Brooklands track before the war.  - Black Eagle Journal [1958] ***


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