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Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green E2

Bethnal Green pub history index

Address formerly 19 Barnet Street. This pub was re-built in its current form in 1923. **

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Bethnal Green, Middlesex - now in East London. The Bethnal Green, East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

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Outside The Royal Oak, in the late 1950's

This Royal Oak is still in Columbia Road Flower Market Bethnal Green. Featured in the Kray film and was used for the TV series 'Goodnight Sweetheart'. This was the series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst (Del Boy's Rodney) when he was able to go back to WW2 by walking through a wall *

Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Road, E2 - in November 2008

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

The following entries are in this format:

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

1869/William Clay/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1872/W Clay/../../../Brabner’s Hackney Directory **

1876/Benjamin Hyams/../../../Post Office Directory **

1882/Benjamin Hyams/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/Alfred J Lawrence/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1885/Alfred James Lawrence/../../../Post Office Directory **

1891/Key & Butler/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/William Brian Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/William Brian Dawson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1910/Francis John Hunt/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Howard Thomas Hewlett/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Mrs Maud Amelia Bailey/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1944/Mrs Maud Amelia Bailey/../../../Post Office Directory ****

Mr R J Bayley, licensee of the Royal Oak, Bethnal Green, had to post "full house" notices when Joe Hitchcock and his Licensed Victuallers Darts Four visited the house. An additional attraction was the presence of a darts team of four footballers from the Arsenal. (1949) ***

1949/R J Bailey/../../../Black Eagle Journal ***

* Provided by Ron Pummell

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson

**** Provided By Kevan

Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day. Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.

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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.
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And Last updated on: Tuesday, 04-Oct-2011 22:39:35 BST * Provided by Ron Pummell

*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson

**** Provided By Kevan

Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day. Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.

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All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage or copying onto other websites without explicit permission. Many of the images, and all of the transcriptions are the work of myself and other contributors - please do not steal this work.
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.
The deadpubs news channel - deadpubs news site
Best Broadband Providers in the UK .

And Last updated on: Tuesday, 04-Oct-2011 22:39:35 BST

The London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire, Middlesex, Devon, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Oxfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Norfolk Pubs and UK best Broadband

The historical street directory shows details of an address through time. Search for an open OR closed pub by historical Pub name, surname or street address. site search by freefind

Royal Oak, 73 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green E2

The historical street directory shows details of an address through time. Search for an open OR closed pub by historical Pub name, surname or street address.

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