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Black Swan, 148 Bow Road, Bow E3

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At 1 High Street, Bow in 1869; The earlier incarnation of this pub was hit and completely destroyed by a bomb dropped from a German zeppelin on the night of 23 September 1916. The landlord’s two daughters, Cissie Reynolds (twenty) and Sylvia Adams (twenty-one), Sylvia’s thirteen-month old daughter (also Sylvia) and their grandmother Mrs Potter all died. Eight year old George Reynolds and his brother Sydney (nine), along with Sylvia’s husband Henry Adams were injured. The pub was rebuilt on the same site in 1920, but was demolished in 1970 in a road-widening scheme. **

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

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The following entries are in this format:

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

1826/Jn W Clapham/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1862/George H Wright/../../../Post Office Directory **

1869/J Kipling/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/George Morton/Licensed Victualler/61/St Georges West, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Cecilia Maria Morton/Wife/40/Pimlico, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jemima Cecilia Proper/Step Daughter/19/Stoke Newington, Middlesex/Census
1881/George Garrett Morton/Son/7/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Edith Morton/Daughter/6/Bow, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Robinson/Domestic Servant/23/Ware, Hertford/Census
1881/Edith Elizabeth Edbrook/Domestic Servant/19/Dagenham, Essex/Census
1881/Eliza Burton/Domestic Servant/14/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Amelia Hughes/Barmaid/21/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Durant/Barmaid/23/Chesterfield, Derby/Census

1882/George Morton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/George Morton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1886/George Morton/../../../Business Directory of London **

1892/Mrs. C Morton/../../../Post Office Directory **

1899/Mrs. Cecilia Maria Morton/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1915/Edwin John Reynolds/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1926/Henry Blake/../../../Post Office Directory **

1934/Thomas Henry Evans/../../../Kelly's ****

1938/Wm Gentle/../../../Post Office Directory ****


** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** Provided By Kevan

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