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Rising Sun, 270 High Street, Poplar

Poplar index

This pub was established in 1765, the name coming with the landlord from another Rising Sun which stood across the road, this earlier pub being renamed the Sun & Sawyers. It is now demolished. At 101 Poplar High Street before 1871 and renumbering.  **

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Poplar, London  - in East London. The Poplar, 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.

1765/Richard Newcombe/../../../Survey of London **

1835/Chas. Wilson/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1839/Charles Wilson/../../../Pigot’s Directory **

1841/Charles Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1842/Chas. Wilson/../../../Robson’s Directory **

1843/Charles Wilson/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1837 BAPTISM: Susan HOLLINGSWORTH, baptised 3 Feb 1837, St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey, parents John Hollingsworth and Eliza (probably an older son of John of Benington).

1839 DEATH OF FATHER? : John HOLLINGSWORTH, d. Jun Q 1839 Bermondsey

1841 CENSUS : I haven't looked for Eliza and Susan Hollingsworth or George RING in the 1841 census. Were they in Poplar? ***

1847 REMARRIAGE OF MOTHER : Susan's mother, Eliza HOLLINGSWORTH, married George RING Dec Q 1847, London District ***

1851/George Ring/../../../Kellys Directory ****

1851/Geo Ring/Victualler/34/Ryme, Dorset/Census ****
1851/Eliza Ring/Wife/36/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Susan Hollingsworth/Daughter/14/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1851/M A Ingram/Barmaid/19/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1851/Esther Rogers/Barmaid/19/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1851/Chas Miller/Potman/29/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1851/Jos Johnson/Potman/29/Buckingham/Census
1851/J W Loft/Visitor, Mariner/29/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1851/Jas Purdy/Visitor, Beadle/67/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census

1856/George Ring/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1861/George Ring/Licensed Victualler/45/Repne, Dorset/Census ****
1861/Emma Richardson/Visitor/15/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/Caroline Abrahams/Servant/21/Spitalfields, Middlesex/Census
1861/George Ruffell/Servant/19/Shrimpling, Suffolk/Census
1861/John Hanwell/Potman/22/Tring, Hertfordshire/Census
1861/Emma Hanwell/Cook/23/Newton, Suffolk/Census

1862/George Ring/../../../P.O. Directory **

1869/Thomas Graves/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1871/Mary A Coltman/Licensed Victualler/51/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census ****
1871/William Coltman/Son, Licensed Victualler/24/Stepney, Middlesex/Census
1871/Mary A Coltman/Daughter/27/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sarah A Coltman/Daughter/25/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1871/Eliza Coltman/Daughter/22/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/Alfred H Coltman/Son, Cabinet maker/19/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1871/George Dove/Potman/32/Ashford, Kent/Census
1871/Matilda Watts/General Servant/29/Norfolk, Yarmouth/Census

1881/James Plummer Rising/Licensed Victualler/36/Woolwich, Kent/Census ****
1881/Margaret Rising/Wife/34/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Martha Manning/Sister, Barmaid/22/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Maud Manning/Sister, Barmaid/17/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Sarah Webb/Servant/22/Stepney/Census
1881/Luke Amos/Potman/23/Poplar, Middlesex/Census

1882/James P Rising/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1884/James P Rising/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1888/James Plummer Rising / Licensed Victualler, Deceased / Died 5 January 1888 /../../London Gazette, 20 April 1888 **

1891/William Stevens/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1895/William Stevens/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/Ernest Alfred Wass/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1899/George Caseley / Former Licensed Victualler /../../London Gazette, 16 June 1899 **

1901/William G Johnson/Public House Manager/27/Chelsea, London/Census ****
1901/Charles F March/Visitor, Ships Steward/31/Whitechapel, London/Census
1901/Rose M March/Barmaid/21/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Lizzie M A Hill/Barmaid/23/Poplar, London/Census
1901/Maud Webb/General Servant/17/Poplar, London/Census
1901/George Barker/Potman/53/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census

1915/Jas Joseph O'Brien/../../../Post Office Directory ****


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