Roebuck, 27 Brady street, Whitechapel E1
The pub closed and was demolished in August 1995. **
Whitechapel pub history index
Historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels.
Roebuck, 27 Brady Street, E1 - in 1993
Kindly provided by Terry Gander
Residents at this address.
1872/R Blackburn/Beer Retailer/../../Brabner�s Hackney Directory **
1877/William Bennett/Beer Retailer/../../P.O. Directory **
The Pidgeon Family : Charlotte
Pidgeon, married William Bennett at Marylebone in 1861; they were previously
at the Prince of Wales,
1 Finsbury Market in the 1871 census. *
Emma Jane Pidgeon was the daughter of Charlotte�s brother Charles. She met
Thomas Harvey Cox when they were both at the Roebuck in Brady Street,
Whitechapel in 1881, and married in 1885. William and Charlotte Bennett are
Emma's uncle and aunt. By 1891 they were managing the
Cooper�s Arms in Cheshire
Street, Bethnal Green. Thomas died in 1892, but the widowed Emma carried on
there for several years before moving to the
Camdens Head, in Bethnal
Green Road. *
1881/William Bennett/Beer Retailer/50/Oxford/Census
1881/Charlotte Bennett/Wife/50/Devon/Census
1881/William Bennett/Son/11/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1881/Louisa Bennett/Daughter/17/London City, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Pidgeon/Niece/18/Devon/Census
1881/Thomas Cox/Barman/20/St George E, Middlesex/Census
1882/Wm Bennett/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1885/William Bennett/Beer Retailer/../../P. O. Directory **
1891/John Hope Turner sen/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
William Wotton Pidgeon was born in 1865 at Ashburton, Devon, the son of
Charles Pidgeon a farm labourer. William left Devon in the 1880s, and in
1891 was the Potman at the Roebuck, where his aunt Charlotte Bennett was the
beer retailer. He married Nellie Jane Thompson in 1893. In 1901 he was in
charge of the Twyford Arms,
Islington. *
William Bennett must have died; as Charlotte Bennett married John Hope
Turner senior at Croydon in 1887. He must also have died before April 1891.
Charlotte�s daughter, Louisa, married his son John Hope Turner junior in
1884, and in 1891 they were running the Queen�s
Head at 154 Whitechapel Road (on the corner of Brady Street). *
1891/Charlotte Turner/Beer Retailer, Widow/60/Derbyshire/Census
1891/William Bennett/Son, Wheelwright/21/Finsbury, London/Census
1891/William Pidgeon/Potman/24/Devon/Census
1891/Alice Moore/General Servant/19/Whitechapel, London/Census
+ Lodgers
1900/Theo. A Redstall/Beer Retailer/../../P.O. Directory **
1901/Henry Albers/Barman/31/St Georges East, London/Census *
1901/Louisa Albers/Wife, Barmaid/29/St Georges East, London/Census
1901/Annie C Albers/Daughter/9/Paddington, London/Census
1901/Louisa A Albers/Daughter/7/St Georges East, London/Census
1901/Ethel E Albers/Daughter/4/Whitechapel, London/Census
Emma Redstall was the younger sister of Charlotte Turner (formerly Bennett,
n�e Pidgeon). Emma�s second husband was Henry Payne, with whom she had been
in charge of the Rising Sun,
Fulham for many years. After Henry died in 1891 she married Theophilus
Augustus Redstall, a civil servant born about 1835. After her sister
Charlotte died in 1894, and with Theo retired from the Civil Service, they
took over the Roebuck until Theo died in 1906. *
At 29:
1901/Theophous Redstall/Civil Service Pensioner/65/Whitchurch
Hampshire/Census *
1901/Emm Redstall/Wife of Publican/60/Henton, Devon/Census
1901/Ada Bennet/Barmaid/23/Bromley by Bow, London/Census
1901/Florence Palmer/Barmaid/26/Margate, Kent/Census
1910/Francis Wm Harding/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1912/Edwin J T Vidler/Beer Retailer/../../P.O. Directory **
1934/William J Albert/Beer Retailer/../../Kellys Directory
1988/Mr B Martin,
Roebuck, 27 & 29 Brady Street, Bethnal Green E1 : Watney
Truman/../../../Pub Directory
1990/Mr B Martin,
Roebuck, 27 & 29 Brady Street, Bethnal Green E1 : Watney
Truman/../../../Pub Directory
* Provided By Ian Pidgeon
** Provided By Stephen Harris