An excellent photograph of the Cock, in 1887, exists at the Hackney Archive site
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Hackney, Middlesex - now in East London. The Hackney, East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
Cock Tavern, Mare Street (corner of Sylvester Road) - September 2005
1872/Thomas Fairhead/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1874/Thomas Fairhead/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1881/John
Doughty/Publican/47/Boston,
Lincoln/Census ****
1881/Mary Ann Doughty/Wife/45/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/John Frederick Doughty/Son, Assistant To Publican/18/London,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Thomas Henry Doughty/Son, Assistant To Publican/6 ?/London,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Frances Mary Doughty/Daughter/14/v/Census
1881/Mary Ann Doughty/Daughter/11/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eliza Back/Barmaid/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Amy Card/General Servant/19/London, Middlesex/Census
1896/George Evans jun/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1899/Thomas Girling/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1910/Mrs Sarah Kizia Girling/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1915/Mrs
Sarah K Girling/../../../Post
Office Directory
****
1921/Mrs
Sarah K Girling/../../../Post
Office Directory
****
1934/Geo B Stephenson/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1938/Mrs Hilda I Soulby/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1944/Mrs Hilda I Soulby/../../../Post Office Directory ****
Mr I H Soulby retired from the Cock Tavern, Hackney
recently. thus ending an association with the Company which had lasted for
fifty six years. Her father Thomas Girling took over the Cock in 1895, and
after his death in 1909, his wife carried on. Mrs Soulby married in 1920 and
after running several houses with her husband, she returned to the Cock. In
1933, both her husband and her mother died, but she carried on as the
licensee until the present time when ill health forced her, unwillingly, to
conclude this remarkable record. ***
1952/Mr I H Soulby/Black
Eagle Journal ***
*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson
**** Provided By Kevan