Former address was 220 Whitechapel Road. This pub was re-built in its present form in around 1870 and closed as a pub at some point in the 1990s. The Grade II listed building is now an electrical shop. **
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Whitechapel, London - in East London. The Whitechapel East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Royal Oak, 120 Whitechapel Road - in 1986
From the archives of East London & City CAMRA

Royal Oak, 120 Whitechapel Road - in December 2006
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.
1839/Richard R Cragg/../../../Pigots Directory ****
1841/Richard Riley Cragg/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1846/Richard Riley Cragg/../../../Post Office Directory **
1851/Richard Riley Cragg/../../../Kellys Directory ****
1856/James Bloomfield/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1862/James Isaac Dannit/../../../Post Office Directory **
1869/William Young/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1881/John
W Greaves/Licensed
Victualler/51/Norfolk/Census ****
1881/Robert T Greaves/Brither, Licensed Victualler/49/Norfolk/Census
1881/Julia Cooke/Housekeeper/44/Norfolk/Census
1881/Jane Humphreys/General Servant/22/Middlesex/Census
1881/William Dipper/Barman/22/Middlesex/Census
1881/Leonard Seal/Barman/18/Middlesex/Census
1881/John Shuttlebottom/Potman/23/Stafford/Census
1882/John & Robert Greeves/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1884/John & R Greeves/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1891/Samuel David Isaacs/Licensed
Victualler/23/Westminster, London/Census
****
1891/Miriam Isaacs/Wife/20/City of London/Census
1891/Rebecca Murial Isaacs/Daughter/3 months/Whitechapel,
London/Census
1891/John Travers Hurst/Manager/46/Winslow, Bucks/Census
1891/William John Taylor/Barman/19/Ramsgate, Kent/Census
1891/George Hogwood/Potman/27/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1891/Agnes Cooper/Domestic servant/30/South Hackney, London/Census
1891/Eliza Barthorp/Domestic servant/22/Royal Barracks, Dublin/Census
1891/Ernest James Chubb/Barman/21/Mile End, London/Census
1895/Ernest Wm Truss/../../../Post
Office Directory
****
1899/Philip Keller/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1908/Chas Wm Gomm/../../../Post Office Directory **
1910/Chas Wm Gomm/../../../Post Office Directory **
1912/Chas Wm Gomm/../../../Post Office Directory **
1917/Davis Levy/../../../Post Office Directory **
1934/Gei Isadore Isaacs/../../../Kellys Directory ****
** Provided By Stephen Harris
**** Provided By Kevan