14th October 1971
Taken
from a Photograph supplied by
The
Department of Education, Arts & Libraries, London Borough of Newham
The Chobham Arms, in 1958, with Mr & Mrs Thurstons Sunbeam outside
Kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson
5th February 2003
Taken by Brian Berry
Known Residents
History of Stratford & West Ham
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1867/William Hope/../../../Post Office Directory
1870/David Mills/../../../Kelly's Directory
1871/David Mills/Licensed Victualler/62/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census ****
1871/Ann Mills/Wife/60/Portsmouth/Census
1871/Margaret Mills/Daughter/18/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/Henry Mills/Son, Brewers Clerk, Widow/38 ?/Bethnal Green,
Middlesex/Census
1871/Anne Mills/Grand Daughter/14/Bethnal Green, Middlesex/Census
1871/David Mills/../../../Post Office Directory
1874/David Mills/../../../Kelly's Directory
1878/Henry Walter Bryne/../../../Kelly's Directory
1881/Henry Walter Bryne/Licensed Victualler/46/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ann Martha Byne/Wife, Licensed Victualler/43/Bethnal Green,
Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Byne/Son, Assistant Schoolmaster/18/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Annie Susan Byne/Daughter, Barmaid/15/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Ida Harriet Byne/Daughter/13/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Margaret Byne/Daughter/11/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Mary Ann Byne/Daughter/10/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Arthur Byne/Son/8/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Florence Catherina Byne/Daughter/6/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1881/Edward Davy Byne/Son/3/Stratford, Essex/Census
1882/Henry Walter Bryne/../../../Kelly's Directory
1886/Henry Walter Byne/../../../Kelly's Directory ****
1896/Hy Byne/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1891/Walter Byne/Brothers,Licensed Victualler/30/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
****
1891/Henry Byne/Brothers,Licensed Victualler/28/Camberwell, Surrey/Census
1891/Elizabeth Byne/Wife of Henry/29/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1891/Emily Everett/General Servant/28/Kentish Town, London/Census
1902/Arthur Byne/../../../Kelly's Directory ****
1908/Arthur Byne/../../../Kelly's Directory
1912/Ernest Sharp/../../../Kelly's Directory
1917/Ernest Sharp/../../../Kelly's Directory
1925/James Charles King/../../../Kelly's Directory
1934/James Charles King/../../../Kelly's Directory ****
1943/Mrs L King/../../../Black Eagle Journal ****
Mrs L King, Chobham Arms, died on January 23rd, 1954. At the Chobham since
1924, and licensee in 1943 after her husbands death. - Black Eagle Journal
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Mr & Mrs S P Thurston, Chobham Arms, Chobham Road in 1958
Kindly provided by Alex Wilkinson
Mr S P Thurston arrived at the Chobham Arms, Chobham Road, Stratford in 1924 when his stepfather took over the licence. He was twelve years of age and has lived at the house ever since, becoming the tenant when his mother died. During the last War, he was in the engineering branch of the RAF Fighter Command, serving under Douglas Bader for a considerable part of the time. His chief hobby is car racing and he raced at the Brooklands track before the war. - Black Eagle Journal [1958] ***
*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson
**** Provided by Kevan