In 1906 the address was 41 Brunswick Street. The pub was on the east side of Brunswick Street. The sequence of numbering in 1906 was as follows: Duke of Brunswick Inn, 39, 40, Brunswick Arms, 45, St. Pauls Infant School.
George Newcombe kept the Brunswick Arms in 1891 and under his ownership he ran it as a free house. Mrs Newcombe (George’s wife or possibly widow?) is listed as the owner in 1903. The Brunswick Arms was a licensed beer house and had an annual rateable value fixed at £13.10s.0d throughout that time.
Brunswick Street received a direct hit from a German bomb in WW2. The Brunswick Arms closed in 1962.
Geoff,
The numbering in Brunswick Street has changed a few times over the years.
In the 1847 Hunt & Co. Directory under “Beer Retailers,” their is a listing for “Baker, John, 41, Brunswick st” – fortunate to have a number this early on and it corresponds to most of the numbering up to early 20th century in directories
In the 1850 and 1851 Edwards Directories this is repeated.
However, in the 1852 Edwards Directory “Beer Retailers” listing, the number for “J. Baker, Brunswick street” is given as 31. I don’t know if this reflects a typo, collecting error, or possible number change. Unfortunately I only have access to Annuaires for the rest of the 1850s and 1860s, which don’t tend to list backstreet beerhouses. The Brunswick Arms is clearly marked on the 1855-7 Old Town Survey map though, and it is at no. 41 on that, so I tend to think 31 might have been a typo or collection error in the 1852 Edwards.
Incidentally, also clearly marked on the map opposite no. 45, so on the east side of Brunswick Street, and taking up a plot which runs all the way through to Malthouse Lane, which runs parallel to Brunswick Street on the east, is marked “J.A. Gardner’s Malt Ho.” which must have been one of the malt houses supplying J. A. Gardner’s Original Brewery.
In 1870 you have George Tanner as the landlord of the Brunswick Arms, and Maria Turner (presumably his widow) in 1878, but she is actually listed as early as the 1872-3 Royal Directory as Maria Turner (address still 41 Brunswick street). She is also listed in the 1876 Royal Directory under “Brunswick Street,” but the listing just reads, “Mrs. Maria Turner, publican” with no pub name in the street listing; but in the “Tradesmen” sub-section “Inn Keepers” listing, it is given as “Turner, Maria, Brunswick Arms, Brunswick street.” And the same is the case in the 1878 Royal Directory.
She is listed under “Tradesmen” “Inn Keepers” in the 1880-1 Post Office Directory too. Whereas, in the 1883-4 Post Office Directory, she is listed under “Residents” as “Turner, Mrs. Brunswick Arms, Brunswick street” as well as under “Tradesmen” “Inn Keeepers.”
The 1902 Built-Leonard Directory has “Turner, Miss, Brunswick Arms, Brunswick street” listed, so I am guessing that a daughter took the pub on some time between 1883-4 and 1902. This is repeated in the 1903 Built-Leonard, only under an in-order listing for “Brunswick Street” where it is “41 Brunswick arms Miss Turner.” This is the same in the 1904 Built-Leonard.
The street numbering changed for 1906, because in that year’s Annuaire, where there is a full street listing for Brunswick Street, it reads, “10 Brunswick Arms, Miss Turner.” This is the same in the 1906 & 1907 Annuaires.
The 1908 & 1909 Annuaires list Mr. H.M. Pearce
The 1910 & 1911 Annuaires list Mr. W. Howell
The 1912 Annuaire lists Mr. W. J. Lea
The 1913 – 1916 Looker-On Directories list Mr. G.H. Matthews, as do the 1922, 1924 & 1925 Built-Leonard. The 1926 Kelly’s gives his full name George Henry Matthews, and the 1927 Kelly’s an abbreviated version “10 Brunswick Arms P.H. Geo. Hy. Matthews.” This is repeated in all Kelly’s from 1928 through 1936 under “Brunswick Street.”
Then in the 1937 & 1938 Kelly’s it becomes “10 Brunswick Arms P.H. Bernard R. Collis”
But in the 1939 Kelly’s no pub name is given, and 10 Brunswick Street is just listed to “Young Jn. Thos. beer retlr.”
There is another numbering change in 1940, and the Kelly’s listing for that year puts “Young Jn. Thos. beer retlr” at no. 90 – but also at 90 is “Youngs Printers (J.T. Young, propr.), specialists in letter press printing.”
I couldn’t see a listing under Brunswick Street in 1941 – Was no. 90 damaged by the WWII bomb that fell in Brunswick Street? Or did the printers and pub just fail? No. 90 isn’t listed at all.
But in the 1942 Kelly’s “Brunswick Arms P.H.” is back at no. 90 with R.V. Smith as landlord. This is the same in the 1943 and 1945 Kelly’s.
1948 Kelly’s lists Mrs. G. Smith as landlady
1950 Kelly’s lists Chas. Rt. (Charles Robert) Huggins
And 1952 Kelly’s Albt.(Albert) W. Adams
Landlords at the Brunswick Arms include:
1870 George Tanner
1878,1903 Mrs Maria Turner
1926 George Henry Matthews
1939 J.T.D. Young