www.old-maps.co.uk shows the George IV pub on its 1870-1887 Croydon map almost opposite Wellesley Court Road. Looks like Croydon College is there now - perhaps they might have something on the history of the road? Try www.historicaldirectories.org for any previous landlords. Also found this http://deadpubs.co.uk/SurreyPubs/Croydon/GeorgeIV.shtml which is quite interesting. hth, Anne > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:37:23 +0100 > Subject: Re: [SRY] Licensee of The George Pub, Croydon, Surrey > > Hi Desley > > You're quite right, The George seems to have been on the corner of George > St/High Street where the NatWest bank now stands. However, I have a 1927 > Street Directory for Croydon and your Benjamin G Revell was landlord of the > George IV public house at 94 George Street. He was still there in 1938 > (entry in telephone directory). Long gone, I'm afraid but if you Google > Streetview it, walking up George Street from High Street/North End, you > cross the junction with Wellesley Rd/Park Lane and it would have been on the > right - before you get to East Croydon Station on the left. Somewhere where > the AIG building/Croydon College is now, I would think - near the statue of > the man on a horse. It was next door to the Fairfield Mission Hall. > I've got quite a lot of books with photos of old Croydon - I'll see what I > can find. > > Alison > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Desley Revell" <[email protected]> > To: "Surrey Digest" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:11 AM > Subject: [SRY] Licensee of The George Pub, Croydon, Surrey > > > >I am hoping someone may be able to assist me. > > > > > > > > My husband remembers, as a child, visiting his great uncle who was the > > licensee of a pub in Croydon. This would have been around 1937-1938. > > > > > > > > He feels pretty sure it was The George Pub on the High Street. I have > > checked the internet and there is a George Pub on the corner of High > > Street > > & George Street, Croydon. > > > > > > > > His great uncle was Benjamin Revell and my husband can remember his great > > uncle had a business card with the words "Revell the devil" printed on it > > with a devil character on the card. > > > > > > > > Would someone out there have any information on The George Pub and who the > > licensees would have been going back to the late 1930s. > > > > > > > > Living in Australia, it is very difficult to source this type of > > information. > > > > > > > > Any assistance with this research would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Desley Revell > > > > Brisbane, Australia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *************************************** > > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** > > superfluous old messages in replies. > > > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1382 / Virus Database: 1513/3722 - Release Date: 06/23/11 > > > > *************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message