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    Coulbourne Arms pub Villa Road

    I've only just stumbled over this thread from eight years ago. I can't come up with any pictures, but in 1908 my great-uncle, Joseph Arch, was the licensee of the Golbourne Arms, with the address given as 90 Villa Road. The household would have been Joe's wife Annie and his two children Joe jnr...
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    Bulls Head, Pritchett Street

    I've come to this thread more than a bit late, but I may be able to pull a couple of strands together. The John Lorton, gun finisher, that Negritaspider refers to in post #56 is very probably the John Lorton who lived from 1778 to 1823 and whose son Edward was also a gun finisher. Edward lived...
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