A-Z of Entries

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

William Lippop 44 Poland St ratebooks 1779, 27 Poland St ratebooks 1780-8 / William Lipop = St James 13.11.1780 Rene Lacroix botp banns wits Thos Theed, PHC(?) La Guignard / SunFire 1781 William Lipop 27 Poland St taylor, his wife a lace & silk stocking cleaner 1789 7 Maddox St tailor & silk stocking cleaner 1809 7 Maddox St tailor & dealer in Irish linen / William Lipop bur St Geo Han Sq 31.5.1823 age 71 / his will PCC 1823 of Maddox St gent dated 26.9.1821 mentioned wife Rene, niece Anna Maria Lipop, Joseph &…

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

John Charles Lochee 13 Poland St ratebooks 1787-1790 / Gunnis, Dict British Sculptors, Pyke, Wax Modellers, born 4.11.1751, RA schools 1772, King St Soho, worked for Wedgwood, wax modeller to Duke of Clarence 1786 11 Rupert St, Haymarket, wife Elizabeth Ann (Devis?), dau Elizabeth Ann bapt 25.3.1782, son Henry Belew bapt 14.11.1784 St James / Old Bailey 7.5.1788 witnesses John Lockee Poland St and his servant Mary Davis / Society for Encouragement of Arts &c 1790 p231 Silver Medallion to John Charles Lochee of…

see Newman Street 1 to 9 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Loge 4 Newman St Land Tax 1799 / perhaps Thomas Lodge appr 1788 to Richard Matthews haberdasher Marylebone / Thomas Lodge otp = St Jas Piccy 13.3.1804 Elizabeth Purdie of Holborn by lic wit Andr Purdie / Land Tax 1806 onwards 53 Oxford St / Holdens 1811 53 Oxford St Thomas Lodge hosier, glover & pantaloon maker / 1851 census 53 Oxford St thomas lodge age 73 widower born Marston magna, Somerset / his will PCC 1853 of 53 Oxford St dated 6.8.1842 wife Elizabeth / Thomas Lodge of 53 Oxford St age 76 bur 5.10.1853 St…

see Poland Street 1 to9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Mr Ludbey proprietor 61 Poland St Land Tax Redemption 1798 / will PCC 7.8.1819 Thomas Ludbey of Chalfont St Peter Bucks dated 5.5.1803 codicil 19.3.1818 mentioned wife Jane "!all my leasehold houses in parish of St James" (most of these were in Pall Mall and Piccadilly) / SunFire 1796 Thomas Ludbey Esq 74 Harley St

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Vincenzo Lunardi DNB 1759-1806 the first balloonist in England gave his address in September 1784, shortly after his first ascent, in a newspaper advert as 6 Poland St. This may have been convenient for the Pantheon where he displayed his balloon. His landlady would have presumably been Mrs Wright (qv)

see Newman Street 1 to 9 in London Addresses dataset

SunFire 1792 George Lyde 9 Newman St (other occupier Ballord gent) / 1780 George Lyde of 27 Rathbone Pl subscr to Marriott's Dictionary (note this was address of engraver Philip Barraud, see Barraud Mrs Frances) / George Lyde was also a witness at the wedding of Philip Barraud's daughter Frances in 1788 / will of George Lyde of Morden College, Blackheath, Kent PCC 1804 dated 22.12.1803 exec Harrison Gray of 44 Rathbone Pl, handwriting sworn to 5.6.1804 by Ann Barraud spinster of Fulham & William Hodges perfumer of Rathbone Pl…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Harris's List 1789 Miss M-k-y at Mrs Walpole's 1 Poland St

possibles: Betty Mackay bur 16.12.1789 St James / Catherine Mackay child bur 15.2.1798 St James

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Ratebooks 4 Poland St 1780 Agnes Murray 1781-4 Mrs Mackie. See Murray, Edward Augustus. Agnes Mackie was his housekeeper and a spinster but apparently went by his surname in 1780. Her sister Mary wife of William Benson had four children to whom, along with Agnes Mackie, Edward Augustus Murray left his property. Their baptisms were Charles Benson 17.8.1785 St Saviour Denmark Park / William Benson bach = St Marylebone 27.10.1789 Mary Mackay sp botp / James s of William and Mary Benson bapt St Anne Soho 3.12.1789 /…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

William Mackintosh 38 Poland St ratebooks 1783-4 / some possibles in worknotes below / a William McTosh printer of Poland St coroners jury 1792

AMENDMENTS TO OXFORD DNB: Thomas Macklin (1752/3-1800) suggest omit "may have been the son of 'the Reverend Garrard Macklin of the Kingdom of Ireland' mentioned in the will of Thomas Wilson, prebendary of Westminster, from whom Thomas Macklin inherited considerable property in 1784."  Thomas Macklin who inherited half of Thomas Wilson's estates in the Wirral was a different person who changed his name (as requested by the will) to Thomas Wilson, his will was PCC 1798 Thomas Wilson of Derby. His brother was Gerard (or Jared) Macklin born Chester 1728 see Trinity College Dublin admissions.…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Maggi Italian warehouseman 32 Poland St SunFire 1782 / the ratepayer at this time was a grocer William Tuff (QV*) / there was a print by Bartolozzi after Biagio Rebecca of Natalis Thomas Maggi, published 20.6.1788, first mentioned in Manson's catalogue of 1788 (as scarce), in Bromley (1793) this Maggi was listed as a musician died London 1787, on the print his birth date was given as 9.3.1735 at Forijulii (modern Friuli, Italy), but I can find no other source on his life. The print showed him holding a book, the name…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

According to British History Online Thomas Malton lived at 58 Poland St from 1772 to 1780, This accords with an ad giving his address as third house on left in Poland St from Broad St, as this was probably before nos 61 & 62 Poland St were built / in the Royal Academy exhibitions his address was given as 3 Poland St from 1774 to 1777 and 56 Poland St in 1779 / Thomas Malton mathematician of Poland St voted 1774 Percy & Mountmorris / Sun Fire 1783 Thomas Malton engraver Conduit St, Hanover Sq / an ad of 1778…

see Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset

Manassier 16 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1783-4 / Alexander Mannassier watchmaker Batemans Buildings voted 1784 Hood & Wray, Parker's General Advertiser 28.7.1784 Manessier's vote queried by Fox / Alex Manassier ratebooks Berwick St, St James 1785-6 / Alexander of Elisha & Mary Manessier bapt 12.5.1734 St Martin i t Fields / Elisha Manessier engraver & chaser St Martin i t Fields took apprs 1731, 1737, bur Whitechapel 1780 age 80 / Elisha of Elisha & Mary Manessier bapt 1730 St Martin i t Fields, oboe player Doane's…

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John Mansfield 38 Poland St ratebooks 1796-1822 / John Mansfield painter & glazier Poland St voted 1802 Fox 1818 Romilly & Maxwell / SunFire 1804, 1814 John Mansfield 38 Poland St glazier and dealer in candles & rabbits / SunFire 1804 James Crew gent 38 Poland St other occupier glazier / John Mansfield bur 24.1.1837 St James age 81 from workhouse / Maria Elizabeth Ann bapt 20.2.1780 & Mary Ann bapt 6.7.1784 St James daus of John & Mary Mansfield / Edwin son of John & Isabella Mansfield compositor of…

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William Markham 4 Batemans Buildings ratebooks 1783 / Morning Herald 27.3.1784 William Markham has moved to 4 Batemans Buildings / General Advertiser 6.12.1785 / World 20.10.1787 and 16 more ads in World up to 4.11.1790 all for sale of commissions &c

see Poland Street number not known in London Addresses dataset

True Briton 5.7.1794 Marchioness de Marnesia, emigrant and painter died at her lodgings in Poland St / Morning Post 17.12.1793 Mary Robinson's Monody to the Memory of the Queen of France published embellished with a painting of (Marie Antoinette) taken shortly before her death by the Marchioness de Marnesia engraved by Legoux (QV*) (The original miniature was sold at Bonhams for £696 in 2005, her painting of a castle was sold at Christie's 1991 for £3300). Her lodgings may well have been at 52 Poland St where Lewis…

see Poland Street 10 to 18 & 45 to 48 in London Addresses dataset

ratebooks 1780-7 Robert Marris 10 Poland St // SunFire 1779 Robert Marris gent corner of Portland Street, Poland Street / 1786 Margaret St, Cavendish Sq / 1805 22 High St Marybone / 1823 13 Manor Pl Kings Rd Chelsea // Free Society 1770 exhib from Mr Devis', Gt Queen St, Lincolns Inn Fields / 1774 Society of Artists (Robert Morris) exhib from 19 Glanville St, Rathbone Pl / Royal Academy 1780-4 exhib landscapes from 10 Poland St // said to have married a niece or daughter of the brothers Arthur and Thomas Anthony…

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

James Marsh ratebooks 1786 4 Poland St 1787 John Marsh / Francis Marsh gent of Poland St 1785 action against him for debt of £420 by Elizabeth Mills, Gt Titchfield St, spinster

James s of James & Amey Marsh bt St James 25.12.1776 / James Henry s of James & Rebecca Marsh bt St James 27.3.1796

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

John marten 33 Poland st ratebooks 1791-1800 poor 4 children / John Martin = St James 16.8.1795 Mary Ann Sharp botp banns wits John Owen, Thos Cross / John Marten his mark = St Anne Soho 4.8.1786 Helen Stuart her mark botp banns wit John Mendock / John son of John Martin & Mary Smith bapt St James 1.6.1788 / coroners jury 11.2.1793 John Martin perfumer Poland St / will PCC 1806 of Edward Osborne coal merchant of 34 Poland St dated 11.1.1806 mentioned John Martin hairdresser of Poland St

see Poland Street number not known in London Addresses dataset

Morning Post 18.5.1778 leases of Joseph Martin deceased for sale, two properties on Clapham Common, and a ground rent of twelve houses in Poland St, Oxford St and Harris's Court. This was probably a square of land on the west corner of Poland St & Oxford St including 34 to 37 Poland St / the will PCC 1765 of Thomas Martin of Clapham left two leasehold houses in Clapham to his cousin Anna Hopkins spinster and after her death (her will PCC 1768) to his nephew Joseph Martin (DNB 1726-1776). His will PCC 1776 of St…