A-Z of Entries

Lambe, Aaron

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

Aaron Lambe 8 Poland St ratebooks 1777 / Aaron Lambe auctioneer Pall Mall 1759 / Daily Advertiser 4.8.1777 pictures for sale of a gentleman moving to the country 8 Poland St / Aaron Lambe died 30.11.1777 at Mortlake, JP for Middlesex, Major in Middlesex Militia / will PCC 6.12.1777 Aaron Lambe of Poland St Esq dated 8.4.1774 mentioned wife Anne, daus Susanna wife of Mr Thomas Underwood, Anne Caroline wife of Edward Comber Esq, sister Mary wife of Thomas Newborne, wife's daus Mary, Ann & Elizabeth Paschall,…


Lambert, Elizabeth

see Batemans Buildings in London Addresses dataset

Elizabeth Lambert spinster 1 Batemans Bldgs SunFire 1779 / no clear identification as fairly common name / will PCC 1797 Elizabeth Lambert spinster (housemaid to Sir John Thorold of 25 Cavendish Sq) / will PCC 1847 Elizabeth Lambert o/w Frost sp 66 Lambeth Walk


Lamoth, Peter

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

Peter Lamoth 14 Poland St ratebooks 1780-1, 1782 ran away / SunFire 1779 Peter Lamoth surgeon 14 Poland St / 3.2.1780 coroners inquest Peter Lamoth surgeon of Poland St witness


Lane, William

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

William Lane gem engraver 59 Poland St 1789 (Royal Academy)  DNB 1746-1819 / Richard Lane ratebooks 50 Poland St 1792-5 57 Poland St 1795 / Richard Lane bur 25.4.1797 St James / will PCC 1770 of Richard Lane wine merchant of St James mentioned brothers Joseph & William Lane


Langshaw, Thomas

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Thomas Langshaw 39 Poland ST (Crispin) ratebooks 1779-88 / Thomas Langshaw = St James 27.12.1776 Esther Webb botp banns / note Richard Webb was the previous tenant of the Crispin and he had married Betty Langshaw in 1770 / an Esther Webb dau of William & Esther was bapt 4.4.1741 St James / John Thomas s of Thomas & Esther Langshaw bapt 7.8.1777 St James / Hannah d of Thomas & Esther Langshaw bapt 11.12.1778 St James / Morning Herald 13.5.1784 lease of Crispin in Poland St occupier Thomas Langshaw at £43 p.a. for sale…


Lappan, Lucy

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

Lucy Lappan 2 Poland St ratebooks 1787-97 / SunFire 1777 Lucy Lappin mantua maker opposite Little Marlborough St, King St, Oxford St / SunFire 1786 Lucy Lappan mantua maker Poland St / SunFire 1804 Lucy Lappan & Hannah Sawyer 7 Silver St Golden Sq // 1772 Samuel Lappan of Bruton St = Miss Sawyer of Kirby St, Golden Sq / 1786 ad re Dr James' Powder, attempt to sell it by his former footman Samuel Lappan / Lucy dau of Samuel & Lucy Lappan born 22.9.1773 bapt 11.10.1773 St James, buried 24.6.1812 Westminster…


Lavell, James

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

James Lavell 21 Poland St ratebooks 1784-6 / SunFire 1784 chandler & wine cooper Poland St / SunFire 1788 cooper & turner 24 Whitcomb St / wine cooper Whitcomb St voted Hood 1788 & 1790 / Wakefields directory 1790 wine cooper 24 Whitcomb St / coroners jury 1793 cooper Whitcomb St / wine merchant St Martins La voted Maxwell 1818 / James Lavell = St Marylebone 11.1.1784 Mary Spink / their sonJohn born 27.9.1784 bapt 10.10.1784, dau Lydia bapt 11.2.1793, dau Elizabeth bapt 9.3.1795 all at Grays Inn Lane Independent /…


Le Girardy

SunFire 1789 Irrouard le Girardy, 37 the corner of King St in Dean St Soho painter, other occupier Guerres engraver / Sun Fire 1791 Jerouard le Girardy 1 Poland St painter / 22 & 23.5.1793 case in Kings Bench Girardy v. Richardson (no address given but name was very rare in London) Girardy tried to recover rent from tenant who had told him she was a "lady of the town" when she moved in. Girardy lost, as prostitution is against the public good. Painter often meant house painter but in this case with the connection to Guerres engraver he may have been an artist, but doesn't appear in any…


Ledeka, Charles

see Poland Street 1 to 8 and 49 to 62 in London Addresses dataset

Charles Ledeka Old Bailey witness 28.5.1800 (see Bartolomichi, Luigi) was foreman to Mr Aberer, tailor (see Haberer, Martin) at 57 Poland St / Charles Ledike bur 8.1.1836 St James age 75 from workhouse / Hannah Lidike bur 28.11.1837 St James age 67 from workhouse


Legoux, Bernard

see Poland Street 1 to 9 & 49 to 62 and Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Bernard/Lewis Lougex ratebooks 24 Poland St 1777-85, 52 Poland St 1788-95 / SunFire 1783 Bernard Legoux surgeon, man midwife & dealer in medicines 24 Poland St / SunFire 1789 Lewis Legoux engraver & printseller 52 Poland St, and Barnard Legoux surgeon / 1792 Dr Bernard Peter Legoux surgeon and dealer in medicines 52 Poland St  / Anne Maria Carolina Legoux bapt dau of Bernard & Philippia 29.3.1752 St Martin in the Fields / Lewis Legoux bapt son of Bernard Petitjean &…


Leslie, Ernest

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Ernest Leslie 44 Poland St ratebooks 1779-82 / Ernest Leslie of St Margaret Westminster widower = St Martin i t Fields 30.7.1758 Mary Read sp otp by Archbishops lic / their children bapt St Margarets James 1759, Ernest Augustus 1769, Robert 1762, Maria Ann 1763, Elizabeth Matilda 1766, Janet 1767, George 1770 (father as Ernest Augustus in one of these) / Land Tax 1767 Gt George St Westminster / peruke maker of King St coroners jury 1765, 1774 / Ernest Leslie peruke maker King St, St Margaret's voted 1774 Percy & Clinton /…


Lewes, Charles Lee

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

World 26.2.1791 tickets from Mr Lee Lewes at Mr Brough's 16 Poland St / Charles Lee Lewes DNB 1740-1803 /  William Brough adult buried 22.5.1795 St James (William Brough staymaker of Carnaby St voted Hood & Fox 1784 will PCC 1785 mentioned wife Margaret, son Thomas)


Lewes, Charles Lee

GODWIN DIARY; Lee Lewes's Benefit (The Wonder) 24.6.1803

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

World 26.2.1791 tickets from Mr Lee Lewes at Mr Brough's 16 Poland St  /  William Brough adult buried 22.5.1795 St James (William Brough staymaker of Carnaby St voted Hood & Fox 1784 will PCC 1785 mentioned wife Margaret, son Thomas)

Charles Lee Lewes DNB 1740-1803


Liddle, Henry

see Poland Street 19 to 44 in London Addresses dataset

Henry Liddle 25 Poland St ratebooks 1778-1781 / SunFire 1777 Sarah Hales widow at Mr Liddal's tailor Poland St (note Thomas Hales leaseholder of 50 (then 49) Poland St 1788) / Daily Advertiser 26.3.1778 sale on the premises in Poland St opposite the Pantheon, the effects of Mr Henry Liddle and lease of said premises ten & 3 quarter years unexpired rent £30 p.a. "substantially built, in perfect repair, four storeys high, two rooms to a floor"/ Ann Liddle 25 Poland St ratebooks 1800-6

 


Limm, Mary

see Poland Street number not known in London Addresses dataset

Mary Limm widow SunFire 1788 matron of St James Infirmary Poland St / SunFire 1779 Mary Limm widow 10 Queens Row Knightsbridge / perhaps Joseph Limm bach = St Geo Han Sq 20.12.1756 Mary Latham sp by lic / Land Tax 1757 Joseph Limm Ditch Side / Mary dau of Joseph & Mary Limm of Ditch Side bapt 18.12.1757 St Bride Fleet St / Eleanor dau of same bapt 22.2.1759 there / Joseph Limm Land Tax 1768 Silver St, Whitefriars Precinct / Mary Limb adult of White Bear Court, High St bur 29.6.1794 St Botolph Aldgate


Lippop, William

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 &…


Lochee, John Charles

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…


Lodge, Thomas

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…


Ludbey, Thomas

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


Lunardi, Vincenzo

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)