Commercial Tavern


The Commercial Tavern is a pub at 142 Commercial Street, Spitalfields, Shoreditch, London E1.
It is a Grade II listed round-ended building of white brick with painted stucco dressings, erected in 1865 by Abraham Keymer, publican of the Norfolk Arms in nearby Bethnal Green.

Licence Holders and Residents

A variety of sources provide information about the licence holder at various points in time:
1865 - Abraham Keymer
1866 - Abraham Keymer
1869 - Abraham Keymer
1873 - Abraham Keymer transferred the license to Thomas Hoare
1875 - Charles Entwhistle
1881 - James Blumson of Bethnal Green ... Blumson was 32yo and lived on site with his wife Rose Blumson of Spitalfields, 29yo, their daughter Rose, 8yo, and five employees: Alfred Narey of Shoreditch, 23yo; Phoebe Narey of Bethnal Green, 22yo; Daniel McCue of Hoxton, 30yo; Charles Bailey of Aberdeen, 23yo; Eliza Darking of Bethnal Green, 27yo.
1884 - William Blumson
1891 - William Blumson
1891 - William Blumson of Spitalfields ... Blumson was 40yo and lived on site with his wife Lizzie Blumson of Manchester, 30yo, their eldest son William Blumson Jr, 19yo, who they employed as a barman, their three younger sons, John, 9yo, Alan, 7yo and Charlie, 4yo, their nephew Bertie Roberts of Dalston, 9yo, and two servants: William Miller of Stepney, 22yo, and Bourne of Bury, 20yo.
1895 - William Blumson
1899 - William Blumson
1908 - Joseph Pailes
1911 - Joseph Pailes of Southwark ... Pailes was 59yo and lived on site with his wife Caroline Pailes of Southwark, 58yo, four children Alfred, 26yo, Florrie, 22yo, Edward, 16yo and William, 8yo, and one servant: Louisa Johnson of London, 53yo.
1912 - Joseph Pailes
1914 - Joseph Pailes
1917 - Joseph Pailes
1934 - A G Pailes
1944 - Copes Taverns