Sir William Gomm pub (site of) 44, Abbeyfield Road, London SE16
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Sir William Gomm pub (site of) 44, Abbeyfield Road, London SE16
Image: © Chris Lordan Taken: 19 Oct 2009
Was on the left of the junction with Mossington Street, first recorded in 1832 and closed in 1978. It was a three-storeyed square building and named after the Lord of the Manor of Rotherhithe, Field Marshall Sir William Maynard Gomm GCB (1784 to 1875). He created a record that will never be broken in this country i.e. 81 years' continuous service in the army. This was the second pub so named in the area; the first was close to the inland side of the Greenland Dock - 1857 to 1873 -but was demolished when the Port of London Authority extended their land.
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Image Location
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51.492114
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