In 1878, the area of Dulwich is described as being 'a favourite resort for the working men of London, for the purpose of holding their annual gatherings at one or other of its taverns, the chief of which are the 'Greyhound,' the 'Half Moon,' and the 'Crown.'' At this time, the Half Moon was particularly noted for its flower garden, lawns and tea gardens. A range of stabling is also underlet at £32 per annum. It is said to be held from Dulwich College for twenty-eight years unexpired, at £95 per annum, and £1 in lieu of land tax. The pub at this time is said to have four rooms on the top floor assembly room and six other rooms on the first floor bar and six rooms on the ground floor, and large tea garden. The Half Moon is recorded as being up for sale in April 1868, where it is described as having been in the hands of the Webb family for, 'the best part of a century'. Goulding-I told him I could-he had a glass of ale and a cigar, and then left-I paid the note into the Excise-office next day (Monday), and on the following Saturday it was returned to me stamped 'Forged'-I had not known the prisoner before-this was on a Sunday-people dress differently on a Sunday in my neighbourhood.' The prisoner was found guilty and 'Transported for Ten Years'. On Sunday, 7th Nov., between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I was in my bar the prisoner came in and asked me if I could change a 10/. He states in his evidence, 'I keep the Half-moon, at Dulwich. In 1853, William John Webb, is shown as giving evidence in the Old Bailey in the case of Daniel Allen, aged 32, feloniously uttering a forged ten shilling Bank of England note, with intent to defraud. Webb the proprietor of the Half Moon employed five staff. The Census return for 1851 shows that Mr. John Webb of the Half Moon Public House, Dulwich is also shown in Old Bailey records from 1833, providing a reference of good character for a prisoner named William Patten, aged 22, who was found guilty of stealing 2 live pigs and sentenced to be 'Transported for Seven Years'. John Webb is shown to be the tenant of the Half Moon Public House, stable and paddock for 22 years from 1824.

Photo of Edward Alleyn memorial stone outside the Christ's Chapel of God's Gift, Dulwich, UK. Webb, of the Half Moon Inn, Dulwich, presented the college with the original gravestone of Edward Alleyn, which for many years had been preserved by himself and father in the tea gardens at the rear of the inn.' It is said that the tombstone had 'doubtless proved advantageous to the landlord in drawing visitors to his house.' One contemporary source states that 'Mr. In 1844, Edward Alleyn's original tombstone, removed many years before from the College of God's Gift Chapel, was 're-discovered' in the skittle ground of the Half Moon, where it was believed to be serving as a cover or break-water for a parish sewer. Ī letter to the Editor of the Monthly Magazine in March 1808, records the death of a boy chimney sweep at the Half Moon on 12 February of that same year, having been taken in suffering from fatigue and cold on 'Dulwich Lane', after a great quantity of snow fell. An inn has stood on the site at the west end of Half Moon Lane, nearest Herne Hill, since the middle of the 17th century, but the first public house 'known by the Sign of the Half Moon' was built by Joseph Miller in 1760.

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