North East side circa Nov 1831 To be let and entered upon immediately that old established PH known as the Worlds End near the North Bridge
April 1845 To be sold by auction the Worlds End PH with substantial fitted rooms for business, good cellar, brewhouse, together with tenement at front with 4 beds, also 6 tenements in the yard apply George Selby owner.
Also in that year the Waterloo veterans formed a social to meet annually on June 8th Waterloo Day at the Worlds End to commemorate Napoleons defeat, where supper and entertainment was provided, followed by toasts to the Queen, his grace Duke of Wellington, the Army and Navy. This they carried on through the 1850s.
The 1849 directory describes the Worlds End pub as being on the other side of Slater Street going out of town before Lewis Yard
On the 4th of June 1854, the landlord was fined 10/- for selling alcohol during prohibited hours – 4pm – on Sunday.
The Worlds End contents were auctioned off by Morris & Sons on the 15th of March 1873, when the landlord moved to the Castle Tavern in Gallowtree Gate. There are no more records of the pub after that date. The licence was not renewed in Aug 1873, the Worlds End was shortly to be pulled down
Other landlords listed: 1840, John Hill. 1850, George Selby. 1856 Wm Dixon 1862, George Vickers 1864 Thos Johnson, 1865, John Sewell. Although Selby seemed to be the owner as on various occasions from 1845 he put the pub up for sale or lease.
Further research from Chris Pyrah finds a William Dixon licensee from Oct 1856 to Feb 1859, according to press transfer reports, August 1858 he was the ‘worthy host’ who held post-match supper for the North Cricket Club (the North being a variation on North Gate)
