Commercial Quay

58 Strond Street

Snargate Street, Pentside

The picture above was taken, date unknown. The Barley Mow is indicated by the "X". The picture below is date unknown

Facing the dockside, numbers 51 to 58 were a continuation of Commercial Quay and were removed with those properties in 1929-30.

A sheaf suggests an appropriate sign but the name could have associations with Barley Mow Passage which separated 81 and 83 Snargate Street. Its neighbour would have been the "Union Hotel" which disappeared in the same purge, apparently going first, because early in 1930, the "Barley Mow" and the "New Commercial Quay Inn" were the only two pubs still open in the area designated for clearance.

An outlet of George Beer at the close, it was in the care of Jack Cesar in 1805.

Five a.m. opening was allowed from 1881 but by 1900 that was extended to three thirty a.m.

David Torr, in 1890 had fourteen pounds of tobacco on the premises which the revenue men considered he had not declared. Apart from his fine of £5.10s. and the loss of his right to draw, the Bench seem to have overstepped their authority when they refused the licence transfer to another member of the trade. By access to higher channels, James Dolbear effected a reopening here in October that year.

But the end result: It was closed by February 1930 and had disappeared for good by April. The brewer's compensation was £4,548 and licensee, Mrs Mary Hunt, got £475. She moved the same year to the "Salutation".

LICENSEE LIST

CESAR John 1805-23+

CESAR Susannah 1826-28+

HARBERT William 1832-1858+ (HERBERT)

HARBERT Elizabeth 1862

MEADOWS H.J. 1868, brewers agent

CANN George 1869

DAY William (Day H. W?) 1869 end

PEEL John 1872-74

DALLEY James 1875

CULLINANE Patrick 1878

HOBDAY Walter 1878 end

TORR David 1882-1890 end

DOLBEAR James 1890-95

DIXON W. Charles. A. 1899-1903 end

WARRELL or WALWOOD W. J. 1903-4 end

WALWOOD W. J. 1903-7 end

ORMAN J. D. 1907-8 end

HUNT James 1908-19 dec'd

HUNT Mrs Mary Ann 1919-29

From the Pigot's Directory 1823

From the Pigot's Directory 1828-9

From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34

From the Pigot's Directory 1839

From the Pigot's Directory 1840

From Bagshaw Directory 1847

From the Post Office Directory 1855

From Melville's Directory 1858

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1891

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895

From the Kelley's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1909

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1918

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924