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PUB LIST   PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

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Bell Family and Commercial Hotel

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Strand Street

(Sandwich)

 

From the Dover Telegraph, 4 January 1834.

WHEREAS a Fiat in Bankruptcy is awarded and issued against WILLIAM KINGSFORD of Buckland, near Dover, in the County of Kent, paper manufacturer, miller, dealer and chapman, and being declared a Bankrupt is hereby required to surrender himself to the commissioners in the said Fait named or the major part of them, on the sixth day of January next, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely, and on the Fourteenth day of February next, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, of the same days, at the "BELL INN", SANDWICH, in the County of Kent; and make full discovery and disclosure of his Estate and Effects; when and where the creditors are to come prepared to prove their debts, at at their first sitting to choose Assigners; and at the last sitting , the said Bankrupt is required to finish his examination; and the Creditors are to assent to, or dissent from, the allowance of his certificate. All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt, or that have any of his Effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to whom the Commissioner shall appoint, but give notice to Mr SURRAGE, Solicitor, Sandwich; or Messrs. W and E DYNE, Solicitor, 61, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.

 

 

Melville's directory of 1858 states that the Bell Inn in Strand Street also housed the Assembly Rooms.

 

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MOLYNEUX & HADLOW 1855 Post Office Directory 1855

MOLYNEUX William 1858+ Melville's 1858

WANSTALL  R 1862+ Kelley's 1862

BURCH J 1874+ Kelley's 1874

FILMER John James 1882 Post Office Directory 1882

JONES Jane A Mrs 1891 Post Office Directory 1891 (Manageress)

 

Melville's 1858From Melville's Directory 1858

Post Office Directory 1855From the Post Office Directory 1855

Kelley's 1862From the Kelley's Directory 1862

Kelley's 1874From the Kelley's Directory 1874

Post Office Directory 1882From the Post Office Directory 1882

Post Office Directory 1891From the Post Office Directory 1891

 

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