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41 Hartley Street (Mount Pleasant)
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Bowling Green date unknown. |
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From the Dover Mercury 8 February 2001.
Drink to the Duchess
PICTURES of pubs featured in Those Were The Days recently has brought to
light intriguing facts by local author and historian Barry Smith.
Mr Smith of Glenfield Road, Dover, has written By the Way, an account of
the hostelries of Dover down the centuries, available in East Kent
reference libraries.
One showed the Duchess of Kent in the Market Square presumably named in
honour of Queen Victoria's mother and Mr Smith reveals that in 1690, the
Butchers Arms occupied the site. "It still traded under that sign until
1822 but was re-fronted about that time," he says.
"The Duchess of Kent sign was adopted in 1835. It showed the Duchess, apparently wearing a turban. I think there must be a story there.
"She
certainly visited the town that year but the Ship Hotel catered for her
needs - there was also a Duchess of Kent eating house in 1838."
You could down a pub pint at
three in the morning, a privilege renewed in 1874 and 1900.
Legislation
of 1914 banned the sale of alcohol after 9 pm, only the Duchess, the Walmer Castle and buffets at the town and harbour stations were
exempt.
Time was called in 1962, reopening with the Walmer Castle as a
single ale house called the Elephant & Hind to
commemorate the trademarks of the two breweries.
And our other picture shows the Bowling Green. Tavern, its origins
possibly dating back to 1805, which closed in 1937 when the area was
demolished for redevelopment.
The site, formerly Hartley's Meadow still remains vacant and Mr Smith
says brickwork still shows where homes were built into the bank itself.
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Bowling Green circa 1930. Next door was A. E. Clarks General Shop. |
A fully licensed Fremlin pub on the corner with Durham Hill. Certainly
there in 1842 and there is evidence of Harry Marsh keeping another with this
sign in 1805. William Spratt witnessed the closure in 1937 when the district
became a slum clearance area and it was demolished for redevelopment. Leney managed to transfer the licence to
Aycliffe House in April 1938, thus allowing the "King Lear"
to open.
The site, formerly Hartley's Meadow still remained vacant in 2001 and Mr
Barry Smith says brickwork still shows where homes were built into the bank
itself.
LICENSEE LIST
MARSH Harry 1805
RAND Thomas 1842
HOPPER John 1858
BURTON William 1864
BROWN 1867
CLARK 1867 end
ORAM M. 1868 end
DAWES or Davies William 1868-69
HARTS William 1873-74 end
POOLEY Edward 1874
WRAIGHT James 1875
BLAKE James 1875-90 end
BROWN Cornelius 1879
BLAKE James junior 1890
PENNOCK Harry 1891
CHANDLER William G. 1895 (
also beer retailer)
SUMMERFIELD John William 1897
WRIGHT William 1901-02 dec'd
WRIGHT Mrs Elizabeth 1902
CROUCHER William 1903 end
SPRATT William 1903-12 end and 1930-37 end
BRYANT John Thos 1913-18+
 
MARKLEW H. 1919
ROSE Edward H. 1922-25 end
  
WEEKS William Thomas 1925-37 dec'd
GOODE Sidney Alwyn 1929
MARSH William A 1930
SPRATT William 1930-37 end
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Kelley's Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From
Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895
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
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33
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