75 Snargate Street

The notes at my disposal proved so contradictory that I threw them away, A new licence given to Hadderley or Halliday, in 1864, confirms the title then, but when the premises were handed over by Birch in 1875 it was known as "Sir Garnet Wolseley"

Efforts were made that year to transfer the licence of the "Prince of Hesse" to here but the reason is obscure. Perhaps a reopening or maybe a fuller licence. My notes even suggested that from 1852 the sign had been "Beehive" but the number does not support that supposition.

It is a fact that this was an alehouse in 1869 but probably a beerhouse by 1872. The brewer then would have been C. Dickensen of Folkestone. The "Beehive" would have belonged to Walker of Phoenix brewery up to 1859 but as that sign continued to 1810 there is no obvious connection.

My apologies. If it is any consolation, the trade itself, as well as the justices, went into a flat spin themselves over this one. That was the main reason in 1898 for changing the name to "Lord Roberts".

LICENSEE LIST

Some confusion of which Bricklayers Arms is which.

REYNOLDS Richard 1823 (Snargate Street)

BOYCE Ann Bricklayers Arms,  1845 (Biggin St? Snargate St?)

KEELER S. early 1860's (Bricklayers Arms)

AVERY J. 1869 (Bricklayers Arms)

AVERY J. 1870 (Brickmakers Arms)

STONE James 1870 (Bricklayers or Brickmakers Arms)

CRADDUCK Stephen or Thomas 1871 end (Bricklayers Arms)

HADDERLEY R. 1871 (Bricklayers Arms)

ROBBINS or ROBINS Jacob  1872 (Snargate St)

TUTT George Marshall Bricklayers Arms 1872 (Snargate St)

BIRCH Joseph or John Charles 1875 (Snargate St)

From the Pigot's Directory 1823