DOVER KENT ARCHIVES
PUB LIST   PUBLIC HOUSES Barry Smith

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 British Tar

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27 Tower Hamlets Street

 

We know that Mary Monday served here in 1847 and that would have been something like twenty years before the other houses appeared. We are also told that four beer-houses were in the area at the turn of the century. The name conjures up many possibilities. By 1878, it had changed to "Dewdrop" but on the other hand, a certain John Russell was said to be serving at a "British Tar" in 1879; the directories of the day were often a year out of date to name changes anyway.

 

Email received 26 July 2008.

Christine Norris emailed me and said the following:-

We have a copy of my husbands great, great grandfather marriage certificate containing the following information:

October 18th 1853.

Marriage of Alfred Little and Elizabeth Ruck both living at 27 Tower Hamlets and married in Charlton, Dover.

Alfred Littles father James Joseph Little is stated as being a licensed victualler of that address.

Christine Norris.

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

MONDAY Mary Ann 1847+

LITTLE James Joseph 1853+

RUSSELL John 1879

 

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