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201 London Road in 1899 Kelley's Directory 1950

 

Duke of Wellington

Above photo shows the Duke of Wellington regulars on a day out, date unknown. Picture kindly supplied by Joyce Banks.

 

The number always read 200 up to 1914 and whatever happened then, there was still confusion up to 1939. From April that year, numbers one to seven Cranbrook Villas became 202-207a London Road.

 

The licence issued in 1869 I feel could be the first. Although I (Paul Skelton) have just been passed an account that happened in 1860, see below. It passed to the East Kent Brewery in October 1890.

 

I hoped to find another licensed property between here and Buckland Bridge but my searches were in vain. Once retailing for Mrs Harding, lack of trade brought about the closure here shortly after or during 1971.

 

From the Dover Express. 1860.

Petty Robbery.

A German who gave the name of John Hearn and said he was a labour in the employ of Mr. Moxton, was charged by David Matthew’s the landlord of the Duke of Wellington Public House, Buckland, with stealing nine dominoes value 1s. It appeared that the prisoner who could speak English very well was at the house of the prosecutor on Saturday and was amusing himself by playing with a box of dominoes that had been left in the parlour and that shortly after he was gone nine of the dominoes were missed from the box and were subsequently found in the prisoners possession at his lodgings. The prisoner did not deny the charge but wanted to make the magistrates believe that he was drunk when he took the dominoes. The policeman who took him into custody however satisfied their worships that this was not the case and the prisoner who desired that he might be summarily dealt with was sent to the House Of Correction for fourteen days.

 

Information kindly supplied by Joyce Banks.

More reading of Dover at www.DoverHistory.co.uk

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

MATTHEWS David 1860+

◄ BAKER George 1870 ►

CHAPMAN John 1871-74+ Post Office Directory 1874

HUBBARD Edward 1882 Post Office Directory 1882

BAXTER Charles or James 1885 end

JOYCE James B. 1885

BROCKMAN Daniel 1887-99 Post Office Directory 1891Pikes 1895Kelley's Directory 1899

STANLEY Thomas William 1899-1913 Post Office Directory 1903Post Office Directory 1913

HOPPER William George 1913-14

FISHER R. H. 1916-22 Post Office Directory 1922

WOOTON Frederick Charles 1920-24 end Pikes 1923Pikes 1924

WILSON Henry Thomas 1924-28 dec'd

WILSON Mrs Ann Emma 1928-32+ Post Office Directory 1930Pikes 1932-33

CHAPMAN Mrs Ann Emma 1933-48 Post Office Directory 1938

FRANKS Bernard George 1950-17-Aug-51 Kelley's Directory 1950(Dover Express)

BEAVER Reginald 17-Aug-1951+ (Dover Express)

HURLEY Arthur Frank 1953-56+ Kelley's Directory 1953Kelley's Directory 1956

ILBURY Henry C. 1962-71

 

Post Office Directory 1874From the Post Office Directory 1874

Post Office Directory 1882From the Post Office Directory 1882

Post Office Directory 1891From the Post Office Directory 1891

Pikes 1895From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895

Kelley's Directory 1899From the Kelley's Directory 1899

Post Office Directory 1903From the Post Office Directory 1903

Post Office Directory 1913From the Post Office Directory 1913

Post Office Directory 1922From the Post Office Directory 1922

Pikes 1923From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923

Pikes 1924From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924

Post Office Directory 1930From the Post Office Directory 1930

Pikes 1932-33From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33

Post Office Directory 1938From the Post Office Directory 1938

Kelley's Directory 1950From the Kelley's Directory 1950

Kelley's Directory 1953From the Kelley's Directory 1953

Kelley's Directory 1956From the Kelley's Directory 1956

 

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