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7-8 King Street
Market Place in 1823
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A BUSY Dover market place scene based in a J. E. Youden sketch dated
1822. A painting based on this hangs in Dover's council chamber.
Interesting features include the old Fountain Inn, to the left of the
Guildhall (built in 1605), with a paddock emblem on the wall, the old prison to the
right next to the premises of a baker and hairdresser, Morphew's tea and
tallow chandlers' shop and Durtnall's ironmongery business. |
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This view of the old Guildhall, with its rather odd perspective as in
the 1788 print, has a number of interesting features. On the right are
several lofty remnants of St. Martin-le-Grand together with the
upholder's shop of Val Fuller with a sign depicting a ship on a rough
sea. Near the pawnbrokers are the stocks and a striped barber's pole. It
was at this point that properties on this side of the square were
separated by a narrow lane leading into St. Martin's churchyard. The
Guildhall itself sports new wooden pillars and windows which were added
in 1759. To the left of the Guildhall is the old Fountain Inn with a
riders' mounting stool outside. Next door is a building which was later
demolished to widen King Street, once a very narrow lane.
Information taken from John Bavington Jones' book "A
Perambulation of the Town, Port and Fortress of Dover", 1906. (Reprint
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This alehouse on the corner of the Square provided Flint's ale. The name
had no significance. A drinking fountain in the Square appeared later but
did not last long. I pause here while I try to think where I might find such
a useful commodity today.
This outlet traded when King Street was only fifteen feet wide but it
ended when this side of the street was taken down by the widening of King
Street by an Act of Parliament around 1823-1826. It was probably
number one, the next house to the corner, No. 2, was also the property of
Messrs. Flint and Co. but following the widening the numbers start from the other end.
See "Fountain Hotel". It was
rebuilt, set back to the new building line. Sold late in 1912 it was
demolished in 1915 to provide a site for the enlarged bank premises of the
Westminster Bank - formerly the London and County Bank - now the Nationwide
Building Society offices.
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Information taken from John Bavington Jones' book "A Perambulation of
the Town, Port and Fortress of Dover", 1906. (Reprint in The South Kent
Gazette, August 8th, 1979.)
That old bit of Dover called Caroline Place, in honour of Queen Caroline,
about whom popular feeling ran so high in the early portion of the 19th
century, was once very well known to frequentem of Dover Market. Here, until
1906, was the "Old Fountain Inn," a house of call for the owners of market
vans, which used this street as a standing place. This house bore this name as
early as 1840. Although CaroIine Place was apparently a cul de sac, the
extension at right angles contained a row of houses that led to the former
tanyard, and the name Caroline Place was given when these were built.
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From the Kentish Post or Canterbury News-Letter,
April 15-18, 1730. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
Advert for the Fountain Inn in Dover by Joseph Knocker, a Barber and
Peruke Maker, who also runs the Public House!
By
the way, a Peruke Maker was a manufacturer of wigs especially for men.
In the 1700s a lot of folk didn't bathe that often and so there was a
call for a lot of cologne to make one smell better and obviously wigs
for those bad hair days. Paul Skelton.
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Kentish Post or Canterbury News, April 16 to 20, 1748. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
Sale of a Privateer at the Fountain Tavern, Dover, May 3. 1748.
Again, as there is no address, I am going to assume this to be the
same pub as is called the "Fountain Hotel" and so pre-dates my earliest
record again.
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Kentish Post or Canterbury News, July 16-19, 1755. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
To be Lett, Joseph Knocker’s the Fountain Tavern in the Market-Place,
Dover.
July 23-26, 1755
Advert above amended, and now reads as being for Sale August 1st,
1755, “with the Stables and Appurtenances thereto belonging.”
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From the Kentish Post or Canterbury News-Letter,
August 11-14, 1756. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
Advert for a Sale of a Messuage at Mr. Tom’s at the Fountain in
Dover.
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From the Kentish Gazette, or Canterbury Journal [one title]. October 4
to 7, 1769. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
Advert for sale by auction of
a Messuage, Shop etc, to be held at the sign of the Fountain in Dover,
on October 16th 1769.
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Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson. A Notice in the Kentish Gazette for
January 21-25, 1772 states:-
THOMAS HOOPER, from the Swan in Green-street, in the Parish of Linstead,
informs the public that he has taken the Fountain in the Market Place,
Dover.
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LICENSEE LIST
KNOCKER Joseph 1730-55 1 Oct
TOMS George June 1 Oct 1755+ (Kentish Gazette)
HOOPER Thomas January 1772+
BROCKMAN John 1823
REYNOLDS Richard 1839
 
COULTARD John 1840
WOOD 1844
JUDGE Joseph 1847
GOLDSMITH 1852
FILMER 1852 end
JONES 1865
PARAMOUR 1865
SAVILLE William 1870 end
PAIN Charles 1870-78
JOHN St W 1878-79 end
EASTLEY Robert 1879-80 end
WINGROVE Mrs Louisa 1880-82 end
FILMER W J 1884-85 end
JOHNSON John Irish 1885 end
WILLSON J 1885
PRYER Joseph 1886 end
PRYER Robert William A 1887
WILLIAM Robert 1891
PRYER R 1895 
BURTON Luther 1899-1903 end
 
DALTON George Herbert 1903-07 end
WHITING Walter 1907-12 end
WURZ Henry William 1912-13 end
From the Pigot's Directory 1823
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-9
From the Pigot's Directory 1839
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895
From the Kelley's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1903
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