46 York Street (Priory Lane and Back Ditch)

On the corner with Bowling Green Lane, Stephen Smith might well have been the first to serve in 1847. It was a fully licensed outlet of Flint, one of his nine pubs in the town. Four of those had already disappeared by 1917 but the "Marquis" continued to 1929 when the licence was allowed to lapse.

Dover corporation paid compensation of £1,250 to Flint and Company who in turn, allowed £25 to the tenant.

I did find mention of an "Anglesey Arms" in York Street in 1870. I have presumed that to be the "Marquis of Anglesey".

The property sold for £230 freehold in 1930 and became a retail shop thereafter.

Redevelopment saw the whole area compulsory purchased and demolition proceeded in the 1960's. That programme had already started in 1935 with the renewal of properties in Adrian Street. A new road now assists traffic using the docks and a vast area which has been unproductive for years is at last receiving attention in 1989.

LICENSEE LIST

SMITH Stephen 1847

WARNER E. 1870

MARSH Mrs Caroline 1870-72 end

BROWN James 1871-73 end

WHIDDETT George 1872

COOMBES George 1873-80 dec'd

COOMBES Mrs Maria 1880-82+

COTTERELL Charles E 1891

FRIEND L. 1895

CHARLES Miss L. 1899

WHITE W. G. 1900

HAWKINS William Webber 1900-02 end

CAVE Mrs Mary 1903

HOUGHTON James Henry 1903-13 end

WHITE G. 1910

PRITCHARD George James 1913-19 dec'd

PRITCHARD Mrs 1919

McKEEHNIE Mrs R. (McKETCHNIE?) 1920 end

NEWING J. W. A. 1920-22 end

WOOD J. A. 1922

WOOD Frederick 1924-25 end

STACE George William 1925-27 end

PARNELL Fred James 1926

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

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1909

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924