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147 (85) High Street (East Gate
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Rochester
01634 880521
https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/the-golden-lion
https://whatpub.com/golden-lion-hotel
Above photo August 2014, kindly supplied by John Hopperton. |
Above photo 2016. |
 
Above sign left June 2010, sign right 2013.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
The address has also been given as East Gate, certainly before 1847. The
pub was situated a few doors away from the "Lord
Nelson."
Local knowledge, further pictures, and licensee information would be
appreciated.
I will be adding the historical information when I find or are sent it,
but this project is a very big one, and I do not know when or where the
information will come from.
All emails are answered.
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Kentish Gazette, Friday 29 November 1816.
Public house.
To let, the "Golden Lion," public house, in Eastgate, in the High Street
of Rochester. Immediate possession may be had.
For particulars apply to the office of Mr. Best's Brewhouse, Chatham.
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From the Kentish Gazette, 2 September 1845.
DEATH.
White:— August 20, at Rochester, Mr. W. White, landlord of the "Golden
Lion" public house.
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Kentish Gazette, 13 February 1849.
DEATH.
Hickmott:— Feb. 1, in Eastgate, Rochester, the wife of Mr. John Hickmott,
landlord of the "Golden Lion," public house, aged 35 years.
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Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette, Saturday 30 August 1862.
Deaths. WEST INDIES.
August 25, at Bermuds, Alfred Thomas, second son of Thomas
Obee, of the "Golden Lion," Rochester, aged 31 years.
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Clare Freeman, 2 October 2015.
Wetherspoon's The Golden Lion, Rochester High Street, to become hotel following £1.5 million expansion
and refurbishment.
Following a £1.5 million expansion, a busy pub is set to become Medway's
newest hotel.
The "Golden Lion" pub in Rochester will be closed until the end of this
month and when it reopens will also be offering hotel rooms alongside
the usual food and drink.
The Wetherspoons venue has purchased the premises next door, previously
occupied by the Thai Four Two restaurant which has moved to a new
location on the other side of the High Street.
The Golden Lion in Rochester High Street.
The extension will link up with the existing pub, meaning more space for
customers and a bigger garden.
The area above the pub will be converted into nine ensuite bedrooms -
three double rooms and six twin rooms. They will also be able to cater
for families, with rooms starting at £39 per night.
It will be the chain's 43rd hotel in the country and rooms will come
with complimentary tea, coffee and mineral water.
Guests will also have access to free wifi, a hair dryer, a television
with freeview and ironing equipment.
The "Golden Lion" will reopen on Wednesday, October 28. During this time,
the kitchen will be made bigger and the current pub premises will be
redecorated.
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LICENSEE LIST
CLARKE Henry 1824-32+
WHITE W Mr to Aug/1845 dec'd
FOSTER William 1847+
HICKMOTT John 1849+
OBEE Thomas 1858-81+ (widower age 74 in 1881 )
GARNER John Owen 1891+ (age 38 in 1891)
HUTCHINGSON George Reid 1903+
BAKER James 1911+
WINN Arthur 1913+
SHEEPWASH Bruce J 1918-22+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/GoldenLion.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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