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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1828-

Maidstone Arms

Closed ????

3 Maidstone Road (Crow Lane Pigot's Directory 1832-34)

St. Nicholas

Rochester

Former Maidstone Arms 2010

Above photo showing the former pub in 2010.

 

In 1864 Superintendent Radley of the city police tried to shut down seven pubs as prostitution was rife in the area. This pub was one on the list. The address was given as Crow Lane.

 

Southeastern Gazette, 22 February 1853.

CITY PETTY SESSIONS.

Wednesday. (Before the Mayor, Captain Burton, S. Steele, E. R. Coles, and W. Munclark, Esqrs.)

Alexander Ware and Lewis Kemp were charged with felony. James Richardson, the landlord of the "Black Boy" public-house stated that the prisoners entered his house on Sunday night last, at about eleven o'clock, and after remaining in the tap-room about a minute they turned round and went out again. The prisoner Kemp appearing to be embarrassed, prosecutor thought there was something wrong, and on examining the tap-room missed a quart pot, which he felt satisfied the prisoners had stolen, upon which he gave information to McGeorge, the constable, who succeeded in apprehending them with the quart pot in their possession. The value of the pot was 1s. 6d. Prosecutor said he had lost three quart pots, and several pints since he had the house.

Police-constable McGeorge apprehended the two prisoners in the tap-room of the "Maidstone Arms" public-house, Crow-lane, with the pot, which they were drinking from. The prisoner Ware admitted that he had taken the pot, but he was so drunk that he did not know what he was doing.

Committed for trial.

 

Southeastern Gazette, 5 July 1853.

Saturday. (Before Capt. Burton, E. R. Coles,. S. Steele, J. L. Levy, and W. Manclark, Esqrs.)

William Filer was charged with an assault on the person of William Sedge.

The complainant deposed that he was a coal porter and resided at Gravesend. On Wednesday night last, at about twelve o’clock, complainant went into defendant’s beerhouse in Crow-lane, in company with a companion, and whilst there engaged a bed. On retiring they had to pass through a room before they reached their bed-room, in which they found two men lying on the bed and two under the bed. Complainant, not thinking himself safe, attempted to pull one of the men out, when he was set upon and beaten by them, and during the scuffle the landlord came in and struck the complainant, and immediately after he saw the landlord put his hand into his pocket and instantly he felt a blow on the head as if stabbed; he then became insensible.

A certificate was put in from a medical man describing the injuries complainant had received.

The evidence of complainant was fully borne out by that of his companion, and the magistrates inflicted a penalty of £5, inclusive of costs.

Capt. Burton said from what they had heard to-day, they would never think of renewing defendant’s licence.

 

Southeastern Gazette, 13 September 1853.

This being the adjourned meeting for renewing licenses, an application was made by Mr. Lewis on behalf of Mrs. Cooling, to transfer the license of the "Maidstone Arms," Crow-lane, to her.

Mr. Lewis said applicant had kept a public-house at Sheerness for twenty years, and she assured the bench the house would be conducted on a very different principle to what it has hitherto been.

Capt. Burton was decidedly against the license being renewed, which led to a rather warm altercation between the magistrates. The license was ultimately granted, the only dissentient magistrates being Capt. Burton and Dr. Drawbridge.

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

MUNN John 1824+

MUNN William 1828+ Pigot's Directory 1828-29

DUNINGS Amos 1832+ Pigot's Directory 1832-34

TONG William 1833+ (listed as boot & shoe maker out-of-business)

VIDLER Charles 1847+

COOLING Mrs Sept/1853+

LAYZUL Abraham 1858-70+

SAMS George 1874+

SIMS Sarah 1881+ (widow age 60 in 1881Census)

COLLINS John 1891+ (age 60 in 1901Census)

STAPLETON Thomas J 1903+ Kelly's 1903

BATTY James 1911+

FOORD William 1913+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/MaidstoneArms.shtml

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Pigot's Directory 1828-29From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29

Pigot's Directory 1832-34From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

CensusCensus

 

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