DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Sheerness, March, 2021.

Page Updated:- Sunday, 07 March, 2021.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1861-

 Mechanic's Arms

Closed 1970s

85 High Street

Mile Town

Sheerness

Mechanic's Arms 1950

Above photo, circa 1950.
Mechanics Arms

Above photo kindly taken by Roger Betts, date unknown.
Former Mechanic's Arms 2014

Above photo by Stephen Harris.

 

The building shown above dates from 1901 but the pub can be traced back to 1891. It was still serving in the 1970, but is now (2015) operating as an estate agents.

 

LICENSEE LIST

BUCKHURST Ann Miss 1861-62+ (age 33 in 1861Census)

HOGBEN Francis 1874+

HUGHES John 1881+ (age 42 in 1881Census)

WINTER Francis Robinson 1891-May/1902+ Maidstone and Kentish Journal

BRIGNELL George May/1902+ Maidstone and Kentish Journal

NAYLOR Charles 1918+

WALLACE Arthur W 1934-38+

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

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/mechanicsarms.html

 

Maidstone and Kentish JournalMaidstone and Kentish Journal

 

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