Marine Parade/Cheyney Rock Road

Sheerness

Above photo, late 1800s. By kind permission of Trevor Edwards.

Above photo kindly sent by Peter Moynahan. Date unknown.

Above photo, 2000s. By kind permission of Trevor Edwards.

Above photo, 2011.

I am informed by Reg Hunn that was locally known as the "Glass House" as the story goes that the house had been built by a military gentleman before The Window Tax to show how very wealthy he was. Apparently in the days of that period big windows meant large heat loss so residents required expensive fires and costly staff to look after them. Thus big windows meant the owner was well off and Marine Parade became the posh end of Sheerness.. The military fellow came unstuck with the introduction of The Window Tax aimed by the authorities at taxes aimed primarily for the wealthy.

LICENSEE LIST

WHITE John 1861+ (age 29 in 1861)

RIDE Henry 1867-81+ (age 62 in 1881)

KENNEDY John 1882+

BROTHERS James 1891+ (also boiler maker age 51 in 1891)

BALDOCK John Thomas 1899+

JACKSON William Walter to May/1902 (wine & spirit merchant)

WILKES Thomas May/1902-03+

SMITH William Hunter 1934-38+

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

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

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

Census

Maidstone and Kentish Journal