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Page Updated:- Thursday, 05 August, 2021.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1832-

Rose and Crown

Closed 1908

30 Market Square / 132 High Street

Bromley

https://whatpub.com/rose-crown

Rose and Crown

Above postcard, date unknown, also showing the "Duke's Head"  and  "Forester."

Rose and Crown painting

Above painting by Janet Simpson.

Rose and Crown

Above photo, circa .

Rose and Crown 1898

Above postcard, circa 1898, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Rose and Crown

Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Brinley Hawkins. Shown taking a delivery from James Moore, ginger beer manufacturers of Swanscombe.

Rose and Crown

Above photo, date unknown, showing the "Duke's Head," centre and the "Rose and Crown" to the left.

Former Rose and Crown

Above photo, date unknown by Darkstar.

 

Richard Hassall created this inn prior to 1588 and willed it to his wife and then to his son Percivall (sic), but the property could go back as far as 1447 for it was believed to have been one of the oldest pubs in Bromley.

 

Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, 03 September 1870.

Annual licensing day.

Mr George Davison, of the "Rose and Crown," Market Square, Bromley, applied. Mr. Devas said he had to make a complaint relative to the late hours at which this house was kept open. The Bench cautioned the applicant as to his future behaviour.

Mr. Davison to the chairman:- "Alright, my lord, I don't go beyond the regular hours."

The Chairman:- "It's not alright; complaints have been made, and you must be careful."

Mr. Davidson:- "I know the regular hours, my lord, and don't go beyond them."

The Chairman:- "The Bench will not be spoken to in an impertinent manner. Your conduct is quite impertinent, and your licence is therefore stopped.

 

The original building was demolished in 1933 with the rest of Middle Row.

The rebuild eventually closed, date unknown and operating as a newsagents, although it still appears to be an off-license.

 

LICENSEE LIST

HASSALL Richard 1588+

DURLING John 1832+ Pigot's Directory 1832-34

DAVISON George 1856-70

ROGERS Alfred 1871+ (age 33 in 1871Census)

ELLIOTT H J 1900+

EPPS George Gore 1903+ Kelly's 1903

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

 

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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