DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Bexley, January, 2026.

Page Updated:- Thursday, 15 January, 2026.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1870

 Upton Hotel

Latest ????

(Name to)

2 Crook Log

Bexley

Upton Hotel

Above postcard, date unknown.
Upton Hotel 1905

Above postcard, 1905, kindly sent by Matthew Minch.

 

Said to have opened in 1870 and in December that year licensee Henry Still was fined for keeping his house open for the sale of beer during divine hours.

 

Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser. Monday 30 January 1871.

Caution to Frequenters of Public Houses. A Bexley case.

John Bateman, Alfred Bear, Philip Ladds, John Mills, Jonathan Bailey, and Charles Humphries, respectable looking men, were charged with being in the house of Henry Still, of the "Upton Tavern," Bexleyheath, during prohibited hours, on December 30th. Last Bench day the landlord was convicted of keeping his house open for the sale of beer etc, at 3:40 a.m., on December 30th, and was fined 5s. and costs.

The defence put forth by defendants was that as they were in the house by the special invitation of the landlord, they were not there unlawfully, and that the house was closed. They were, in fact, the private guests of the landlord.

Find 5s. each and costs.

 

LICENSEE LIST

STILL Henry 1870+

STILL Frederick 1871+ (age 46 in 1871Census)

WATKINS Kate Elizabeth Miss 1874+

WALKER Joseph 1881-82+ (widower age 39 in 1881Census)

JACKSON Emma Mrs 1891+

CATMULL James T 1891+ (age 56 in 1891Census)

NICKELLS Ambrose 1901-22+ (age 48 in 1901Census)

HASTRICK John C 1930-38+

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