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Sort file:- Gravesend, March, 2023.

Page Updated:- Saturday, 18 March, 2023.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

 Earliest 1843

1990 (Name from)

Grapes

1983 (Name to)

Closed May 2022

153 Milton Road

Gravesend

01474 533994

https://www.grapesgravesend.co.uk/

https://whatpub.com/grapes

Grapes 1900

Above photo, circa 1900, kindly supplied by Jason Kemsley.

Grapes 2008

Above photo 2008 by David Anstiss Creative Commons Licence.

Grapes 2012

Photos taken on 17 May, 2012 from http://www.flickr.com by emdjt24.

Grapes 2021

Above photo August 2021, kindly taken and sent by Ian Goodrick.

Grapes 2022

Above photo, 10 May 2022.Kindly taken and sent by Ian Goodrick.

Grapes 2023

Above photo 2023, kindly taken and sent by Ian Goodrick.

Grapes sign 1977Grapes sign 1992

Above sign left, June 1977. Sign right, August 1992.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Grapes sign 2010Grapes sign 2014

Above sign left 2010. Sign right 2014.

 

This is another pub that started of with the name it is operating under again, and changed name to "Valentino's" from between 1983 and 1990. The earliest it has been found is 1843.

 

East Kent Gazette, Saturday 26 February 1870.

Fire at Milton.

On Monday night, a fire broke out in the stables at the rear of the "Grapes" beerhouse Chalkwell-road, Milton, which at one time threatened the destruction of the surrounding buildings. It was entirely through the kind assistance rendered to Mr. W Stone, the landlord, that the fire was confined to the stables. The cause of the accident is not known.

 

The pub reopened in the summer of 2021, but closed again in May 2022.

Shepherd Neame have subsequently painted over their corporate signage and it is expected to be converted into flats.

 

LICENSEE LIST

JOEL Henry 1855-62+ (age 47 in 1861Census)

STONE W Mr 1870+

DEE Alfred Henry 1874-78+

JOEL William 1881-82+ (age 30 in 1881Census)

TOWN George 1891+

WAGHORN George 1901-03+ (age 42 in 1901Census) Kelly's 1903

SCOTTON Horace E 1913+

VOOGHT Lewis 1922-30+

HODGES James Ernest 1938+

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

 

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

CensusCensus

 

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