330 High Street

Chatham

Above photo 1890.

Above photo, 1963, licensee, family and friends.

Above photo, circa 1970s, kindly sent by Tony Smith.

Above photo, circa 2017 by Darkstar showing 330 High Street.

Above tile signs 1973. With thanks from Roger Pester www.innsignsociety.com.

The premises was operating under a Beer License in 1872 and was owned by Ralph James Fremlin of Maidstone.

Up to and including the 1881 census, the building was number 216.

A middle bronze age rapier of lozenge-shaped section was found in 1909 on the site of the "British Queen" Public House in Chatham High Street, at TQ 76246756 (Jessup 1933, 185).

LICENSEE LIST

BAKER John 1858+

ENGLISH William 1872-74+

ENGLISH Phillis 1881-82+ (widow age 37 in 1881)

STUPPLE Arthur 1891+ (age 38 in 1891)

HARPUM John 1913+

HOLLAND Henry Samuel 1930+

LARNDER Alfred James 1938+

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

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

Licensing Records 1872

Census