Above Google image, 2012, showing 6 (right) and 6A (left) Luton Road. There are a lot of addresses in this road with A's B's etc. as the suffix, so I don't know whether this building was the pub in question.

Globe, Thursday 22 October 1908.

Extinction of Licenses.

Kent Licensing Committee yesterday awarded nearly £20,000 as compensation for the extinction of the licences of 23 public houses situated in the western and mid-division of Kent.

The following were among the sums awarded.

"New Inn," Frindsbury, Rochester, £1,382;

"Plumber's Arms," Sevenoaks, £1,578;

"Man o' Kent," Luton Road, Chatham, £1,058;

"Bricklayer's Arms," High Street, Sevenoaks, £1,041;

"Forester's Arms," High Street, Beckenham, £1,374;

"White Horse," Dartford Road, Dartford, £995.

From an email received 12 June 2023.

Hello,

James Wanstall of the “Man of Kent” Beerhouse, was married to my great-great-aunt Elizabeth Davis.

According to his will - James Wanstall, of the “Man of Kent” beerhouse, 6 Luton Rd, Chatham, licensed beer retailer died 29/8/1893.Will administered London 16/10/1893 to Elizabeth Wanstall, widow. Effects £79.

Before running the beerhouse James was a boatman for the Coast Guard, living with his wife Elizabeth and his father John at 8 Coast Guard Building, Sheerness, Kent.

Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of the beerhouse.

After James died Elizabeth remarried in 1894 at Luton to a Samuel Morgan, who at the time was a Leading Stoker in the Royal Navy. In 1901 Census he is stated as a engine driver and stoker in the dockyards.

Samuel died 12/1905 and Elizabeth in 3/1905.

Don’t know whether Elizabeth ran the inn after James’s death or if Samuel took over the licence.

Hope this may be of interest.

Many thanks,

Chris Woldhuis.