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PUB NAME ADDRESS EARLIEST FOUND LATEST FOUND

Albion

63 High Street   Closed ????

Assembly Rooms

Freeschool Lane 1828- 1828+

Bell Inn

20-21 Cossack Street   Open 2020+

Black Boy

180 High Street 1793- (Name from) 1853 (Name to)

Black Dog

Rochester 1824- 1824+

Black Boy and Trumpet

Haven Key 1744- ????

Black Moors Head

5 King Street 1828-  

Blue Bell

Cazencave Street    

Blue Boar

119 (75) High Street 1825- 1960s+

Board

High Street 1847-  

Brewery Arms

25 Victoria Street 1913- 1940-78

Bricklayer's Arms

3 Hoopers Place 1861- 1938+

Bricklayer's Arms

Delce Lane 1860- 1860+

Bridge Tavern

High Street 1866- 1866+

Bridge Wardens

The Tideway   Closed Sept 2016

Britannia

376 High Street ???? (Name from) Closed 26 Apr 2019

Buffalo Inn

10 Five Bells Lane    

Bull Inn

16 High Street 1769- 1845- (Name to)

Bull's Head

392 High Street 1828- Closed ????

Carpenter's Arms

13 Cossack Street   Open 2025+

Castle Inn

5 George Lane    

Central Hotel

324 High Street   Closed ????

Chequers

High Street 1798- 1798

City Arms

20 Victoria Street 1828- 1955+ (Name to)

City Coffee House Hotel

198 High Street 1810- 1876+

City Restaurant

55 (40) High Street 1900 1955+ (Name to)

City Wall

120-122 High Street   Open 2020+

Cock

136 High Street 1828- 1876+

Cooper's Arms

10 St Margarets Street 1543 Open 2020+

Cossack

Delce Lane 1832- 1851+ (Name to)

Corporation Street Hotel

Corporation Street Spoken 2020 Not yet built

County Hotel

High Street 1825- (Name from) 1828+ (Name to)

Crest Hotel

Maidstone Road 1984- 1984+

Crown

2 High Street 1665- Open 2023+

Crown and Thistle

49 Queen Street 1771- Demolished ????

Crystal Palace

Star Hill 1855- Closed ????

David Copperfield

Copperfield Road   Demolished 1993+

Dead Pigeon

378 High Street 19 Oct 2018 (Name from) Open 2025+

Denmark Arms

1 Albert Road 1874- Closed 2000s

Dolphin

Town Ditch 1697- 1845+

Don Cossack

166 Delce Road 1851+ (Name from) Closed 1990s

Druid's Arms

52 Morden Street    

Duke's Head

18 High Street 1751- (Name from) Demolished 1890

Eagle Tavern

124 (156) High Street 1832 Open 2020+

Evening Star

24 Delce Road    

Expectations

15 High Street ???? (Name from) Closed 2013+

Five Bells

1 Five Bells Lane 1803- 1938+

Flippin' Frog

318 High Street 19 Dec 2015 Closed 2025

Flushing

St Clements Lane 1712- 1868

Forester's Arms

97 Maidstone Road   Closed Dec 1954

Fortune of War

184 High Street 1828- 1870 (Name to)

Full Moon

Five Bells Lane 1841- 1858+

George

35 (28) High Street 1792+ (Name from) 1955+ (Name to)

George

344 City Way ???? (Name from) Open 2020+

George and Dragon

  1832- 1832+

George Vaults

35 High Street 1955+ (Name from) Open 2020+

Golden Cross

180 High Street 1853 (Name from) 1876+

Golden Lion

147 (85) High Street 1787- Open 2020+

Good Intent

25 Queen Street   Open till 31 Jan 2020

Gordon House Hotel

91 High Street 1877- Open 2020+

Granville Arms

83 Maidstone Road   Open 2020+

Greyhound

68 Rochester Avenue ???? Closed Mar 2003

Guildhall Tavern

High Street 1866- 1866+

Gundulph

1 High Street    

Hare and Hounds

340 High Street 1828- Closed 1980s

High Span

78 James Street 1960s 2000 (Name to)

Homeward Bound

Gashouse Road 1864-  

Horse and Groom

236 High Street 1803- (Name to) 1982

Horseshoe

High Street ???? 1751 (Name to)

Huntsman

106 Pattens Lane   Open 2020+

Jolly Knight

56 High Street   Open 2020+

King George III

  1774- 1774+

King's Arms

155 Maidstone Road 1828- Closed 2003

King's Head Hotel

58 (188) High Street 1490 Open 2020+

Latino Joe's

16 High Street 2017- (Name from) Open 2020+

Life Boat

1-3 Henry Street    

Lord Nelson

139 (84) High Street 1826- Closed ????

Magpie

4 John Street    

Maidstone Arms

3 Maidstone Road 1828- Closed ????

Mail Hotel

40 High Street    

Man of Kent

12 John Street 1853- Open 2020+

Mason's Arms

1 Ross Street   ???? (Name to)

Moondance

High Street 2019 Open 2020+

Morden Arms

70 Queen Street 1847- Demolished 1963

Morden Arms

78 John Street 1960s (Name from) Closed 2012

Nag's Head

292 High Street 1827- Open 2022+

Navy and Army

16 Five Bells Lane    

New Inn

36 St Margarets Bank 1858- Closed 1908

New Market House

47 Corporation Street 1828-  

Norman Conquest

2 High Street 1980s (Name from) 2000 (Name to)

North Foreland

325 High Street 1800- Closed July 2013

Northgate

55 High Street 1955+ (Name from) 1972+

Northern Seaman

378 High Street Summer 2016 18 Oct 2018 (Name to)

Olde George

344 City Way 1934 ???? (Name to)

Old Ship Tavern

8 High Street 1866- 1866+

Old Silver Star

79 High Street ???? ????

Ordnance Arms

376 (364) High Street 1828- ???? (Name to)

Parrs Head

25 Parrs Head Lane 1793- 1890+

Phoenix

176 High Street   Closed ????

Pickwick

236 High Street 1982 (Name from) Closed 1993

Plume of Feathers

156 High Street 1828- 1828+

Porter Palace

St Margaret 1852- 1852+

Portland Arms

39 King Street 1815- 1903+

Post Boy

  1812- 1812+

Prince of Wales

90 Cecil Road 1851- Closed Apr 2018

Prince of Wales

Troy Town 1865- 1865+

Queen Charlotte

159 (92) High Street 1824- (Name from) Open 2020+

Queen's Arms

Bridge Street 1847- (Name from) 1871+

Queen's Head

New Railway Works 1861- 1866+

Rams 12 Degrees

352 High Street 15 Sept 2018 Open 2020+

Red Cow

Bull Lane 1820- 1891+

Red Lion

181-183 High Street 1828- Closed 1978

Rising Sun

6 Delce Road 1857- Open 2024+

Rochester Bar

16-18 High Street ???? (Name from) Open 2020+

Rochester Castle

Corporation Street 1828- Closed 1974

Roebuck

47 St Margaret's Street 1821- Closed 1990s

Rose Inn

1-3 Catherine Street 1901- Closed 2017-

Rose Inn

St Margaret's Street 1828- 1899-

Roffen Club

41 New Road ???? Closed 1 Apr 2017

Rose and Crown Inn

River Row 1853- 1860+

Royal Charlotte

High Street ???? 1824- (Name to)

Royal Crown Hotel

2 High Street    

Royal George Hotel

27 Maidstone Road 1828-  

Royal Lifeboat

184 (62) High Street 1870 (Name from) Demolished 1919

Royal Oak

Bill Street 1836- 1899+

Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel

16-18 High Street 1845- (Name from) Open 2020+

Salesman's Arms

Moores Buildings 1881- 1899

Salutation

Corporation Street    

Ship Inn

347 High Street 1793- Open 2024+

Silver Oar

18 (209) High Street 1774- 1903+ (Name to)

Sir John Falstaff

7 Victoria Street 1828- 1891+

Spread Eagle

Frederick Street    

St George and Dragon

High Street ???? 1792- (Name to)

Star Inn

198 High Street 1769- Closed 2015-

Sun Hotel

  1849- 1849+

Swank

16 High Street 2008- 2014+ (Name to)

Talbot

High Street 1807- 1807-

Tartar Frigate

337 High Street   1911

Telegraph

St Margaret's Street 1828- 1860

Thistle and Crown

High Street 1771- 1771+

Three Post Boys

10 High Street 1828- 1907+

Three Sheets to the Wind

173 High Street 12 Apr 2021 Open 2022+

Tom Cat

  ???? 1793- (Name to)

Two Brewers

113 (69) High Street 1820- Open 2025+

Victoria Hotel

  1861- 1861+

Victorian

20 Victoria Street 1980s- (Name from) Late 1980s

Victualling Office

St Margaret's Bank 1789- 1853+

Vineyard

35 Maidstone Road 1860- Closed 2002

Walnut Tree Tavern

High Street 1901-  

Water's Edge

Medway Valley Park   Open 2014+

Waterman's Arms

High Street 1821- 1841+ (Name to)

Watermill Tavern

    1876+

What the DickInns

1 Ross Street ???? (Name from) Closed 2019

White Hart

15 High Street 1390 ???? (Name to)

Windmill

Delce Road 1900- 1900+

Who'd Ha' Thought It

9 Baker Street   Open 2022+

Wolf and Castle

44 High Street 18 March 2022 Open 2022+

Ye Arrow

Boley Hill 2009- Open 2025+

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