Canterbury Weekly, 4 February, 1837.
Reported Murder at Eltham, Kent.
On Saturday night, shortly after 11 o'clock, the landlord of the
"Castle Inn," Eltham, Kent, went into his parlour and asked the
post-boy, in the employee of Mr. Sands, (who occupies the stables
adjoining the Inn) what sort of a day he had had; he replied "A
pretty good one, I thank you, master."
A man present, name Lucas, said, "You don't know me, landlord; my
name is Lucas."
Mr. Bradshaw answered, "If your name is Lucas, I don't want to know
you;" upon which the prisoner Lucus got up and struck him in the
breast and; a few words entered and Lucas fell off his stool on
which he was sitting, and on getting up again struck Mr. Bradshaw.
John Foster a blacksmith, of Eltham, entered the room and carried
Lucas out, but he returned, and was followed by the deceased, who
exclaimed, "Detain that man and send for Mr. How, (a Constable),
and immediately fell down outside the back door and expired.
The prisoner (who lives in Eltham), is by trade a sawyer, and has
been frequently in Maidstone gaol, was taken before Mr. J. H. Latham
at Eltham, by whom he was remanded to await the result of the
Coroner's jury.
A post-mortem examination of the body has taken place. The
occurrence
created an extraordinary sensation throughout the village.
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From an email received 30 May 2019.
In 1908 Daisy Ella Parker - daughter of William Parker, Licensed Victualler - got
married & her home address was 108 High Street, Eltham, (which was the
address of the "Castle Hotel" at that time).
In the 1911 census the ‘Licensed Victualler’ for the "Castle Hotel"
in Eltham is William Parker. His daughter Ivy Evelyn got married the
same year & her address was "Castle Hotel."
The next date for the Parker family is 1916 & the home address is
Wakerley, High Street, Eltham, but I do not know if this is a house name
or a pub name. But in 1917 William Parker is described on a marriage
record as a retired Licensed Victualler, so probably it’s a house name.
Going further back, in the 1901 census William Parker was in Eltham &
a Licensed Victualler of a pub, but the address is not High Street.
(Before that he was in Milton, Gravesend).
But I’ve just looked again at the photos on your website & the photo
dated circa 1905 has the name W Parker above the door - fantastic!
Regards,
Alex Forsyth. |