Maidstone Gazette 12 September 1848.

Thursday – Licensing day; Before the Mayor and a full Bench of Magistrates.

All the old licenses were renewed without opposition, and the following new ones granted: William Larkins, late of the "Old Shakespeare," corner of Shellons Lane, for the New Shakespeare, Grace Hill; Edward Iverson, Tramway Tavern, Radnor Street; Peter Wm. Foord, New Inn, Mill Lane.

Notes: Tramway Tavern and New Inn transfers are later date. New Shakespeare is a previously unknown house.