DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Rochester, February, 2026.

Page Updated:- Monday, 02 February, 2026.
PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1980s-

(Name from)

 Victorian

Closed late 1980s

20 Victoria Street

Rochester

Victorian 1980s

Above photo 1980s, from Graham Whate.
Victorian 1980s

Above photo 1980s, from Graham Whate.
Victorian 1980s

Above photo 1980s, from Graham Whate.
Victorian 1980s

Above photo 1980s, from Graham Whate. The extension shown here housed a bar billiards table, dartboard, the toilets and kitchen. Now (2024) the full height of the building
Victorian 1980s

Above photo 1980s, from Graham Whate.
Former City Arms

Photos taken on 18 February, 2009 from http://www.flickr.com by Dave Dunmall.
City Arms

Above photo, date unknown by Steven Harris.
Victorian 2022

Above Google image, October 2022.
Victorian 2022

Above Google image, October 2022.
Victoria 2024

Above photo, 2024.

 

I have been sent a photo of this as the "Victorian" which I believe started life as the "City Arms." At present I don't know how long it operated under this name or when it changed.

Unfortunately closed at the end of the 1980s and was converted into flats.

 

LICENSEE LIST

JONES M L Mrs 1955+

GILLHAM-HILL Vic 1976+

WHATE ???? late 1980s

 

If anyone should have any further information, or indeed any pictures or photographs of the above licensed premises, please email:-
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