Cannon Street

I quickly learned to treat these 'Taps' with respect. They were not always connected with the larger house of like name. This one functioned as early as 1839 but disappeared during the street widening of 1893. The remains of the "Antwerp" Stables stood until they were rebuilt in 1881 at the Castle Street corner. Castle Street was mainly constructed between 1830 and 1835 and you may find it hard to believe that before 1830 there wasn't a thoroughfare to Deal as there is today, not even a lane, the main road to Deal being through St. James' Street.

During the road widening of Cannon Street of 1892 there were scarcely any human remains found on the site of the "Antwerp" Hotel, where had formerly stood the west end of St. Peter's Church, but, a little higher up, where the graveyard of St. Peter's had been, a few human skulls and bones were unearthed.

LICENSEE LIST ANTWERP TAP

BELSEY Mrs 1839

COLE George previous to 1846

SOUTH Mr 1848

HARRIS W. 1850

HOLMAN 1851

HAMMOND William 1856

DAWSON Thomas 1857-8

GODWIN Stephen 1862

TAYLOR Robert Grant or T. 1862

LICENSEE LIST ANTWERP HOTEL 8 CANNON STREET

ADAMS John Rowe 1894 (Antwerp Bar or Tap)

BROWN Mrs Charlotte Maud 1930-33 end

WALKDEN or Walton Mrs 1928

WALTON Mrs 1928-30

BROWN C W 1932

From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33