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4 Guildhall Street
Folkestone
Above photograph kindly supplied by Jan Pedersen, 1978. |
Above sign taken in June 1970, by kind permission of Brian Curtis of the
Inn Sign
Society. |
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Also referred to as the Guildhall Vaults, this hotel closed in 1984 and
was transformed into a Pizza Hut. It now appears to be a Noodle Bar called
Zenkafe (2011).
1888 was a rather bad year for the estate of deceased licensee James Hoad
as is shown in a transcript of a letter below:-
Transcript of a letter sent to the Creditors of J.E. Hoad
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52 Sandgate Road, Folkestone
6th December, 1888
Sir,
J.E. Hoad Deceased
I beg to inform you that up to the present time claims have been sent in
against the estate of the deceased amounting to £1010-1-6.
The net assets of the deceased amount to £384-17-4 – which will pay a
dividend of about 7/6 in the £.
Messrs. Beer & Co., Brewers, Canterbury, are the largest creditors and
have through their solicitor investigated the affairs of the deceased.
Their claim amounts to £283-7-4 on which they are willing to accept a
dividend of 10/- in the £ provided the same is paid within seven days
from this date.
Mrs. Hoad`s friends have agreed to augment the estate and to pay each of
the creditors 10/- in the £ in discharge of his debt provided all the
creditors agree to accept the same within 4 days from this date.
Be so good as to inform me by return whether you are willing to receive
10/- in the £ in discharge of your debt. If the offer be not accepted by
all the creditors there will be no alternative but to institute an
action for the administration of the estate of the deceased by the court
in which case as the estate is small the result would probably be that
there would be next to nothing for the creditors.
An account of assets and list of creditors have been furnished to
Messrs. Beer & Co.`s solicitor and a copy thereof is open for inspection
at my office.
I am sir
Your obedient servant
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It appears at the time Mr. Hoad was obtaining supplies from several
breweries including Messrs George Beer & Co, Star Brewery, Canterbury,
Leney's, Phoenix Brewery, Dover, and Cliff's Bulwark Hill Brewery, Dover.
Above shows account with George Beer's Star Brewery, Canterbury.
Above picture showing an invoice from the Phoenix Brewery from Mr. Hoad
of the "Guildford Hotel,"
Folkestone.
Above picture showing an invoice to Mr. Hoad, 1888.
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Above picture taken from Google Maps 2011. |
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From the Dover Express, Friday, 23 October, 1914
GERMAN PUBLICAN AT FOLKESTONE
THREATS TO WRECKHOUSE.
On Sunday night a disturbance, which appeared likely to develop into
a serious matter occurred in the "Guildhall Hotel," Folkestone. The
licensee of the house, Mr. Jacob, is a German, who, however, has been a
naturalised British for eight years, and a dispute arose. Threats were
made to wreck the place, but, by the persuasion of the Military and
Civil police, this was prevented. On the following morning Mr. Jacob
made an application for the licence to be temporarily transferred to Mr.
W. H. Vicary, Messrs. Mackeson's manager at Folkestone, who explained
that the application was made because of the present circumstances of
the war. The Chief Constable (Mr. Reeve) said he thought it was
desirable that the transfer should be made, and explained that the
conduct of the house had been satisfactory. The Magistrates agreed to
the temporary transfer.
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LICENSEE LIST
ANDREWS Arthur 1868-77
 
HARVEY Thomas 1877-81
HARVEY Eleanor (later HOAD) 1881-82
HOAD James E 1882-88
TUNBRIDGE James 1888-1902
JEFFREY Dudley 1902-03
FILMER James 1903 1913
JACOBS Richard 1913 Oct/1914
VICARY Mr W H Oct/1914+
COZENS George Oct/1915-28
COZENS Eileen 1928-31
RIVERS Richard 1931-33
ANDERSON Eric 1933-34
WOOTTEN Percy 1934-45
COPSON Alfred 1945-51
DAWKINS John 1951-52
LEWIS Maud 1952-84
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From the Dover Express
From More Bastions of the Bar by Easdown and Rooney
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