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(Alkham)
Painting of Marquis of Granby, date unknown, artist M Knowles. |
Photo kindly sent by Joan Allen. Circa 1970. John Richards says the
people may be his cousin Alan, himself and his younger brother Michael. |
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Above picture of The Marquis of Granby 1989. By kind permission of Dover
Library.
From an email received 24 January 2011.
The ornate wrought iron decoration above the sign was the work of my
grandfather Richard Norris of Dover. I am trying to find out what
happened to it when the sign was changed by the present owners. They
have the original sign but not the decoration.
Susan Fish.
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Photo above and below by Paul Skelton 9th Sept 2007. |
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Above picture show the Marquis of Granby circa 1800's. Showing the
Fox and Goose in the distance. |
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Above is shown the village well at the foot of the Forstal before 1918
when it was closed.
Above photograph kindly sent by Kathleen Hollingsbee, circa 1905. |
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June 1963 and the wedding procession of Captain Timothy Eastwood o The
Kings Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. |
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The above picture shows a receipt dated 1880, sent to Ambrose Collard
for part payment for wood auctioned at the Marquis.
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From the Dover Express, 2 March 1951.
With the Drellingore Nailbourne starting to flow towards the end of
last month the Alkham cricket ground is once again flooded, and ducks
from a neighbouring field have been enjoying the opportunity s much that
they scorn their usual feed. [Photo: Lambert Weston]
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February 1995.
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Above photo showing the Marquis of Granby in the background across the
flooded cricket pitch in February 1995 when the Drelingore decided to
flow again. |
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Above advert appeared in the Dover Express 5 July 2007.
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As from September 2008, the pub changed name to the "Marquis."
The information below was kindly supplied by The Marquis of Granby.
Brief History of the Marquis
The present day Marquis of Granby was built in 1810 by John Collard
replacing the old Ale house which he owned on this site. The Marquis stayed
in the Collard family until 1928 when it was sold to the Fremlin's Brewery.
For many years the Twist family were in occupation and part of that premises
at that time was used as the village shop. Animal feeds was sold to the
villagers, all of who had their chickens or rabbits, sticky buns were also
enjoyed by the school children, the latter made in the old brick oven that
once stood in the now restaurant.
The village In has always been the meeting place and was as we know in
the past used to provide refreshments after Courts Barron. Auctions of wood
and properties were also conducted here and we are told land changed hands
here on a more unofficial basis when gambling debts had to be paid off.
From the Post Office Directory of 1874, the licensee is still given as
John Collard, but whether this is the same John that built the establishment
in 1810 is unknown.
Above photo kindly sent by Joan Allen and John Richards, showing the inside of the
"Marques of Granby" in the early 1960s. Who says her dad, Harold
Richards, is at the back, and in the front of his is her brother's
friend Duggie. Her Uncle Doug Richards and John's father is sitting at the bar.
Behind the bar are Landlord Graham White and his wife Betty and their
daughter, Pam, between them. The other two regulars are Calvert Scopes
and Bob ???? |
LICENSEE LIST
COLLARD John 1810?-82+
 
COLLARD Richard 1847-58
 
COLLARD John 1899+
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farmer)
COLLARD Miss Emily 1913-14+
 
COLLARD Percy 1922+
(also farmer at Halton Farm)
BROOKS Ernest George 1930+
TWIST Joseph after 1930-38+
 
WHITE Graham R 1960s-74+
Fremlins
MARSDEN Tony and Lilian and OXBORROW Hugh 2008+
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1914
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From the Kelly's Directory 1934
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Library archives 1974
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