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Earliest 1546

Pelican

Latest 1550+

Strand Street/High Street

(Sandwich)

 

Dates from 1546.

 

Changed name to the "Three Mariners" some time after 1550

Known as the "Admiral Owen" since 1839.

 

Business meetings took place here, and one, between the Vicar of Eastry (a village next to Sandwich) and the Town Clerk was recorded by the Master of St. Bartholemew's Hospital in 1550, as follows: "When the writing was made between the Vicar of Eastry and us, the Town Clerk had 2 groats (approx 3p) and we spent 2 groats at the "Pelican".

 

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