Sort file:- Dover, July, 2021. |
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PUB LIST | PUBLIC HOUSES | Barry Smith and Paul Skelton | |||||||||||||||||||||
Earliest 1871- |
Rose and Crown |
Latest 1984 |
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60 (12 1881) London Road (Buckland Street 1861) Dover
Earliest reference found so far is in the Wingham Division Ale Licence list, which shows the "Rose and Crown," Buckland, to be re-licensed for the sum of 8 shillings in 1740 indicating that the pub was present before 1740. Barry Smith originally wrote:- "I know that it flourished before 1878 and it has the look of being rebuilt at some time but my searches revealed little. Just found at the local library (Paul Skelton) the following article in the Dover Observer of 1896. However, I still have no idea why it had to be rebuilt.
It was a Whitbread outlet latterly and Mrs Doris Kettle served drinks at this bar for something like thirty four years. With her departure in 1984 came the end. The following year it sold clothes to teenagers. It is now (2010) a toy shop called "Toys Around Again".
From the above information from Julie Smith, I now believe that the pub identified as the "Rose and Crown" in Buckland, not to be the same one mentioned here. I'm not certain when the houses were actually built yet, but would say after 1740. Furthermore, it appears that Sarah Ann Johnson had been married before, and to Thomas Cheney as mentioned in the 1851 census. He died in the winter of 1861. Thomas Cheney was the licensee of the "Rose and Crown" at Clarence Place at that time and Sarah Ann took over and stayed there till 1871. In 1870 she remarried William Johnson, and apparently moved to Buckland where he was licensee of another public house also called the "Rose and Crown." I believe they were the first licensees of this establishment and obviously called the pub the "Rose and Crown" after the one Sarah Ann had just left. Just to confuse matters slightly, I have just found the following passage in the Dover Express of January 1873:- So perhaps my assumption above is incorrect. Time will tell.
Having just found out the address of the "Mechanics Arms" as being 107 Buckland Road (or Street) it appears to be just a few doors away from the "Britannia" with the address of 104 Buckland Road in 1861. Thus it is possible that this "Rose and Crown" could well have been called the "Mechanics Arms" prior to 1873, the earliest I have it traced under the name of "Rose and Crown" so far. The "Mechanics" seeming to disappear after 1867.
LICENSEE LIST BROWNING Thomas 1740+
PREBBLE J Mr to Jan 1873 PREBBLE Mr (son) Jan 1873+ PLUMMER Mrs 1874 ANDERSON Thomas D L May/1878 JOHNSON William Apr/1878-Feb/79 ( wife ne CHENEY Sarah Ann) JOHNSON Sarah Ann to Jan/1880 JOYCE James B Jan/1880-82+ (1889?) (age 47 in 1881) WRAIGHT George 1891+ (age 33 in 1891) JAMES Mrs Elizabeth 1895-Nov/1900 STANLEY Edward Gregory Nov/1900-07 end HOLMANS Benjamin 1905-32+ (age 35 in 1911) MARTIN Francis Albert 1934-39+ DALE William C 1946-51 KETTLE Thomas John 1951-60 dec 'd KETTLE Mrs Doris F M 1960-84 end (See photo of the Plough) Whitbread Fremlins
From the Kelly's Directory 1874 From the Post Office Directory 1874 From the Post Office Directory 1882 From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895 From the Kelly's Directory 1899 From the Post Office Directory 1901 From the Post Office Directory 1903 From the Kelly's Directory 1903 From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1909 From the Post Office Directory 1913 From the Post Office Directory 1922 From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924 From the Post Office Directory 1930 From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33 From the Post Office Directory 1938 From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1938-39 From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1948-49 From the Kelly's Directory 1950 From the Kelly's Directory 1953 From the Kelly's Directory 1956 From the Dover Express Census 1881
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