Volunteer Inn

Latest 1890+

28 Burgate Street

Canterbury

Above drawing from "An album of Canterbury Views" 1890.

Picture above shows from 30 to 24 Burgate Street, 2009, taken by Tricia Baxter.

Above photo 2018, kindly taken and sent by Len Parrick.

Obviously a military orientated pub but only traced from between 1874 and 1882 at present, but number 28 has been listed in the late 1880s as being the 1st Volunteers East Kent Regiment, The Buffs, B & C Companies, Armoury Stores, so it appears the name or at least part of it continued. In the 1890s there was a Thomas C. Carden, Seargeant instructor 1st Vol. Battallion, East Kent Regiment of The Buffs at the premises, but in 1903 all connection to the military had disappeared and the premises was home to Alfred Goodban, Picture Frame maker.

In 1881 John Valentine) Wareham was licensee. He was the son of John Wareham, co-owner of Gillow & Wareham's Brewery, Sandwich and brother of George Valentine Wareham, who was also involved with the brewery. There is no evidence yet that the Volunteer was a Gillow & Wareham tied house, or that the pub even sold Sandwich-brewed beers but perhaps, one day, a photo will emerge, indicating whose beers J V Wareham served.

1907, it was advertising gramophones with A W George in charge, and he was still there as late as 1918.

Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Monday 11 September 1865.

Application for New Licences.

Mr. William Back, landlord of "Volunteers," Burgate, also made an application (for a spirit license) which was not granted.

From the Kentish Gazette, 12 September 1865.

The Annual Licensing Day.

On Thursday the City Magistrates held a special Petty Sessions for the renewal and granting of public house licenses, the Magistrates on the bench being the Right Worshipful the Mayor (Peter Marten, Esq.), Aldermen Philpott and Brock, Win. Plummer, Esq., Wm. Mount, Esq., and John Brent, Esq. There being no complaints, authority was granted for the renewal of the licenses of all the existing public houses, that of the "Toby Fillpot," Watling Street, being transferred to a house two doors from the late hostel of that name. Application from the landlords of three beer houses - the "Volunteer," Burgate Street, the "Three Kings," St. Margaret Street, and the "Crown and Anchor," King Street, for authority to obtain spirit licenses, were refused.

LICENSEE LIST

BACK William 1865-67+

WYLES J 1868+

DENNE Mrs H E 1874+

WAREHAM George Valintine 1881+ (age 31 in 1881)

GUNNER Mrs Mary 1882+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/Volunteer.shtml

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/volunteer.html

Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette

Greens Canterbury Directory 1868

Census

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