161 Tonbridge Road

Maidstone

https://whatpub.com/admiral-gordon

Above photo by Roy Moore, 18 May 2014.

Above sign left, May 1991, sign right, June 1995. With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com. Above sign by Roy Moore, 18 May 2014.

Named after Rear Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon KCB who had served with Nelson and is thought may have been, in part, a model for C S Forester's hero Horatio Hornblower.

In 1869-70 the pub was part of a consortium who were advertising their goods of selling tea in response to grocers' selling beer and wine. (Click for further details.)

Still open in 2014, the pub had closed by 2019, exact date unknown, local knowledge appreciated, but currently there is planning permission applied for conversion into a shop.

Jeff East tells me that it is now (January 2022) operating as a convenience store.

Above Google image, May 2021.

LICENSEE LIST

GIBSON J 1869-70+

DRAY William 1874-91+ (age 53 in 1881)

HILLS Frederick 1903-11+ (age 40 in 1911)

RUSSELL George 1913+

DORSETT Herbert 1918-22+

CAMBOURNE William 1930-39+

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

Census

From the Kelly's Directory 1903