95 Marlborough Road / 46 Park Road

Gillingham

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Above photo, date unknown, by Andy Johnson.

Above photo 2012 kindly sent by Colin Haggart.

Above photo, 2024. Kindly sent by Philip MacDougall author of 'Lost Gillingham' published in 2024. ttps://philipmacdougall.tilda.ws/

Above sign left, 1974, sign right June 1985. With thanks from Roger Pester and Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

The "Falcon Inn" was in Park Place (now renamed Marlborough Road), Gillingham and was founded sometime before 1849. The exact origin of the name is uncertain, but as a pub name there are a number of potential origins. The falcon is a heraldic device used by the House of York and Queen Elizabeth I. Some Inn signs represented it as the sport of falconry, so that is another possible origin. It also appears in the badge of Trumans Brewers.

The Falcon closed as a pub in 2010 and re-opened as a cafe and bakery, retaining the old name.

LICENSEE LIST

JACKSON William 1861+ (age 48 in 1861)

KNIGHT Sarah Mrs 1869+

MILLER James Henry 1874+

JELL John Thomas 1881-91+ (age 52 in 1881)

NEWBY James 1903+

CHAMBERS Mark 1913-22+

CORNES Kate Mrs 1930-38+

MOORE William P 1955+

WILLIAMSON James & Winifred 1960s

KEY A J 1988-90+

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Census

From the Kelly's Directory 1903