Sort file:- Herne, July, 2021. |
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Page Updated:- Tuesday, 06 July, 2021. |
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PUB LIST | PUBLIC HOUSES | Paul Skelton | ||||||||||
Earliest 1833- |
First and Last |
Summer 2019 (Name to) |
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Canterbury Road / Herne Common Herne 01227 364465 https://whatpub.com/first-last
In 1828 William Holness was accused of being involved with smuggling and in 1831 was fined for concealing smuggled liquor on his premises. It's likely that William Holness took advantage of the 1830 Beer House Act and opened up his property as a pub, though there is no record of this house being called the "First and Last," the name not appearing in print until the 1880s. Prior to 1833 the pub was owned by the Symond's Brewery of Ramsgate, but they sold the business and pub to Francis Cobb and Son, brewer also in Ramsgate that same year. The premises still operated as a beer house until 1949 when it was finally granted a full licence. In 1892 Gardner's Ash Brewery acquired the building and their tenant was a C Holliday, beer retailer, according to the 1894/5 Herne Bay Directory. In 1898 Gardner's bought some adjoining land from the Holness family. Pike's 1903/4 Directory has C Holliday still there as licensee but he'd gone by 1906, replaced by Robert Bailey, who didn't last long! In June 1906 Robert Bailey was fined 10/- plus £1.17.0 costs for permitting drunkenness on licensed premises. In July 1906 a new licensee, John Cobbett, took over. The 1910 Blue Book lists Alfred Cleaver as licensee but by 1927 the
licensee was Frank Thomas Hall, who remained at the F&L After Whitbread's acquired/closed Tomson & Wotton (which merged with Gardner's of Ash in 1951) the "First and Last" traded for a few more years before being sold as a free house in 1976 to Alan and Sue Foot. The Foots extended the building to develop the food trade and eventually sold up in 1985.
In the summer of 2019 the pub changed name to the "Curious Cat," for some reason.
LICENSEE LIST HOLNESS William 1828-31+ HOLNESS Charity 1847-55+ HOLMES Gaylor Mr (son) 1862-67+ (also wood dealer) CHRISTIAN Henry W 1881-86+ (age 44 in 1881) KEEPING G 1887+ HEARST Thomas after 1887 HOLNESS Friend 1891+ (son of Gaylor age 22 in 1891) BAILEY Charles 1899+ HOLLIDAY C 1894-1903+ BAILEY Robert to 7/July/07 (age 48 in 1901) COBBETT John 7/July/1906-07+ CLEAVER Alfred to Nov/1910 BURCHETT Edward Nov/1910-11+ (age 57 in 1911) HALL Frank Thomas 1927-40+ FOOT Alan & Sue 1976-85 https://pubwiki.co.uk/FirstLast.shtml
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald Census
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