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41 Medway Road
Gillingham
Above photo 2011, from www.Flickr.com by Ben Levick.
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Information below by Ben Levick
The Lord Exmouth is listed in Wrights Topography of 1838 so was of
that date or earlier. It was originally at the end of Exmouth Terrace,
which stood approximately on the site of the short raised road that runs
of Wyles Street and is now classed as Medway Road. The pub stood on
approximately the site of the square brick house in the photos.
The pub was named after Admiral Lord Exmouth, who bombarded Algiers
in 1816 and cleared the Mediterranean of the Barbary pirates who had
been causing problems for British Shipping. Kellys Directory of 1845
gives a pub named The Exmouth Arms that is otherwise unknown, so it
could be that was an alternate name for the pub. The pub closed and was
demolished in the 1970s when the road was widened.
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The 1861 census gives the address as number 27 Exmouth Terrace.
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South Eastern Gazette, Tuesday 31 May 1859.
CHATHAM AND GILLINGHAM, KENT.
Mr. J. T. Skinner,
HAS received instructions from the Proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, at the
"Sun Hotel," Chatham, on Wednesday, the 15th June, 1859, At five o'clock
in the evening, The following valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES, in seven lots,
vis.
Lot 5:— A brick and slated DWELLING-HOUSE, containing 5 rooms, washhouse
and cellar, together with the outbuildings, front and back gardens, and passage-way at side, situate adjoining the "Lord Exmouth" public-house,
Exmouth terrace, Gillingham, now in the tenure of Richard Sears, at an
annual rental of £8 (tenants paying rates and taxes).
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Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Monday 05 August 1867.
Robbery at Gillingham.
Samuel Wix, 24, labourer, was indicted for robbing Patrick O'Hare with
violence and stealing a watch and chain. Mr. Marsham prosecuted; Mr. E.
T. Smith defended the prisoner.
The prosecutor was at the "Lord Exmouth Tavern," Gillingham, on the 16th
July. It was a wet day, and he had had something to drink. The prisoner
was a ganger, and brought in a number of navvies. Prosecutor got showing
his clock, but from some cause a row took place. Prosecutor was
assaulted, and his watch stolen. It was not contended that the prisoner
was the man who actually took the watch, but it was sort to show that
the prisoner and the others meted in concert. The jury acquitted the
prisoner.
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Local knowledge, further pictures, and licensee information would be
appreciated.
I will be adding the historical information when I find or are sent it,
but this project is a very big one, and I do not know when or where the
information will come from.
All emails are answered.
LICENSEE LIST
MARTIN Pierce 1828-32+
 
BANES Charlotte 1858-62+ (widow age 49 in 1861 )
TUFFNELL Phillip 1874-82+ (age 54 in 1881)
WREN Jesse 1903-13+
WREN Agnes Mrs 1918+
WREN Fanny Mrs 1922+
HOLLANDS David 1930-38+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/LordExmouth.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Census
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
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