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376 (364) High Street (St Margaret's Bank 1847)
Rochester
The sign of the "Ordnance Arms" in 1987 bore the emblem of the Royal Army
Ordnance Corps, as they were once stationed at Chatham.
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West Kent Guardian, Saturday 2 March 1844.
Information Against a Publican.
Mr. James Baldock, a licensed victualler, living in the parish of St.
Margaret's, appeared to an information charging him with keeping
and harbouring disorderly characters in his house, contrary to the act
of Parliament, to which information he pleaded guilty, and the
court immediately inflicted the fine of £5 and costs.
He was allowed a week for payment.
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From the Whitstable Times, 27 September, 1902.
ROCHESTER. KILLED BY POISONOUS FUMES.
An inquest was held at the “Ordnance Arms,” Rochester, on Saturday, on
the body of John Jarrett, aged 32, living at Salt Lane, Cliffe, who died
in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Thursday, through inhaling poisonous
fumes while at his work. Deceased was employed by Meesrs. Curtis,
Harvey, and Co., Limited, at the Explosives Factory, Cliffe-at-Hoo. He
was engaged mainly in the Separating House, in which the refuse acids
are received. In a pipe which leads from the Nitrating House to the
Secondary House there it a cock, and this should always he closed in the
morning before a charge is received. Deceased seems not to have closed
this on Thursday, with the result that some of the refuse acids came
out. In wiping them up deceased inhaled the fumes given off, and was
rendered unconscious. After an inquiry extending over four hours the
jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. |
LICENSEE LIST
SCRIMES William 1824+
BALDOCK William James 1828-44+
 
MOORE A C 1847+
KENNARD John 1858+
JEFFREYS Charles Thomas 1870-74+
LANGFORD William 1881-82+ (age 50 in 1881 )
WILLIAMSON Charles J 1891+
PRENTIS Edward William 1903-06+
GILES Joseph 1911-13+
PELLEGRINI Leopold Leonard 1918-38+
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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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