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54 Lavender Hill
Tonbridge
At this same address I also have listed a pub called the "New
Drum." I would suggest that the pub changed name shortly after the death
of Queen Victoria. However, the licensee list doesn't suggest that this is
so and is causing me some confusion. Local knowledge required here please.
In the Maidstone
and Kentish Journal this was described as a beer-house.
Further research tells me that it was also known as "Uncle
Toms Cabin" in the 1990s.
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Kentish Gazette, 26 March 1850.
Samuel Gilbert, 28, was charged with stealing, on the 9th of March, a
brass roasting-crane, belonging to Abraham Hall, at
Tonbridge.
The Hon. Mr. Denman conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Addison the
defence.
Mr. A. Hall said:— I keep the "Victoria" beer-shop in Tonbridge. There
was a sale on the day previous to the robbery; the prisoner
assisted Mr. Richardson in removing the goods.
Walter Carter, a boy, said—I saw the prisoner unscrew the crane the day
after the goods were taken away. I heard him say it would
fetch him sixpence.
A constable deposed to finding the crane under the prisoner’s bed.
Prosecutor recalled, said:— I don’t know whether the crane belonged to
me or Mr. Richardson, he having bought the range.
His Lordship, in briefly summing up, said the jury could not very well
convict if the property belonged to no one.
Not guilty.
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From the Kent and Sussex Courier, 30 August 1876.
AN ADJOURNED CASE.
Esther Hersey, wife of George Hersey hoop dresser of Lavender-hill,
Tonbridge, was summoned for being violent, quarrelsome, and disorderly
in the “Victoria” beer-house and refusing to quit, on the 18th August.
This case, in which Mr Gorham and Mr Rogers were concerned, was remanded
for a fortnight.
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Sussex Agricultural Express 15 June 1889.
LICENSING.
The "Victoria Tavern," Lavender Hill, Tonbridge, was temporarily
transferred to Edwin Coomber.
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Kent & Sussex Courier, Friday 29 April 1949.
Above photo showing, the "Victoria Tavern (Tonbridge) darts team
which won the Kelsey Shield. The trophy was presented to them on
Tuesday by Mr. E. G. Venning (chairman of directors.) |
LICENSEE LIST
HALL A Mr 1850-
PEARSON William Fenn 1881-Jan/89 (age 39 in 1881 )
CLAPSON John Jan/1889+
COOMBER Edwin 1889+
GALLOWAY George Sept/1893+
GILLETT George Benjamin to Aug/1923
GARROD Joseph William Aug/1923+
CROWHURST Frank 1939+ (age 45 in 1939)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/VictoriaTavern.shtml
Kent
and Sussex Courier
Maidstone
and Kentish Journal
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