On bank of river

Belvedere Marshes

Above photo showing the back of the pub, pre 1920.

Above photo, after 1920.

Above photo October 1940.

Above photo showing the damage in 1940.

The pub was built around 1862 down a track, now Norman Road, at the end of Picardy Manorway.

It was next to the 'Thames Fish Guano and Oil Works" which probably meant the beer garden wasn't as popular as others in the district, as well as being down river of the Crossness Sewage Works!

For many years it was run by the Gordon family and in 1894 Benjamin Gordon was fined £25 for illegally supplying alcohol to the staff at Crossness.

A fire in February 1912 nearly put an end to the pub but fortunately the insurance covered the costs of rebuilding.

In 1920 it was transferred from Russell's, Gravesend Brewery to Messrs Kidd of Dartford.

The pub was bombed on the 15/16 October 1940 and was afterwards demolished and not rebuilt.

LICENSEE LIST

FORDHAM Robert 1874+

GORDON Benjamin Henry William 1891-22+ (age 27 in 1891)

GORDON Benjamin Mrs 1930+

GORDON J ????

SIMMONDS Victor G 1938+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/NewMarshTavern.shtml

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

Census