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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1854-

Swiss Cottage Tavern

Latest ????

(Name to)

149 Stanstead Road

Sydenham

Swiss Cottage

Above postcard, date unknown.

 

The West Kent Guardian of 1854 stated this was situated near Forest Hill. I have also seen this addressed as Lewisham and also Forest Hill. Woolwich Gazette

 

From the Borough of Greenwich Free Press, 19 January, 1856.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.

PETTY SESSIONS — CROOMS HILL. Saturday, Jan. 12.

Present — T. Lewin, Esq. (in the chair), Major Gossett, Alderman Engleton, Coles Child, and J. Sutton, Esqrs.

Lewisham.

"Swiss Cottage," West Kent park, Sydenham, Nathaniel Willmore to William James Legge.

 

Sydenham Times, 22 July 1862.

Charles Meacher, residing at 4, Prospect-cottages, West-Kent Park, was charged at the Greenwich Police Court, before D. Maude, Esq., on Wednesday, 16th inst., with knowingly tendering a counterfeit half-crown at Mr. Darke's, "Swiss Cottage Tavern," West Kent Park, Forest Hill.

The accused, in his defence, stated that on the previous evening he changed a sovereign at Mr. Darke’s house, and among the silver was the counterfeit half-crown, and he considered he had a right to pass it from whence he took it, and accordingly tendered it at the bar where he received it.

The accused, who is respectably connected and received an excellent character from his master, was bound over to appear on Wednesday next.

 

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

WILMORE Nathaniel Sept/1854-12/Jan/1856 West Kent Guardian

LEGGE William James 12/Jan/1856+

DARKE Mr 1862+

LANE Mr Oct/1865+

HERBERT William 1866+

KENT William James 1874+

EDWARDS William James 1882+

STOTEN Joseph George 1896+

PACE John to Nov/1897 Woolwich Gazette

TALBOTT Edwin Charles Nov/1897+ Woolwich Gazette

GUNTRIP T 1901+ (age 43 in 1901Census)

GINDER H H 1905-11+

GINDER William Charles 1919+

GINDER Mary A 1921+

CROFT T W & Co Ltd 1944+

Last pub licensee had RICHARDSON Benjamin & Margaret Next pub licensee had May/1963-July 1965

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West Kent GuardianWest Kent Guardian

Woolwich GazetteWoolwich Gazette

 

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