30 Arthur Street

Gravesend

Above photo, date unknown. Kindly supplied by John Hopperton.

Above Google image, May 2014.

Situated just outside the town centre and dated from 1843. The license was refused by the magistrates in September 1849, although the premises must have regained its license by 1855.

The Nine Elms had been part of the local Russell's brewery tied estate, passing to London brewers Truman's in 1930 on takeover.

The pub finally closed in 1972 and, according to the late local historian Tony Larkin, the building had subsequently been used illegally as a shoe factory and was destroyed by fire in 1983 several lives were lost in the fire.

 After the fire it was demolished and the site is now occupied by residential accommodation.

LICENSEE LIST

WILSON George 1847+

FISHER James 1849+

BOND Charles 1855-60 (also Tobacconist)

KITE Charles 1860-61+ (age 36 in 1861)

KITE Jane 1865-85+ (age 72 in 1881)

HIGGINS Henry J 1901+ (age 48 in 1901)

COCKLEY Abraham 1911-13+ (age 51 in 1911)

JOHNSTONE Andrew P 1922+

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

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/nineelms.html

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