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1-2 Anglesea Place / Stone Street
Gravesend
https://whatpub.com/railway-bell
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo May 1989, kindly sent by Philip Dymott. |
Above photos, date unknown. Kindly supplied by John Hopperton. |
Photo 17 May 2012 from
http://www.flickr.com by emdjt42. |
Above sign 1990, kindly taken and sent by Richard Green. |
Starting life as the "Marquis
of Anglesea" then changing name to simply the "Anglesea
Arms" then in 1880 it reverted back to the "Marquis
of Granby" again. However in 1910 it changed name away from the Anglesea
theme to the "Railway Bell."
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From an email received 21 November 2014.
Hello,
My grandmother's family used to run this pub. I have attached a photo
of them standing outside circa 1901. It was run by the Rawlinson family.
Regards,
Nicola Barrett. |
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Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser, Saturday 11 September 1869.
Alfred Wilkinson and William Cloves, two respectively dressed youths,
were charged with robbing a till.
Jane Elizabeth Murray, daughter of the landlord of the "Railway Bell"
Beerhouse, Stone Street, said that the prisoners came to the house on
Friday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, and called for half a pint of beer,
which they paid for. They came again a few minutes afterwards and asked
for a half-a-pint of half-and-half, with which they were supplied by
witness. Shortly afterwards she had occasion to leave the bar, and
whilst away heard a noise like the rattling of glasses. Witness returned
to the bar, and asked prisoners what they were doing, to which they
replied, "nothing." After they had left witness went to the till and
found that about 10s. had been taken out. Was quite sure the money was
safe when the boys came into the house.
Mr. Superintendent White stated that the lads had absconded together
from a school at Clapham; they were both respectively connected, one
being the son of a solicitor. Their friends had been communicated with.
Remanded.
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I am informed by Ian Goodrick in August 2021 that although the pub still
shows the signage of the "Railway Bell" it is actually now known as the
"Punjabi Junction" and is operating as an Indian Restaurant.
Above photo, August 2021, kindly sent by Ian Goodrick. |
Above photo, August 2021, kindly sent by Ian Goodrick. |
Above sign 2021. |
LICENSEE LIST
WILTSHIRE Thomas 1855-61+ (age 82 in 1861 )
MURRAY George 1869-78+
STUBBS Charles 1881+ (age 39 in 1881)
CRANHAM Elizabeth 1891-11 (widow age 49 in 1901)
RAWLINSON Ernest Henry 1913-22+
RAWLINSON Florence May 1938+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/RailwayBell.shtml
Census
Gravesend Reporter
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