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6-7 Queen Street
Gravesend
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Originally called the "Three
Horseshoes" and traced back to 1633, changing name between 1775 and 1778
to the "Roebuck." Closed in 1914.
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Kentish Gazette, Friday 13 March, 1789.
To be SOLD by AUCTION, By Mr. JOHNSON,
On Wednesday the 8th Day of April, 1789, at the "White Hart Inn" in
Gravesend in the County of Kent,
The undermentioned Freehold Estates, in Lots:
A Capital Brick Messuage or Tenement, with a Stable, Coach-house, and
other necessary Outbuildings, and a large and exceeding good Garden,
pleasantly situated near the Entrance into Milton next Gravesend, fit
for the Residence or a Gentlemen's Family, now in the Occupation of
Richard Ruck, Esq.
Tenant at Will.
A good and well-accustomed Public House, situate and being in Queen
Street in Milton next Gravesend aforesaid, called or known by the Name
or Sign of the "Roe Buck," now in the Occupation of William Luckhurst.
Twelve other Messuages or Tenements, Gardens and Appurtenances, situated
near the "Roebuck" in Queen-street aforesaid, in several Tenures or
Occupations of Messrs. Bryant, Brown, Gurr, Smart, McCartney, Fletcher,
Keddle, Turner, Wilkinson, Pope, Roffe, and Latter.
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Southeastern Gazette, 12 April 1853.
PETTY SESSIONS.
Wednesday. (Before R. Oakes, Esq., chairman, C. Spencer, M.
Troughton, and E. Tickner, Esqrs.)
Richard Spratt, potman to Mr. Busby, of the "Roebuck," was charged
by the officers of the inland revenue with carrying tobacco without
the duty being paid.
He admitted carrying the box, and said a waterman, whose name he did
know, came into the tap-room, two other men being in the room at the
time, and asked if anyone would take a box from Wakefield-street to
the railway, when he offered to do so. He afterwards went to the
house in Wakefield-street, received the box from another man, with
2d. to book it at the station, and was proceeding there with it when
he was stopped by police-constable White.
The solicitor to the Customs said this admission was equal to a plea
of guilty, for the carrying was an offence without any guilty
knowledge of the contents of the box. On reference to the Act of
Parliament the Bench coincided with this view, but thought it
advisable to have the facts stated.
Police-constable White deposed that he saw defendant, on the 4th
April, come out of a house, No. 5, Wakefield-street, with a box, and
followed him into Bath-street, when he asked what the box contained,
and not being satisfied with the account of it previously stated, he
took both defendant and box to the station-house, and found 1081bs.
of Cavendish tobacco in the box; inside was a paper with 110 written
on it.
Superintendent White, who is also seizing officer to the Customs,
said he received the box in a canvass wrapper from the last witness
as described.
John Abraham Burt, inspector of the revenue, said he received three
blocks of Cavendish tobacco from last witness; it was of foreign
manufacture, and liable to a duty of 9s per lb.
The Bench, having no discretionary power, fined defendant £100; to
be committed till paid. Defendant asked if they would not give him
the opportunity of finding the waterman who sent him with the box,
and was told that the superintendent would help him in the matter.
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Southeastern Gazette, 12 May 1853.
Friday. Before J. Saddingion, Esq., Mayor, R, Oakes, C. Spencer, and
E. Tickner, Esqrs.)
The following transfer of licenses took place:-
The "Roebuck," from
Josephus Basby to Thos. Gladstone, formerly of the "Windmill;"
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From the Gravesend Reporter, 9 February 1856.
ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS.
For some time past preliminary steps have been taken for the re-opening
of the Lodge of the above order at the "Roebuck Inn," Queen Street,
which we are now in a position to state will take place on Monday
evening next.
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Gravesend Reporter, North Kent and South Essex Advertiser 17 May 1862.
ROEBUCK, QUEEN STREET, GRAVESEND.
A Vocal and Instrumental Concert is held at Mr. A. Hatch's, Wine and
Spirit Merchant, Queen-street, Gravesend, every Thursday and Saturday
evenings. Chair taken at nine o'clock precisely. Articles of the best
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LICENSEE LIST
LUCKHURST William 1789+
BUSBY/BASBY Josephus 1828-May/53+ (age 34 in 1841 )
   
GLADSTONE Thomas May/1853-55+
PULLEY William 1858+
DYERS John 1861+
HATCH A 1862+
WATES John 1865+
BULLEN Frederick Prestland 1871-74+
SMILE Joseph 1878+
BROWN William 1881-82+
COOMBER George 1891-1903+
WOOD George 1913+
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From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Census
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Kentish
Independent
South Eastern Gazette
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