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32 High Street / Wood Street
Brompton
Above photo, circa 1865. |
Above photo, circa 1865, from www.Flickr.com
by Ben Levick. |
It is suggested that the name could be a corruption of ‘hope anchor’ (the
spare anchor), or possibly religious connotations of trust.
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Information from Ben Levick
The "Anchor and Hope" is
the building on the corner with the sign-board sticking out. Beyond it,
on the other side of Wood Street is the "Crown" Pub.
This pub seems to have opened sometime in the 1840s, and lasted only
a generation or so. One of many Brompton pubs named with a naval theme,
possibly a corruption of the naval term ‘hope anchor', the spare anchor
carried by some ships. Other possible origins may be religious
connotations of trust, or perhaps the pub was opened by an old sailor
with his savings/prize money/etc., who saw the pub as something of a
gamble. The local licensing records for 1872 show that the licence was
not renewed as on August 23 of that year the pub was ‘about to be pulled
down.'
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Southeastern Gazette, 6 September 1853. Rochester
COUNTY PETTY SESSIONS
Mr. J. L. Catt, of the "Anchor and Hope" beer-shop at Brompton, I
applied for a license, grounding his application more particularly
on an assertion which he said a publican living near him had made,
namely, that he had made £30,000 in 13 years. Application refused.
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Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Tuesday 6 September 1853.
This being the annual licensing day, the following applications for
licences to beer-shops were made, but refused.
"Anchor and Hope," Brompton.
All the old licences were renewed.
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Local knowledge, further pictures, and licensee information would be
appreciated.
I will be adding the historical information when I find or are sent it,
but this project is a very big one, and I do not know when or where the
information will come from.
All emails are answered.
LICENSEE LIST
CATT John L 1851-58+ (beer seller age 37 in 1851 )
CATT William Taylor 1862+
COXHEAD Robert 1871+ (age 32 in 1871)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/AnchorHope.shtml
Census
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