Sort file:- Brompton, March, 2021. |
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Page Updated:- Sunday, 07 March, 2021. |
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PUB LIST | PUBLIC HOUSES | Paul Skelton | |||||||||
Earliest Aug 1861 |
Army and Navy |
Latest 1980s |
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River Row / 3 River Street Brompton
The "Army and Navy" was originally known as The "Rose and Crown." The name "Rose and Crown" is a common pub name that owes its origin to the marriage of Henry VII to Elizabeth of York at the end of the Wars of the Roses. There are records of a John Shafto as licensee of the "Rose and Crown" in 1766-89, but it is unclear if this is the Brompton one or the one in Pier Road, Gillingham. The River Row house appears for certain in records from 1838 onwards, but is absent from earlier directories. In 1861 it was pulled down and the rubble carried away for hardcore for a pathway at New Road, Chatham, near Clover Street. A labourer walking over the rubble found 14 gold guineas and set off a gold rush. Four more guineas and some half guineas were found, but no-one claimed the money. The "Army and Navy" opened in August 1861, and took over the "Rose and Crown's" license, as the advert for the opening called it the "Army and Navy Tavern" late "Rose and Crown"'. It seems this name continued in use for many years after the renaming as in 1872 it is still licensed as The "Rose and Crown"'. Throughout the late 19th Century it appears regularly in the directories as The "Army and Navy" (or "Navy and Army") but continues to appear in the licensing records as the "Rose and Crown". In fact this situation seems to have continued well into the twentieth century as a letter in the licensing records from the Clerk to County Justices (North Aylesford Division) dated 6th December 1922 shows that even at this date the premises was still licensed as The "Rose and Crown" even though it was no longer trading under that sign. It was also often referred to as the "Navy and Army" (probably by sailors!) In 1864 a Goose Club was organised, members paying 6d. a week for 21 weeks for a goose and a bottle of gin at Christmas. It was also sometimes referred to as The "Dutchman," supposedly after a Dutch sailor who stayed behind after the attack on the Medway in 1667; however, there were no public houses in Brompton at that date. It finally closed down in the late 1980s and was converted into flats.
LICENSEE LIST PLATT Thomas 1862+ PLATTS Eliza 1870+ BULLARD Charles 1874+ BIGNY Bert Alexander 1903+ https://pubwiki.co.uk/ArmyNavy.shtml
From the Kelly's Directory 1903 From the Post Office Directory 1903
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