DUKE OF WELLINGTON Pub of Brompton

DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Brompton, November, 2023.

Page Updated:- Wednesday, 08 November, 2023.

PUB LIST

PUBLIC HOUSES

Paul Skelton

Earliest 1848-

Duke of Wellington

Latest 1939

54 Wood Street

Old Brompton

Above photo, circa 1900. Showing the "Duke of Wellington" with the sign hanging, and just to the right of the vehicle, the "Crown."

Above photo show the same shot taken in 2010.

I am informed that the buildings would have still looked much the same as the top photo by the 1930s where prostitutes still hung out plying for their trade outside the railings of the pub. All the buildings from the "Crown" to the house to the right of the "Duke of Wellington" were purchased by the Government in 1938 and demolished by the end of the second world war. Many mistakenly claim they were bombed, but records show they were demolished by the Royal Engineers. The licence from this was then transferred to a new "Duke of Wellington" addressed in Chatham.

Faversham Gazette, 8 November, 1856.

CHATHAM. Mysterious Death.

Early on Friday morning last, the 31st ult., a private of the Royal Engineers, named Williams, was found lying dead in one of the trenches on Chatham Lines. There appears to be some mystery as to how the deceased came by his death, as he was seen late on Thursday night on the race course, in the company of a comrade, who states that he left him asleep in one of the booths.

An inquest was opened on Friday, by T. Hills, Esq., at the "Duke of Wellington," Brompton, which was adjourned.

LICENSEE LIST

HILDER William 1851+ (age 49 in 1851)

SMITH William 1858-62+ (age 41 in 1861)

McNEILL James 1874-81+ (age 43 in 1881)

SALT Lawrence 1891-1903+ (age 54 in 1901)

MEADOWS Harry 1913-22+

BELLAMY Frank 1930+

BRETTON Henry 1938+

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

Census

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

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