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236 High Street (East gate 1847)
St. Margaret's Bank
Rochester
Above photo, date unknown. |
Photo taken on 18 February, 2009 from
http://www.flickr.com
by Dave Dunmall. |
Above Chatham Town Football Club Programme, 1950, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Closed between the mid 1980s and early 1990s standing derelict for some
time before becoming a Chinese Buffet restaurant.
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Kentish Gazette, 5 April 1803.
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES. To be SOLD by AUCTION, By Mr. J. HOWES,
AT the "Horse and Groom," St. Margaret’s Bank, Rochester, on
Tuesday, April 12, 1803, at two o’clock in the afternoon, from the
Warehouses of Mr. J. Fry, St. Margaret’s Bank, Rochester; Mr. George
Johnson, Five-Bell-lane, Mr. Benjamin Hayler, Mr. Matthew Lloyd, Mr.
Thomas Frid, Mr. Henry Mallery. Mr. J. Bond, Chatham; Mr. Abraham,
Sheerness, and Mr. J. Howes, Strood; consisting of a number of gold,
silver, and other watches, and various articles in plate; a quantity
of wearing apparel, beds, sheets, and furniture of different kinds.
N. B. The above goods were pledged in the last fourteen months.
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Kentish Gazette, 19 July 1803.
UNREDEEMED PLEDGES.
To be SOLD by AUCTION, By JOHN HOWES.
AT the "Horse and Groom," the foot of St. Margaret's Bank,
Rochester, on Tuesday, July 26, 1803. from the Warehouses of Messrs.
Malery, Frid, Lloy and Haylor, Chatham; Mr. Johnson, Five Bell-lane,
Mr. Fry, St. Margaret's Bank, Rochester; and Mr. Howes, Strood;
consisting of a number of silver and other watches, various articles
of plate, a quantity of men's and women's wearing apparel, sheets,
counterpanes, beds, and bedding, with a variety of useful articles.
The sale to begin at two o'clock.
N. B. The above have been pledged within the last fifteen months.
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Kentish Gazette, 9 November, 1804.
DIED.
Wednesday last died at Rochester, Mr. ---- Musken, master the "Horse
and Groom" public house.
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Chatham News, Saturday 16 July 1870.
Smashing plate glass windows.
Mary Anne Jarvie, a widow, was charged with wilfully breaking 2 plate
glass windows, at the "Horse and Groom" public house, Eastgate,
Rochester, on the 7th inst., valued at 19s. 4d, the property of Edward
Dicks.
It appeared that the prisoner was in the front of the bar at the "Horse
and Groom" and created a disturbance, when she was turned out, but
returned again and threw several stones at the persons in the bar; she
was put out a second time, when she deliberately threw stones at the two
large plate-glass windows, breaking both of them. The damage was
estimated at 10s., but as the Bench could not deal with the case unless
the damages were laid at under 5s., the prosecutor agreed to reduce it
to that amount.
Six weeks hard labour.
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Chatham News 08 October 1870.
SUDDEN DEATH.
William Ayling, of Chichester, late mate of the ship Russell, died
suddenly at the "Horse and Groom" public-house, Rochester, on Tuesday
morning last. It appears that the deceased had been lodging for a short
time at the above house, and was an out-patient at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital. About nine o'clock on Tuesday morning a lodger, who was in
another room, heard something fall heavily on the floor, and he informed
the servant-girl, who went into the room, and found deceased lying on
the floor and a quantity of blood issuing from his mouth and nose; he
died immediately. Mr. Hutchins was sent for; who on arriving found that
the poor man had died from the bursting of a blood-vessel. The Deputy
Coroner, Mr. W. H. Bell, was informed of the occurrence; but from the
statement of Mr. Hutchins he did not consider it was necessary to hold
an inquest.
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From an email sent on 22 October 2014.
He was an ex Gillingham player who following an
operation on his leg was unable to continue playing. A testimonial held
for him at the Gaumont cinema allowed him the finances to get the
tenancy from Meux's brewery.
The pub was popular with stevedores from the docks,
entertainers from the Empire and many other local folks.
We left in 1954 and moved to Maidstone where he became landlord of
the "Blue Door" on the Sutton Road.
In the late sixties he moved to the "Cock Horse" at
Detling and he died in 1981. My Mother Marjorie died recently. Both were
very active in the LV Associations.
It was a very busy pub with a colourful clientele.
Regards,
David and Vicky Hole. |
On the 7th June, 1903, Ernest Collins marries Emily Hill, and is
registered as a Licensed Victualler at this address.
LICENSEE LIST
MUSKEN ???? Mr to Nov/1804 dec'd
LYON G 1824+
ENFIELD J 1828+
BEAUMONT Henry 1832-47+
(age 60 in 1841 )
DICKS Edward 1855-71+ (age 57 in 1871)
DAY Henry 1874+
BURTON William 1881-91+
WOOLMER Frederick 1901+
COLLINS Ernest 1903+
FROST Francis 1911+
CURD Edward John 1913-22+
DEAN Norman 1930+
LONSON William 1938+
PIKE Edward James to 1941 dec'd
("Horse and Hounds")
HOLE Victor James 1948-54
https://pubwiki.co.uk/HorseGroom.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/horsegroom.html
From
the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
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