DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

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PUB NAME ADDRESS EARLIEST FOUND LATEST FOUND
Albion 63 High Street   Closed ????
Assembly Rooms Freeschool Lane 1828- 1828+
Bell Inn 20-21 Cossack Street   Open 2020+
Black Boy 180 High Street 1820- (Name from) 1853 (Name to)
Black Dog Rochester 1824- 1824+
Black Boy and Trumpet Haven Key 1744- ????
Black Moors Head 5 King Street 1828-  
Blue Bell Cazencave Street    
Blue Boar 119 (75) High Street 1825- 1960s+
Board High Street 1847-  
Brewery Arms 25 Victoria Street 1913- 1940-78
Bricklayer's Arms 3 Hoopers Place 1861- 1938+
Bricklayer's Arms Delce Lane 1860- 1860+
Bridge Tavern High Street 1866- 1866+
Bridge Wardens The Tideway   Closed Sept 2016
Britannia 376 High Street ???? (Name from) Closed 26 Apr 2019
Buffalo Inn 10 Five Bells Lane    
Bull Inn 16 High Street 1769- 1845- (Name to)
Bull's Head 392 High Street 1828- Closed ????
Carpenter's Arms 13 Cossack Street   Open 2025+
Castle Inn 5 George Lane    
Central Hotel 324 High Street   Closed ????
Chequers High Street 1798- 1798
City Arms High Street 1863- 1976+
City Arms 20 Victoria Street 1828- 1955+ (Name to)
City Coffee House Hotel 198 High Street 1810- 1876+
City Restaurant 55 (40) High Street 1900 1955+ (Name to)
City Wall 120-122 High Street   Open 2020+
Cock 136 High Street 1828- 1876+
Cooper's Arms 10 St Margarets Street 1543 Open 2020+
Cossack Delce Lane 1832- 1851+ (Name to)
Corporation Street Hotel Corporation Street Spoken 2020 Not yet built
County Hotel High Street 1825- (Name from) 1828+ (Name to)
Crest Hotel Maidstone Road 1984- 1984+
Crown 2 High Street 1665- Open 2023+
Crown and Thistle 49 Queen Street 1771- Demolished ????
Crystal Palace Star Hill 1855- Closed ????
David Copperfield Copperfield Road   Demolished 1993+
Dead Pigeon 378 High Street 19 Oct 2018 (Name from) Open 2025+
Denmark Arms 1 Albert Road 1874- Closed 2000s
Dolphin Town Ditch 1697- 1845+
Don Cossack 166 Delce Road 1851+ (Name from) Closed 1990s
Druid's Arms 52 Morden Street    
Duke's Head 18 High Street 1751- (Name from) Demolished 1890
Eagle Tavern 124 (156) High Street 1832 Open 2020+
Evening Star 24 Delce Road    
Expectations 15 High Street ???? (Name from) Closed 2013+
Five Bells 1 Five Bells Lane 1803- 1938+
Flippin' Frog 318 High Street 19 Dec 2015 Closed 2025
Flushing St Clements Lane 1712- 1868
Forester's Arms 97 Maidstone Road   Closed Dec 1954
Fortune of War 184 High Street 1828- 1870 (Name to)
Full Moon Five Bells Lane 1841- 1858+
George 35 (28) High Street 1792+ (Name from) 1955+ (Name to)
George 344 City Way ???? (Name from) Open 2020+
George and Dragon   1832- 1832+
George Vaults 35 High Street 1955+ (Name from) Open 2020+
Golden Cross 180 High Street 1853 (Name from) 1876+
Golden Lion 147 (85) High Street 1828- Open 2020+
Good Intent 25 Queen Street   Open till 31 Jan 2020
Gordon House Hotel 91 High Street 1877- Open 2020+
Granville Arms 83 Maidstone Road   Open 2020+
Greyhound 68 Rochester Avenue ???? Closed Mar 2003
Guildhall Tavern High Street 1866- 1866+
Gundulph 1 High Street    
Hare and Hounds 340 High Street 1828- Closed 1980s
High Span 78 James Street 1960s 2000 (Name to)
Homeward Bound Gashouse Road 1864-  
Horse and Groom 236 High Street 1803- (Name to) 1982
Horseshoe High Street ???? 1751 (Name to)
Huntsman 106 Pattens Lane   Open 2020+
Jolly Knight 56 High Street   Open 2020+
King George III   1774- 1774+
King's Arms 155 Maidstone Road 1828- Closed 2003
King's Head Hotel 58 (188) High Street 1490 Open 2020+
Latino Joe's 16 High Street 2017- (Name from) Open 2020+
Life Boat 1-3 Henry Street    
Lord Nelson 139 (84) High Street 1826- Closed ????
Magpie 4 John Street    
Maidstone Arms 3 Maidstone Road 1828- Closed ????
Mail Hotel 40 High Street    
Man of Kent 12 John Street 1853- Open 2020+
Mason's Arms 1 Ross Street   ???? (Name to)
Moondance High Street 2019 Open 2020+
Morden Arms 70 Queen Street 1847- Demolished 1963
Morden Arms 78 John Street 1960s (Name from) Closed 2012
Nag's Head 292 High Street 1827- Open 2022+
Navy and Army 16 Five Bells Lane    
New Inn 36 St Margarets Bank 1858- Closed 1908
New Market House 47 Corporation Street 1828-  
Norman Conquest 2 High Street 1980s (Name from) 2000 (Name to)
North Foreland 325 High Street 1800- Closed July 2013
Northgate 55 High Street 1955+ (Name from) 1972+
Northern Seaman 378 High Street Summer 2016 18 Oct 2018 (Name to)
Olde George 344 City Way 1934 ???? (Name to)
Old Ship Tavern 8 High Street 1866- 1866+
Old Silver Star 79 High Street ???? ????
Ordnance Arms 376 (364) High Street 1828- ???? (Name to)
Parrs Head 25 Parrs Head Lane 1793- 1890+
Phoenix 176 High Street   Closed ????
Pickwick 236 High Street 1982 (Name from) Closed 1993
Plume of Feathers 156 High Street 1828- 1828+
Porter Palace St Margaret 1852- 1852+
Portland Arms 39 King Street 1815- 1903+
Post Boy   1812- 1812+
Prince of Wales 90 Cecil Road 1851- Closed Apr 2018
Prince of Wales Troy Town 1865- 1865+
Queen Charlotte 159 (92) High Street 1824- (Name from) Open 2020+
Queen's Arms Bridge Street 1847- (Name from) 1871+
Queen's Head New Railway Works 1861- 1866+
Rams 12 Degrees 352 High Street 15 Sept 2018 Open 2020+
Red Cow Bull Lane 1820- 1891+
Red Lion 181-183 High Street 1828- Closed 1978
Rising Sun 6 Delce Road 1857- Open 2024+
Rochester Bar 16-18 High Street ???? (Name from) Open 2020+
Rochester Castle Corporation Street 1828- Closed 1974
Roebuck 47 St Margaret's Street 1821- Closed 1990s
Rose Inn 1-3 Catherine Street 1901- Closed 2017-
Rose Inn St Margaret's Street 1828- 1899-
Roffen Club 41 New Road ???? Closed 1 Apr 2017
Rose and Crown Inn River Row 1853- 1860+
Royal Charlotte High Street ???? 1824- (Name to)
Royal Crown Hotel 2 High Street    
Royal George Hotel 27 Maidstone Road 1828-  
Royal Lifeboat 184 (62) High Street 1870 (Name from) Demolished 1919
Royal Oak Bill Street 1836- 1899+
Royal Victoria and Bull Hotel 16-18 High Street 1845- (Name from) Open 2020+
Salesman's Arms Moores Buildings 1881- 1899
Salutation Corporation Street    
Ship Inn 347 High Street 1793- Open 2024+
Silver Oar 18 (209) High Street 1774- 1903+ (Name to)
Sir John Falstaff 7 Victoria Street 1828- 1891+
Spread Eagle Frederick Street    
St George and Dragon High Street ???? 1792- (Name to)
Star Inn 198 High Street 1769- Closed 2015-
Sun Hotel   1849- 1849+
Swank 16 High Street 2008- 2014+ (Name to)
Talbot High Street 1807- 1807-
Tartar Frigate 337 High Street   1911
Telegraph St Margaret's Street 1828- 1860
Thistle and Crown High Street 1771- 1771+
Three Post Boys 10 High Street 1828- 1907+
Three Sheets to the Wind 173 High Street 12 Apr 2021 Open 2022+
Tom Cat   ???? 1820- (Name to)
Two Brewers 113 (69) High Street 1820- Open 2025+
Victoria Hotel   1861- 1861+
Victorian 20 Victoria Street 1980s- (Name from) Late 1980s
Victualling Office St Margaret's Bank 1820- 1853+
Vineyard 35 Maidstone Road 1860- Closed 2002
Walnut Tree Tavern High Street 1901-  
Water's Edge Medway Valley Park   Open 2014+
Waterman's Arms High Street 1821- 1841+ (Name to)
Watermill Tavern     1876+
What the DickInns 1 Ross Street ???? (Name from) Closed 2019
White Hart 15 High Street 1390 ???? (Name to)
Windmill Delce Road 1900- 1900+
Who'd Ha' Thought It 9 Baker Street   Open 2022+
Wolf and Castle 44 High Street 18 March 2022 Open 2022+
Ye Arrow Boley Hill 2009- Open 2025+
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