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Wyatt Street / Union Street
Maidstone
Later to become the "Rifle
Volunteer."
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From Maidstone Telegraph 10 September 1859.
INNKEEPERS' LICENSES.
Saturday last was the annual licensing day for the
publicans at Maidstone, when the old licenses were renewed, without
complaint from the police. There were Three applications for new licenses,
namely, by Joseph Sutton, for the "Hollybush
Tavern," Perryfields; by William
Thomas Roffe, for the "Brewers Arms," recently opened in Wyatt-street, and by
William Brewster, of the "British
Queen," Sandling-road. Mr. Monckton appeared for
Mr. Roffe and Mr. Brewster. The application for the "British
Queen" was to
stand over for another year. There being no opposition to the "Hollybush" and
the "Brewer's Arms," both applications were granted. |
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South Eastern Gazette, 5 June, 1860.
THE KENT RIFLE VOLUNTEERS INN,
Well situate opposite the Militia Barracks, Union-street, at the
corner of Wyatt-street, Maidstone, doing a great trade and forming a
safe investment.
Mr. TOOTELL IS directed to SELL by AUCTION, at the "Bell Inn,"
Maidstone, on Tuesday, June 26, 1860, at Two for Three o’clock,
precisely, the above FREEHOLD PROPERTY.
The house is modern; it is handsomely built chiefly of rag stone,
and contains beer and spirit cellars, kitchen, parlour, and porter
room, bar, and 3 upper rooms. At the back is a large yard with
folding gates from the street, a spacious stone-built coachhouse and
stable, with a floor over.
The property is let on lease, and is in the occupation of Mr. W. T.
Roff, and may be viewed by applying upon the premises.
Particulars and conditions of sale obtained of Meesrs. Wildes and
Whitehead, Solicitors, Maidstone; at the "Swan," Malling; "King’s
Head," Wateringbury; and of Mr. Tootell, Land Agent, Maidstone.
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From the Southeastern Gazette, 1 May 1866.
Worse than a “Jezebel.”
Louisa Crawford, a married woman, was charged with assaulting Joseph.
Holmes, on the 6th of April. The prosecutor, an elderly man, living at
Perryfields, stated that on the 6th inst. he went into the “Brewer’s
Arms.” The woman Crawford came in, and began to abuse him; and she at
length followed this up by “wringing his nose.” Defendant:- Didn't you
call me a Jezebel?
Complainants:- Yes, but I don’t believe King Ahab's wife was ever such a
character as you are [laughter]. Crawford denied having interfered with
Holmes’s nasal organ; but admitted saying she would do so if she could
“get at it.” She called a man named George Cheesman, who said be was in
the house during the whole altercation, and Crawford did not lay hands
on Holmes. Under these circumstances, the Bench dismissed the case.
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In 1869-70 the pub was part of a consortium who were advertising their
goods of selling tea in response to grocers' selling beer and wine. (Click
for further details.) The address given in the above advert was Sandling
Road and the licensee as B Barnes.
LICENSEE LIST
BARNES B 1869-70+ (Sandling Road)
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