High Street?

Chatham

Above farthing token, date unknown. Stating the name IOHN KNIGHT around a Crown. Most of these tokens being mid 1600s.

The token shown may have been used at the pub and most were made and issued around 1666. However, not all were connected to inns and some were used for other merchants, such as Grocer's.

The following information has only been seen to date in the Universal British Directory of Trade 1793, unfortunately the only information it contained was the name of the licensee and pub but no address.

Further information found in the Licensing Records of 1872 states that the premises was operation under a Full license and was owned by Edward Winch of Chatham, and that the address may have been in the High Street.

LICENSEE LIST

KNIGHT John 17th century

BEVERISH Elizabeth 1793+

BEAR Edward Joseph 1872+

Universal British Directory of Trade 1793

Licensing Records 1872