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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1838-

 Duke of Wellington

Open 1973+

Magpie Hall Road / (Luton Lane 1860)

Chatham

Duke of Wellington

Above photo, circa 1930s, kindly sent by Tony Smith. The view is from the North up the hill as if taken from the allotments. The door you see is the off license door where kids could buy chocolate and crisps when shops used to shut by 6pm.

 

The only reference I have found so far for this pub is in the Wright's Topography of 1838. Further research tells me the pub was still open in 1973 but has since been demolished and replaced with a block of flats by 2013.

Tony Smith tells me that it was actually called the "Wellington" but could well have been renamed during its existence. He also goes on to say that this had the license transferred from the old "Duke of Wellington" in Brompton when that was pulled down.

 

South Eastern Gazette, 6 March, 1860.

Friday. (Before the Rev. G. Davies, J. Smith, T. H. Day, T. H. Baker, and J. Foord, Esqrs.)

Margaret Kearney was sentenced to fourteen days’ imprisonment for stealing a glass, value 9d., from the "Duke of Wellington public-house, Luton-lane, Chatham.

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

TOOMER William 1838+ Wright's Topography 1838

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/dukeofwellington.html

 

Wright's Topography 1838Wright's Topography 1838

 

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