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27 High Street
St Mary Cray
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Above photo, circa 1930s showing licensees Mr & Mrs Mitchell. |
Above Google image, September 2015. |
The pub closed, prior to 2009 and was converted into flats.
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South Eastern Gazette, 11 September, 1860.
Petty Sessions, Monday.
(Before Viscount Sydney, chairman, Col. Cator, Coles Child, J.
Chapman, J. Jackson, Hugh Johnston, P. Portescue, R. Paterson and W.
Waring, Esqrs.)
APPLICATIONS FOR New Licenses.
Mr. Gibson also supported an application made by Mr. Budden, of
the "Anglesea Arms" beer-house, Bromley, New Town (second
application), and Mr. P. Townsend, of the "Old Star" beer-house,
Paul’s Cray, and Mr. Crafter, London, appeared in support of an
application made by Mr. Newel, of the "Laurel" beerhouse,
Bromley-hill.
All refused.
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Kentish Mercury, Saturday 3 July 1869.
Easy Consequences.
John Bell, papermaker, was charged with attempted to steal money from
the till of the "Old Star Inn," St.
Mary Cray, the property of Mr. H. Tyrer.
Mr. Alsop appeared for
prosecutor, and called Miss Francis Tyrer,
who deposed that she was serving behind the bar, and had occasion to go
to the front door whilst Bell was
at the bar. Hearing money rattle she turned around and saw him with his
arm over the counter in the act of
taking money from the till. On perceiving that he was detected he
dropped the money back into the till, and
she asked him how he dared to touch the till, and he made no reply. Mr.
J. Steadman corroborated this
evidence, and Sergeant Higgins stated that the prisoner said, when taken
into custody, that he was only
touching the till to show how easily it could be robbed.
The bench
committed in for trial, accepting bail.
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Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Saturday 13 May 1871.
Bromley Petty Sessions.
The Bench allowed the transfer of a public house licence, viz., the "Old
Star," at St. Mary Cray, from Mr.
Henry Tyrer, to Mr. Alexander Thompson.
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Bromley & District Times, Friday 11 July 1890.
SATURDAY NIGHT AT ST MARY CRAY.
Thomas Peters and James French, fruit pickers, were charged with having
been drunk at St. Mary Cray on the previous Saturday evening. Police
Constable Cadman said the men were ejected from the "Star" public house,
and thereupon became very noisy. A crowd assembled, and they were
therefore taken into custody.
Defendant pleaded "they were doing nothing."
The Chairman pointing out that the Magistrates were dealing very
leniently with the case, in finding them 5s. and 3s. costs.
Bridget Hannett was also charged with a similar offence.
Police Constable Hills said she was ejected from the "Five Bells Inn,"
and became very noisy in the street.
The Chairman fined her 5s. and 2s. 6d. costs.
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Bromley & District Times, Friday 10 March 1893.
Licensing Business.
At the Bromley Petty Sessions, on Monday, the following licensing
matters were disposed of.
A protection order was granted to George Henry Holloway from Fred
Tappenden, and respect to the licence
of the "Old Star," St. Mary Cray.
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From
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk 22 July 2011.
Police raid cannabis factory in old Old Star pub, St Mary Cray.
POLICE uncovered a cannabis factory containing more than 100 plants when
they raided an old pub in St Mary Cray.
The Cray Valley East safer neighbourhood team burst into the premises,
which has been converted into flats, and found 116 plants and drug
related paraphernalia at around 11am yesterday (July 21).
An electrical engineer was called because the people responsible for the
factory, in the basement just off the communal area, had overridden the
electricity meter and were abstracting power directly from the mains.
The raid at the old "Old Star" pub at the corner of Star Lane and the High
Street is the latest in a series of operations on the ward this year to
crackdown on drugs related crime.
No arrests have been made to date and police enquiries are continuing.
PC Faye Carter, from the safer neighbourhood team, said: "This seizure
is a fine example of police and community working together tackle the
problem of illegal drug supply.
“Aside from being illegal, cannabis factories are very dangerous to
surrounding properties and residents, as the tampered wiring make them
highly unstable and a serious fire hazard."
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LICENSEE LIST
TOWNSEND Philip 1860-61+ (age 65 in 1861 )
TYRER Henry 1869-May/1871
THOMPSON Alexander May/1871+
TAPPENDEN Fred 1891-July/93
HOLLOWAY George Henry July/1893+
DAY Francis ????
MITCHELL John Edward 1901-38+ (age 44 in 1901)
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Census
From the Kelly's Directory 1903 |
