127 Lower Road

St Mary Cray

Above photo circa 1900 of a Dartford Brewery Company house.

Above photo 2008 by Ian Capper Creative Commons Licence.

Above photo, date unknown kindly sent by Michael Mirams.

Above sign 2008.

The pub was built in the 1850's/60s between Orpington and St Mary's Cray in an area called new Town. The area was built to house the railway workers.

I am informed that the one time Dartford Brewery Co tied house closed in 2015, and is now being converted into housing.

Above Google image, June 2019.

LICENSEE LIST

LUCAS George Lucas 1881+ (also bricklayer age 57 in 1881)

LYONS L L to Jan/1896

BRIDGER James 1911-22+ (age 55 in 1911)

HANNON William F 1938+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/RoyalAlbert.shtml

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

Census

Maidstone and Kentish Journal