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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton & Jan Pedersen

Earliest 1850-

 City of Boulogne

Latest 1850

(Name to)

8 Tontine Street

Folkestone

 

Nothing known of this one to date apart from the following mention that indicates it became the "Clarendon."

 

Maidstone Gazette 3 September 1850

Annual Licensing, Tuesday; Before J. Bateman, W. Major, C. Golder and T. Golder Esqs.

The licence granted to Christopher Porter for the "City of Boulogne" was transferred to Alfred Rayment, and the sign altered to the "Clarendon."

 

Kent Herald, 5 September 1850.

Petty Sessions, Thursday: This was the general annual licensing day, when all the old licenses were renewed. The license granted to Christopher Porter, for the City of Boulogne, was transferred to Alfred Rayment, and the sign altered to the Clarendon.

 

Canterbury Journal 7 September 1850.

The new hotel, called the "Clarendon," will open under favourable auspices in the early part of this month.

The 29th was the General Annual Licensing day, when all the old licences were renewed, and a new one granted to John Back for the "Jolly Sailor."

The licence granted to Christopher Porter for the "City of Boulogne" was transferred to Alfred Rayment, and the sign altered to the Clarendon.

Note: No previous record of Porter or the proposed City of Boulogne.

 

LICENSEE LIST

PORTER Christopher to Sept/1850

 

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