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| PUB LIST | PUBLIC HOUSES | Paul Skelton | ||||
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Earliest 1692- |
Carpenter's Arms |
Latest 1769- (Name to) |
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18 St. Peter's Street Canterbury
Mentioned in the licensing list of 1692 and the following year offering billeting for 6 soldiers. In the 17th century the pub was known as the "Carpenter's Arms," and it is said that the sign of that day was very similar to the one we see as the "Three Compasses." In 1700 a meeting of the Carpenter's Guild was "Holden at the Widdow Webb commonly known as the sign of the Compasses in St. Peter's. By 1769 it was referred to as the "Three Compasses," as shown below. If indeed this is one and the same.
LICENSEE LIST WEBB (widow) 1700+
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