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4 Church Street
St. Pauls
Canterbury
Above engraving, circa 1850. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above map 1874 identified by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, date unknown taken from Historic
Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com
This also shows the "Monastery
Inn" by the lamp post on the left. |
Above photo, 1952, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1957, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1961, kindly sent my Tim Timson. |
Above photo, circa 1961, kindly sent my Tim Timson. |
Above photo taken by Edward Wilmot in 1965. |
Above photo circa 1976, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above picture from Google showing the former "Duke's Head" taken in
March 2009. |
Above photo taken and sent by Rory Kehoe, August 2017. |
There was a "Duke of
Cumberland" in Church Street prior to 1692 when it was known as the "Rose."
It is assumed this is the same public house that is mentioned in Brewers
Rigden's rent book in 1804 under the name the "Duke's Head." In that year
Robert Lawrence the licensee paid a rent of £11 6s. 0d and continued paying
the same till 1822 when it went up to £12. 12s. 0d. In 1806 he also paid
18s. land tax.
On 3rd May 1967 it gained a Grade II listed building status where the
descriptions stated the following:- "A C16 timber framed building restored
and with some timbers renewed. 3 storeys. Overhanging gable with 2nd floor
window in it. 3 sashes with-some glazing bars intact. The 1st floor projects
on the protruding ends of the floor joists. Modern pub front."
I am informed by someone who will remain anonymous that in the 1960 and
70s the locals used to call this the "Shaker's Arms" and the beer there was
a good 10% cheaper than anywhere else. Reason being, so I am told is that
the poor licensee suffered from Parkinson's and couldn't fill a full pint
without spilling most of it, hence shorter measures were served and he
charged less for them. Not sure what "Weights and Measures" would have made
of this if they had known.
The pub closed in 1975 to become a restaurant.
From a paragraph which appears in a pamphlet on the history of St.
Paul's, although Rory Kehoe isn't convinced this is accurate. "...Latimer's
had originally been set up in 4, Church Street in 1972. This had been the
"Spread Eagle" pub and when Tony Abbott was unable to demolish it (the City
Council slapped a conservation notice on the building) another use for it
was found. Later, Latimer's moved to an old warehouse around the corner and
used it as a furniture store..." Rory goes on to say... Whilst I don't
dispute the dates, this pub was very definitely the Duke's Head/Shaker's
Arms. It went on to be Reid's restaurant c.1974/75.
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Kentish Gazette, 28 October, 1780.
"Star" without St. George's gate, Canterbury.
William Pearson, (late of the "Duke's Head," St. Paul's) informs of
Public, that he has taken the "Star;" and having laid in a fresh
stock and provided himself with every necessary accommodation for
Board and lodgings, will endeavour, by good attendance and civil
treatment, to oblige all his Friends and Customers, whose favours
will be thankfully acknowledged.
He has also provided the best Hay and Corn, and Gentlemen may depend
on their Horses being well attended and taken in as usual at livery.
Horses going abroad will be taken in, and proper Assistance and warm
Stabling is provided for that purpose.
A good ordinary every Saturday at 1 o'clock.
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From the Kentish Chronicle, 31 May, 1862.
INQUEST AT CANTERBURY.
On Saturday evening, at the "Duke’s Head," St. Paul's, Mr. Delasaux,
coroner, and a respectable jury, of which Mr. H. Wraight was foreman,
held an inquest on the body of Sarah Kirby, aged 8 years, who died in
the Kent and Canterbury Hospital on Saturday morning from the effects of
injuries sustained by burning, on the 14th April last. The deceased
child was the daughter of William Kirby, weaver, New Ruttington Lane. It
appeared that on the 14th April the child, having been left for a short
time by its mother, went into the house of a neighbour named Josselyn,
and while there, playing with some children younger than herself, her
clothes accidentally caught fire. She run out into the street, where a
labourer attempted with his hands to extinguish the flames. He was,
however, unsuccessful, but a soldier, who had observed the state of the
child, brought a blanket in which he wrapped her. The fire was not got
out until the child was very seriously burned about the chest and other
parts of her body. She was at once removed to the Hospital where she
lingered until Saturday morning, when, death put an end to her
sufferings.
The facts having been deposed to the jury, they returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."
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From the Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. 23 March 1901. Price 1d.
DEATH FROM CONVULSIONS.
The Canterbury Coroner (Dr. T. S. Johnson) held an inquest at the
“Duke's Head,” Church Street, St. Paul's, on Tuesday, on the body of
Ellen Gwendoline Briscall, the twelve weeks' old child of Godfrey Nowell
Briscall, a carpenter, living at 26, Monastery Street. Kate Briscall, the mother, stated that the deceased had been a fairly
healthy child, but had always suffered from wind. About a month ago she
breathed very queerly, but
witness patted her back and she came round. On Saturday night witness
went to bed about a quarter to eleven. About half-past three she woke up
and noticed the baby looked very strange. She aroused her husband and he
picked the child up, whilst she went for a doctor. In reply to the Coroner, witness said the deceased laid at the edge of
the bed, herself being in the middle. When she first noticed deceased
she was foaming at the mouth. The husband, who is in the employ of Mr. F. T. Gentry, Broad Street,
stated that his wife aroused him at half past three on Sunday morning,
and said the child looked strange. He picked it up and loosened its
clothes, whilst his wife went for a doctor. The child was deathly white,
foamed at the mouth, and its thumbs were clenched. Mr. J. Greasley, surgeon, deposed that about four o'clock on Sunday
morning he was called up by Mrs. Briscall to go and see deceased. On his
arrival he found the child was dead. The body was quite warm, deceased
evidently having been dead only a few minutes. When he first examined
the body the question arose in his mind as to whether it died from
overlaying, but as a result of further examination on the previous day
he was convinced that the child died in a fit of convulsions. Its hands
were tightly clenched. He thought it a bad plan for people to take
children into bed with them. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. |
LICENSEE LIST
PEARSON William to Oct/1780
LAWRENCE Robert 1804-22+
WHITE William 1824-32+
   
WHITE Mary (Widow) 1838-51+ (age 72 in 1851 )
  
DIVERS Hammon 1858-74+ (also carpenter age 43 in 1861)
  
STOKES George 1881+
COURT James 1882+
PENFOLD E J 1991+
RUSSELL John 1903-22+
   
MOON Frederick T 1930-38+
 
https://pubwiki.co.uk/DukesHead.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1824
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Stapleton's
Guide 1838
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1874
Census
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Inns of Canterbury
by Edward Wilmot, 1988
Historic
Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com
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