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2 Great Street
   and 15 Council House Street
  
Dover
Above photo from the John Gilham collection 1896. Showing Louis
Marbrook aged 18 standing outside, also man in bowler hat and London
Guard Cummings. |
Above photo circa 1913, kindly sent by Graham Butterworth. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above map 1872, showing the location of the "Hope" in green. |
Perhaps the address changed or maybe it had to addresses as it stood on the corner of the two
streets.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General
Advertiser, Saturday 7 January, 1837.
TO BE LET
A Free Public House, known by the Sign of the "Hope" in Dover.
Enquire at the above house.
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Southeastern Gazette, 1 March 1853.
Death
Feb. 20, at the "Old Fountain," Caroline-place, Dover, Mr. Peter
Symonds, aged 80 years, boatman, and for 40 years a licensed
victualler. ("Hope Inn")
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It was always Great Street up to 1856. Robinson was the patron in 1843
when he received notice to quit as the ground was needed by the approaching
South Eastern Railway. He successfully obtained a licence for other premises
in the same Square and was ready to move when the railway decided it did not
require the site after all. The air was blue of course.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer,
23 January, 1874. Price 1d.
A WOMAN HUNG HERSELF
A sad case of suicide was investigated this morning by Mr. W. H. Payn,
coroner, at the "Hope Inn," Council House Street. Ann Gillet, an elderly
woman, living alone in Council House Street not having been seen for
several days her house was broken open yesterday and she was found
hanging to the bed post quite dead. The Jury having been sworn they went
to the room where the poor woman was lying. It was a very small room,
almost entirely occupied with a large four-post bed. From one of the
posts she had hung herself with a cord and a sheet. The circumstances
are detailed in the following evidence:-
Sarah Hogben sister of the deceased and the wife of Henry Hogben
said: The deceased was my sister. Her name was Ann Hart Gilbert and she
was the widow of John Gilbert, a mariner. She had general good health,
but lately has been much distressed in mind respecting her daughter who
has been in an asylum during the last six months. Last Friday the
deceased was up at my house the whole day. She talked rather strange at
times; I feared she would go out of her mind but I never thought she
would have done this. On Friday she went home at about nine o'clock at
night and I thought it strange that I did not see her again. I came down
on Wednesday and found the door fast and left again. On Thursday the
next door neighbour sent for me and the window was opened and I called,
"Ann! Ann! will you answer me?" There was no reply, and a neighbour, Mr.
Venner, came and an entrance having been effected by the window he went
in and discovered my sister dead. She was 62 years of age.
Charles Venner, builder, said: Yesterday afternoon I was called by
Mrs. Hogben to go upstairs to look for the deceased; they had not
sufficient nerve to do so. I went and saw the deceased handing from the
bedpost in the room where she now lies. She was suspended by a cord and
a sheet rolled into a rope. I examined her, and being satisfied that she
had been dead some time, I sent for a doctor and the police. Dr.
Marshall came, and she was taken down. Dr. Colbeck was first sent for,
but he did not come.
Harry Suter, police-constable said: I was called yesterday afternoon,
about a quarter-past three. I was called to 66, Oxenden Street, and I
found there, on the front room of the first-floor, the body of the
deceased handing from the top of the bedpost. With the assistance of Mr.
Venner, I untied the cord, and unloosed the sheet. The sheet was round
her neck twice, and the cord tied under her ear. Her one foot nearly
touching the floor and the other seemed to be caught on the chair. It
was Dr. Colbeck who called my attention to the case. He was going up
Snargate Street.
Dr. Marshall said: I was called by the police yesterday afternoon, to
see the body of deceased. I examined the body, and in my opinion she had
been dead two days. There was a deep and wide mark round the neck caused
by the twisted sheet. I believe the cause of death to have been
strangulation by hanging.
The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide," during temporary insanity.
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It was kept by Archer in 1819 but for many years the Marbrook's
officiated, being associated with it in fact over two centuries. The next
people to want the site were Dover Corporation who were trying to redevelop
the district. They were happy to pay £1,947 for it with the knowledge that
it would be more under the Compensation Scheme. The licence passed to them
in 1913 and subsequently lapsed.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday, 3 October, 1913. Price 1d.
THE TOWN CLERK AS LICENCE HOLDER
At the Dover Magistrates Court this (Friday) morning, before Messrs. M.
Pepper and H. F. Edwin.
An application was made to the Town Clerk for a transfer of the “Hope
Inn,” Great Street, from Mrs. A. Marbrook to the Town Clerk.
Mr. Reginald Knocker stated that he was instructed by the Corporation to
apply for the transfer of the licence of the “Hope Inn” to himself, the
Corporation having recently purchased the property. As the Magistrates
were aware, the property in this neighbourhood was being demolished, and
in due course this house would be pulled down. At the present moment it
was not quite decided what course would be taken in regard to it, and as
a temporary measure he was making this application. Id the Corporation
decided to proceed further in the matter a further application would be
necessary as it was not the intention of the Corporation that he should
go into the house to carry on the business.
The Chairman: We were going to ask about that.
The Magistrates' Clerk: Have you any references? (Laughter).
The Town Clerk: I am prepared to find them if required.
The Chief Constable: I happen to have known the ingoing tenant for a
good many years.
The Chairman: The house is still there?
The Town Clerk: Oh, yes.
Mr. Edwin: The windows and doors – are they still there?
The Town Clerk: I have no information about their removal.
The Chief Constable said that one window was removed to get out the
furniture, and was not replaced.
In reply to the Chairman, Mr. Knocker said he was not prepared to carry
on business.
The Chairman: Suppose a traveller comes, you are bound to serve him.
The Town Clerk: There is no one there to serve him.
The Chairman: You will have another writ then.
The Town Clerk: I hope not.
The application was granted.
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LICENSEE LIST
ARCHER M 1819-23
SYMONDS Peter 1826-39
DOUSE George 1839-40+
ROBINSON William 1843-47
ROBINSON 1844
PREBBLE Thomas P 1851
TURNER George Henry Jan/1856+
STRAND John 1861+ (age 39 in 1861 )
CULMER William Mar/1870-74+
HOWE William July/1878+
HOWE Richard 1879-82
MARBROOK Abraham B senior 1891-99+
 
MARBROOK Abraham junior 1900-03+
 
DREW M 1907
MARBROOK Mrs Elizh 1907-13 end
MARBROOK Mrs Ann Mary 1913
KNOCKER Reginald Oct/1913
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-9
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1839
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895
From the Kelly's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1901
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Dover Express
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