13 (7) Sun Street (Butter Market 1838)

Canterbury

Above postcard, circa 1905, showing the "Market Hall Inn" on the left. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Bushell, Watkins & Smith's Westerham Ales were on offer.

Above photo, circa 1905. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above photographs of the Market Hall show it on the left, date unknown and on the right as the Chemists. Pictures taken from the Historic Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com

The numbering has changed on this street.

In 1865 a fire that started on the High Street damaging part of the "Bell Hotel" destroyed the original building.

By 1922 the building was operating as Walker & Harris Ltd., Photographic Chemists.

LICENSEE LIST

JONES Julia 1838+

PARKER J 1862+

BROWNING Russell Benjamin 1866-74+

BASSENDEN John E 1881+

HERITAGE Walter James 1882+

HOUGHTING George 1889-91+ (age 61 in 1891)

TOMLIN James R 1899-1903+

BROWNE Seymour 1913+

http://www.pubshistory.com/MarketHall.shtml

Stapleton's Guide 1838

From the Post Office Directory 1862

Greens Canterbury Directory 1868

From the Post Office Directory 1874

Census

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

Historic Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com