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South Pier, Fisherman's Row
Dover
Daniel Evans is found at the house as early as 1775.
Bowles filled them up in 1805 and according to Pigot's directory still
traded from there in 1840, although there is confusion as to whether Bowles
was Jane or John or perhaps both or all three, as 1805 I have no first name.
Latest mention of this house found to date being 1842 when the following
Coroner's Inquest was held at the pub.
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Kentish Gazette, Saturday 12th August 1775.
Dover, August 7th, 1775.
Whereas, about Christmas last, one Henry Moise and his wife came to the
house of Daniel Evans, the sign of the "Malborough's Head," in Dover
aforesaid, a public house, and continued their upwards of three weeks,
until their reckoning amounted to the sum of £1 15s. 4d., which money
they went away and left unpaid, leaving a few clothes in the hands of
the said Daniel Evans for the security of the said dept; at the same
time promising to come in a short time and pay the said debt. But as the
said Daniel Evans has not seen or heard from the said Henry Moise or his
wife since they went away, gives this public notice, that unless the
said Henry Moise pays the above debt on or before the 29th instant
August, the clothes will be sold for the same.
Daniel Evans.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General
Advertiser, Saturday 21 February, 1835. Price 7d.
INQUEST
An inquest was held on Saturday last, before the Mayor, at the
"Marlborough Head," on the South Pier, on the body of John Adams, an
elderly mariner, who was found dead in the reservoir of the pier that
morning. The deceased, who was one of an express boat's crew that
returned from France during the preceding night, having landed, was on
his way home; and is supposed to have walked over the quay in the dark.
When found he was standing upright, with his fingers clenched into the
wall, in which position the poor fellow appeared to have perished as the
tide rose.
Verdict - Accidentally drowned.
The want of lights and other proper precautions, not only where this
lamentable accident occurred, but in almost every situation where the
new works have been carried on, has long been a subject of public
animadversion. We understand, the engineer has now stationed a watchman
with lights at the exposed parts of the works.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General
Advertiser, Saturday 20 August, 1842. Price 5d.
CORONER'S INQUEST
An inquest was held on Saturday last, at the "Marlborough Head,"
before G. T. Thompson, Esq., Coroner for the Borough, upon the body of
William Elliott, aged 8 years. Barrington Edgerly, jun. mariner, deposed
that about 10 o'clock on Friday afternoon, seing several persons run
towards the South Pier, I followed them, when I saw the head of a person
partly above water, I which I threw off part of my clothes, and went in.
Finding I could not reach the body I sung out for a boat, when Robert
Abbott and Edward Adams put off, and brought the body on shore, which
proved to be that of William Elliott, son of William Elliott, fisherman,
residing at Finnis's-hill. The boy, when taken out of the water, had his
shoes and stockings off, and his trousers tucked up.
A railway labourer, who was stated to have seen the boy fall into the
water, and who was summoned to attend the inquest, could not be found,
and, after waiting upwards of two hours, the inquest was adjourned till
Tuesday, when William Smith, one of the men employed on the railway,
deposed as follows - I was at the North Pier-head on Friday last, when I
saw a boy on the stone-apron at the South Pier, and soon after saw him
in the water. I thought at first he was swimming, but as he appeared to
sink, I hallowed to the people on the pier, but, as they took no notice,
I ran round, and told them where I had seen the boy. A boat was launched
and the body picked up. There was no one near the boy when he fell into
the water, nor did I hear him cry out.
Verdict, "Accidentally drowned."
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LICENSEE LIST
EVANS Daniel 1875+
BOWLES ???? 1805
BOWLES John 1823-28+
 
BOWLES Jane 1832-40+
  
From the Pigot's Directory 1823
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1839
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
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