44 St. George's Place
Canterbury
Above picture from Google, March 2009. |
The pub so far has been traced to 1862 being in the Goden family to as
late as 1903 for definite. A T Oldfield took the reigns in 1913 but no
listing can be found in 1917, so I guess the pub closed sometime between
those years.
It is suggested that it may previously have been called the "Alto
Douro" which held its license till 1846.
The majority of St. George's Place having been renovated as can be seen
from the picture above.
Between 1939 and 1969 this area was occupied by the Regal Cinema.
Kentish Gazette 4 May 1852.
On Thursday Edward Godden, keeper of the "Pine Apple" beer shop, in the
New Road, appeared before the city magistrates and pleaded guilty to a
charge of having company in his house at the unseasonable hour of one in
the morning; for which he was fined 5s. and costs. |
Kentish Gazette, 21 September 1852.
Thursday. Licensing.
This being the adjourned licensing day, those parties, whose licences
had been suspended, again attended, and after
receiving animadversion for their irregularity of conduct, had their
licences granted, but with a decided caution that if again
complaints were made against them they would not have their licences in
future.
These parties were:- John Stairs, of the "Eight Bells," King Street;
John Noble, "Kentish Arms;"
George Kilner, "City of London;"
John Jordan, "White Heart;"
John Gillis, "Bricklayers' Arms;"
Elizabeth Forbes, "Oddfellows Arms;"
John Murphy, "Carpenter's Arms;"
Richard Wellard, "George and Dragon," Westgate;
Joseph Pentecost, "Royal George;"
and George Crow, "Rose and Crown."
Applications for New Licences.
Thomas Rodgers, of the "Sir Robert Peel" beer shop;
David Tuthwell, "True
Britain;"
and Edward Gordon, "Pine Apple,"
applied
for spirit licences, but which were refused.
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Southeastern Gazette, 25 January 1853.
At the Mayor’s court on Thursday, Edward Goulden, the keeper of the
"Pine Apple" beer-shop, was charged with having kept his house open
till half-past eleven o'clock, on Saturday evening, the 16th inst.
Convicted in the penalty of 40s., costs 15s.
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From Kentish Gazette 25 January 1853.
CANTERBURY POLICE COURT. THURSDAY.
CONVICTION OF A BEER SHOP KEEPER.
Edward Godden, landlord of the "Pine Apple" beershop, St. George's, was summoned to answer an information of
having company in his house drinking at past eleven o'clock on Saturday
night. He did not deny that such was the fact, but pleaded in
extenuation that the company consisted of parties, strangers to him, who
had been waiting for friends coming from the Circus. This being his
second offence he had rendered himself liable to a heavy penalty, but
the bench fined him only £5, which, under all the circumstances, they
mitigated to 40s. with 15s. costs. Defendant declared himself unable to
pay at this period of the year when not much was doing and he had eight
children to maintain. |
From the Whitstable Times, 15 November, 1902.
CANTERBURY POLICE COURT. FRIDAY.
The licence of the “Pine Apple,” in St. George’s Place, was transferred
from Mr. C. E. Godden to Mr. Thomas Smith.
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LICENSEE LIST
GODDEN Edward 1852-68+
GODDEN Mrs Catherine 1874+
GODDEN Charles Edward 1881-Nov/1902
(age 36 in 1881)
(Also stable keeper)
SMITH Thomas Nov/1902+
OLDFIELD Thomas 1911-13+ (age 67 in 1911)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/PineApple.shtml
From the Post Office Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1874
Greens
Canterbury Directory 1868
Census
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Kelly's Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
Historic
Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com
Whitstable Times
and Herne Bay Herald
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