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19 Vicarage Place
Margate
The premises used to be part of the "Vicarage brewery" which was sold in
1864.
Michael Mirams informs me (2015) that the pub closed some years ago and
was converted into flats.
I have also been informed that one licensee used to have a stuffed lamb
with 5 legs on display in a case inside the pub.
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Thanet Advertiser 12 November 1864.
MARGATE. TO BE SOLD, A BARGAIN.
The whole of the useful Plant of the VICARAGE BREWERY, Adjoining the
"First and Last Tavern" Top of the Ramsgate Road, Margate.
The Licensed
House, Brewhouse and Premises having changed hands and the present
proprietor relinquishing the Brewery Department, and alterations to
premises being required forthwith, consequently the whole of the Plant
will be offered at a Tempting Price, to be cleared away immediately.
The
Plant consists of a 7 Barrell Brewing Copper, A 3 Barrell Brewing
Copper, Lead and Copper Pumps affixed, with Gear complete. 3 Quarter
Mash Tub with Cast Iron Fining Bottom and gear to do. 11ft. 6in. Coal
Back—10ft. Cast Iron Fining Bottom and ad 8ft. 3in. gear to do. 16
Barrel Copper Refrigerator. 2 10-Barrel Rounds, iron Bound. 1 7-Barrel
Rounds, iron Bound. 1 3 1/4-Barrel Rounds, iron Bound with Pipes and
tops complete. Superior Malt Mill with 48in. wheel. Winch, crane, and
gear to do. Large Deal Tank 16ft. by 6ft. 3 Hand-trucks for Casks.
Copper Furnaces, Brass and Lead Pipes, &c. A large quantity of Beer
Buts, Hogsheads, Barrels, and Pins, Troughs, Stillens, and the usual
Gear in a small brewery.
The whole can be viewed by application to Mr.
James Kevis, on the Premises, or to Mr. George Goodale, Appraiser, 1,
Cecil Square, Margate.
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East Kent Times and Mail, Wednesday 25 July 1956.
TOOK CHARITY TIN FROM BLIND PUBLICAN’S BAR.
Blind Margate publican Len Hyett, 60-year-old grey-haired licensee
at the "First and Last," High-street, was the victim of a weekend
sneak thief during a minor petty crime wave at Margate, Westgate and
Broadstairs.
The despicably mean character who bought a bottle of brown ale in
Len's public bar just before 7 p.m. on Saturday and walked out
without a word, carrying the collecting tin for the blind containing
about £4 10s., really hurt the sightless publican.
"By carrying on and doing this job I am still a useful citizen,"
said Len. "Only when a mean thing like this happens do I realise my
limitations. Of course I was an easy prey for the man I did not see.
"He came in and ordered a brown ale. I served him and drank a cup of
tea. Ten minutes later my wife brought me another cup of tea into
the bar and asked. "What has happened to the bar blind box!" It had
gone, and so had the customer."
Darts players using darts provided by Mr. Hyett are invited to
contribute to the blind box. "Perhaps because I am blind my
customers are very generous" said the publican.
"Of course. I could have had the box screwed down, but one does not
like to do that sort of thing it was an easy job for the thief."
Mr. Hyett added. "Another customer saw a man outside waiting for me
to open. I think that was the fellow wanting to make sure he would
be the only customer in the bar."
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East Kent Times and Mail, Wednesday 28 May 1980.
PUBLICAN IN COURT
PUBLICAN Peter Clayton, 40, of the "First and Last" public house
in Margate High Street has been charged with dishonestly receiving a
stolen Teasmaid some time between January and May. The case was
adjourned until June 9 and bail was granted.
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From an email received 11 January 2015.
My great great grandmother, Mary Castle, was the owner from sometime between 1826
and 1838. After the death of her husband in 1838, she carried on the
business as brewer and innkeeper. She is mentioned in Pigot's Directory
in 1840 as well as the 1841 Census, 1851 Census and Melville's Directory
of 1858. In late 1857 she granted a 21 year lease on the property and
business to Thomas William Chandler and then retired to live with her
daughter at the "Lord Nelson" pub on The Parade, Margate.
In her will she provided for the profits from the lease to be divided
amongst her children and then on it's expiry for the business to be
sold.
Henry and Mary Castle took over the "First and Last" sometime between
1826 and 1838. The first mention of them living there is in Henry's will
of April 1838. He died in June 1838 and Mary took over the pub. In 1851
her son Thomas was the brewer, living with his family next door.
In 1850, Mary's daughter, Mary Ann, married Edwin George Smith and in
1851 they are at the "Lord Nelson,"
11 The Parade, between the "York Hotel"
and the "White Hart Hotel."
In about Nov 1857, Mary granted a 21-year lease on the "First and
Last" to Thomas William Chandler. She retired from the business
(although continued to gain an income from the lease) and went to live
with the Smiths at the "Lord Nelson."
Edwin George Smith died in 1860, so no doubt Mary stepped in to help her
daughter.
Mary Ann Smith remarried in 1864, to William Allwright Jones, and
they continued to run the "Lord
Nelson."
In Summer 1866, Mary Castle moved to live with her other daughter in
Woolwich, where she died in Nov 1866. Mary Castle's will provided for
the sale of the "First and Last" after the lease either expired or was
otherwise terminated. According to
www.pubwiki.co.uk,
in 1874 the publican was George Bayley, but I don't know anything about
him.
I can't find the Jones in the 1871 Margate Census, so presume they
have moved on from the Lord Nelson. I understand that it was demolished
to make way for the new "White Hart
Hotel" built in 1876 (Thanet's Public Houses and Hotels 19th and
early 20th Century B J White March 2004).
Trevor Lawson.
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Thanet Advertiser, Saturday 22 August 1925.
Violent Customer. Noisy scene at Margate Inn.
A noisy scene at the "First and Last" public house, Ramsgate Road,
caused through the refusal of the licensee to serve a man, was described
at Margate Police Court on Tuesday, when Richard William Barrett, 42, of
Ferndale Avenue, Walthamstow, was charged with being drunk and
disorderly in High Street and further with being drunk and disorderly
and refusing to quit the public bar of the "First and Last."
Asked if he was guilty or not, defendant replied, "I don't remember
much, but I shall have to plead guilty, I suppose." He was fined £1 or
in default 7-days' imprisonment, on the first charge, and sentenced to
14 days hard labour on the second.
Mr. S. Shea, who prosecuted on behalf of Mr. W. C. Attwood, the
licensee, explained that about 9:20 the previous evening the defendant
entered the public bar and as he was obviously drunk the barman refused
his request to be supplied with a glass of mild and bitter, and asked
him to leave the premises. He would not do so, however, and the landlord
was called forward, but still he refused to go, so Mr. Attwood
telephoned for the police.
On hearing what he was going to do Barrett said it would take all the
policeman in Margate to turn him out, and he would smash the windows. He
asked other men in the bar to get him a drink, but they would not, and
he then made use of filthy language in front of the women. When the men
remonstrated with him for this, he continued to swear and knocked the
table over. Just then the police arrived and ejected him. Outside he
became very violent, and had to be handcuffed.
Mr. Shea asked the Bench to do all they possibly could to see that a
licensee who observed the law and wished to conduct his premises
properly was protected.
Evidence was given by Mr. Attwood and P.C. Bray, and Barrett told the
Bench that he was very sorry that had occurred. He walked from London to
try and get some harvesting work, and met some men he knew who gave him
a drink.
The Chief Constable said the defendant was sentenced by the court to
7-days hard labour for having been drunk and disorderly, and 14 days for
assaulting the police in 1913, and the previous year was fined 5s. for
being drunk and £1 for common assault. Just prior to the war he left the
town, and had not been seen until recently.
In giving the decision of the Bench, the chairman (Mr. W. Booth Reeve)
said to defendant:- "You are one of those men who are a nuisance to the
licensed victuallers, whose interests must be protected against such men
as you, as you are likely to get them into a good deal of trouble. I
advise you to steer steer clear of Margate. We don't want you here."
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LICENSEE LIST
CASTLE Henry 1826-38 dec'd
CASTLE Mary Mrs 1838-57
 
CHANDLER Thomas (age 69 in 1861 ) 1857-62+
KEVIS James 1867+
HILLS Hohn B 1871+ (age 30 in 1871)
BAYLEY George 1874+
ROBERTSON George Allen 1881-91+ (age 24 in 1881)
SAMSON James Thomas 1901 (age 42 in 1901)
HAMMOND Allen Edward H 1903+
 
MUSSARED Charles 1913+
HARRIS Henry O 1922+
ATTWOOD W C 1925+
KEEN Albert 1930+
TULETT Ernest 1938+
SQUIRREL Mick ????
HYATT Len "Jim" 1956+
CLAYTON Peter 1980+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/FirstLast.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/firstlast.html
From
Isle of Thanet Williams Directory 1849
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
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
Census
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