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1 West Street
Faversham
Above postcard, showing the "Queen's Head" left side of picture, date
unknown. Kindly sent by Marion Brown. |
Above showing the former "Queen's Head," March 2012.
However, I'm not sure about this photo being 1 West Street. Think the
building on the extreme left of the photo is. Less they were all rolled
into 1. |
O= THE QVEENE ARMES (centre quartered arms of France & England)
R = In Faversham 1651 (centre R.E.C).
Kindly sent by Mark Reed. |
 
O= ROBERT PRESTON ( centre HIS HALF PENY)
R= IN FAVRSHAM 1664 ( centre THE QVEENS ARMES)
Kindly sent by Mark Reed. |
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The building adjoins the "Ship Hotel" and was actually incorporated into
part of the business between 1935 and about 1982 when it was sold off by the
proprietors of the "Ship Hotel" and is now a privately owned house, although
it was listed as for sale on 13th march 2012 at a price of £400,000.
Originally the building can be traced back to 1558 when it was operating
under the name of the "Falcon." Between that date and 1752 it was called the
"Wheatsheaf" but didn't get the name of the "Queen's Head" in that year.
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26 March 1789.
Insured:- Julius Shepherd, Faversham, Kent, brewer.
Other property or occupiers: in Faversham: the Queens Head (Thos.
Pepper, victualler).
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26 March 1793.
Insured: Julius Shepherd, Faversham, Kent, brewer.
Other property or occupiers:The Queens Head (Thomas Pepper
victualler).
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Dover Chronicles 28 August 1847.
Death.
August 18, at Faversham, Sarah, wife of Mr. G Clark, of the "Queen's
Head" public house, age 60 years.
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South Eastern Gazette 31 August 1847.
DEATHS.
Aug. 18, at Faversham, after a long & painful illness, Sarah, wife of
Mr. G. Clark, of the "Queen's Head" public-house, aged 60 years.
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Kentish Gazette, 31 August 1847.
DEATH.
Clark:— August 18, at Faversham, Sarah, wife of Mr. G. Clark, of the
"Queen's Head" public house, aged 69.
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Kentish Gazette, 2 January 1849.
Inquest.
An inquest was held on Thursday last, by Mr. J. Tassell, coroner far the
borough, on the body of a pensioner named William Caspel, who was found
dead in his bed on the previous day, at his lodging at the "Queen's
Head" public house. A young man who slept in the same room with deceased
stated that he heard rather a curious noise in the night, but that as he
was very tired, he fell asleep, and on getting up in the morning he did
not call deceased, as he appeared to be asleep. It was subsequently
ascertained that he was not quite dead, and on Mr. Garraway, the
surgeon, being sent for, he pronounced life to have been extinct for
some hours. A post mortem examination was afterwards made by that
gentleman, who found the cause of death to be the bursting of one of the
large blood-vessels near the heart.
The jury returned a verdict accordingly. |
LICENSEE LIST
PRESTON Robert 1664+
PEPPER Thomas 1789-93+
CLARK George 1824-47+
   
CHAMPION George 1855-74+ (also Post House Master age 40 in 1871 )
   
CHAMPION Richard 1881-82+ (age 44 in 1881)
ATHERTON Frederick 1888+
CAREY Edwin 1903-13+
  
HOPPER Harry 1922+
HARLOW Mrs Eva G 1930+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/QueensHead.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1824
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From the Post Office Directory 1855
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
Census
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
Swinock's Faversham Directory 1888
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Guide
to Faversham 1908
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1930
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