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37 Seven Star Street and 9 Beach Street
Fisherman's Row in 1823
Dover
Part of the street vanished when the railway arrived in
1843 and more disappeared in 1910. The properties were cleared again by
February 1936 in readiness for the building of Seven Star Street flats and
they in their turn had gone by the opening of 1976. But the inn ...
For photo of Seven Star Street
click here.
Earliest mention I have found is 1791, and the name Hedgecock. (Now
pre-dated to 1754). I note that by 1823 it was
addressed Fisherman's Row. It became the "Admiral" in 1875. Its earlier days
had seen the gathering of the local politicians for their meetings and as I
write that I would have thought it applied to all pubs.
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From the Kentish Post or Canterbury News-Letter,
November 20-23, 1754. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
Sale of Wreck Deals at the Sign of the Seven Stars in Dover, October
9th.
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From the Kentish Gazette, 19 to 22 April, 1791. Kindly sent from Alec Hasenson.
Sale of Freehold and Leasehold Estates at the sign
of the Seven Stars, at the Pier in Dover, April 30.
[By the Pier is almost certainly meant the District of the Pier, since
there was hardly a pier of any length at Dover in those days.]
From the Kentish Gazette, June 21 to 24, 1791.
Sale of Geneva [spirits] on 30th June at Mr. Hedgecock's, the Seven
Stars in Dover.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General
Advertiser, Saturday 11 July, 1840.
CORONER'S INQUEST
An inquest was held on Monday last, at the "Star," beer-shop, before
G. T. Thompson, Esq. Coroner for the Borough, on the body of Jane Blake, spinster, aged 30, who died the previous day from the effects of
poison.
Francis Augusta Carrick being sworn, deposed to the following
effect:- The deceased had been in the habit of visiting my house during
the last three weeks. On Friday the 3rd inst. the deceased came to my
house soon after breakfast, when she complained of being unwell, and
vomited; but appeared to have recovered in the afternoon. She remained
in my house till a little after ten o'clock at night, when I walked with
her to Mr. Foreman's, at the "Seven Stars," where she lodged. I then
accused her of having taking a parcel of arsenic from a cupboard, which
I had missed. She replied, if I had got it I would take it. I then left
her and she promised to come to my house in the morning. I waited
breakfast till after eleven o'clock, and I went to Mr. Foreman's, and
found the deceased was not up. Mr. Foreman's daughter came down stairs,
and said the young woman was very ill and had been vomiting. I that I
left the house and went home; and in a short time the deceased came in
saying she was very ill, and asked leave to lie down on my bed, which I
granted. I went up to her, and accused her of taking poison which she
denied. I pressed her to tell me if she had taken anything, and she
confessed she had taken arsenic. I then went for Mr. Rutley, the
surgeon, who attended her directly. During his attendance I heard her
tell him, that she had taken arsenic at Mr. Foreman's, about six o'clock
in the morning of that day. She died about half-past ten o'clock on
Sunday evening. She had lived servant at the "London Hotel" for about
eight months, until lately. She was generally of a cheerful disposition,
bit sometimes very low, which I thought was on account of her not
getting a situation. I saw her one day last week prepare a letter to
Henry Hopkins, at the "London Hotel," and which she said contained what
she intended to do. In the beginning of last week she asked me for a
razor or penknife to cut her corns. On Saturday afternoon, I asked her
what she wanted with the razor, and she said to cut her throat, as
people looked cool upon her, and she could not get a situation. She also
said she had taken a little of the arsenic on Friday just to taste it.
She denied being in the family way.
The evidence was corroborated by Mr. Rutley, surgeon, by Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. Foreman and her daughter.
Sarah Blake, sister of the deceased, said that about 10 years since
she recollects a bottle of laudanum being taken from her sister's box,
because it was feared she was about to destroy herself in consequence of
having had a child.
Ann Ovenden, chairwoman, deposed that she was engaged to sit up with
the deceased on Saturday night. She then told me that she took the
poison from Mrs. Carrick's cupboard, mixed it on Monday, and used to put
it by the side of the bed at night. She drank a little on Friday, which
made her sick; and the remainder on Saturday morning. She further said
that Mrs. Carrick showed her the poison in the cupboard, saying "this is
enough to do away with yourself." Deceased always turned her head away
when Mrs. Carrick came into the room. This evidence was corroborated by
Mrs. Upton, who sat with her.
The Coroner then summed up the evidence; and after a short
consultation the jury returned a verdict, "That the deceased destroyed
herself by taking arsenic, being at the time insane."
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From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer,
9 September, 1865. Price 1d.
AN ENRAGED MUSICIAN
The leader of German street-band, who gave the name of Daniel
Fung, was placed at the bar in custody, charged with assaulting Mrs.
Holiman, the landlady of the "Seven Starts" public-house, Seven Stars
Street, where he had made a disturbance, and also with assaulting the
policeman who had been called in to remove him in the execution of his
duty.
Mrs. Holiman said she kept the "Seven Stars" public-house, Seven Star
Street. The defendant came to her house from Ashford, on Saturday
afternoon. He took a dislike to an old gentleman who was in the house,
and struck him with a stick; and complainant, going into the room "to
avoid further trouble," got struck by the defendant also. She gave him
in charge of the police; but she had no desire to press the charge
against him, as he performed an important part in his band, and his
detention in prison would very much inconvenience his brother musicians.
The Bench thought that, however desirous the complainant might be to
overlook the offence with which she charged the defendant, his assault
upon the police constable could not be overlooked; and Police-constable
Johnson was therefore examined. He said he saw defendant in the "Seven
Stars." Defendant was drunk and riotous and the landlady was bleeding
from the nose. He conveyed defendant to the station-house, and on his
way there, he behaved in a very obstreperous way, and just before
getting there he struck him in the face.
The defendant said he had no recollection of the circumstances.
The Bench find the defendant 5s. and 7s. costs, which he paid.
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LICENSEE LIST
HEDGECOCK Mr 1791
EVANS 1805
GOODBOURNE James 1823
GOODWIN Caroline 1826-28+
FOREMAN James 1832-41+ (age 45 in 1841 )
  
RALPH John 1847
May have been called the "Railway
Tavern" between these dates.
LEWIS John 1851-56+ (age 63 in 1851)
HOLIMAN Mrs Ann 1864-65+
TROWELL Walter 1871+ (age 56 in 1871)
BOORMAN George Sept1873+
TYLER George Townsend 1875 end
To "The Admiral"
From the Pigot's Directory 1823
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-9
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1839
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
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