2 Monastery Street (Church Street)

Canterbury

Above map 1874 identified by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo identified by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo taken September 2017 by Rory Kehoe. The building with the scaffolding is thought to be the pub, but war damage may have reduced this in size.

This is the street where Edward Bing used to manufacture his famous mineral waters at number 41 Monastery Street in 1884 right up to the 1960s. The mineral works were later bought by Silver Springs and they were still manufacturing the Red Bing till December 2012 in their Folkestone works, when they unfortunately went into liquidation and closed.

The "Three Stags" was also along this street, but to date I do not know exactly where, only that the pub has been traced to between 1840 and 1874.

Further information from Rory Kehoe says that the "Monastery Inn" and "Three Stags" are both shown on the Ordinance Survey Map of 1874. The "Monastery Inn" on the corner of Church Street, St. Paul's, and Monastery Street, with the "Monastery Inn" at 12, Church Street, Saint Paul's but no street number for the "Three Stags." They were situated almost opposite each other.

LICENSEE LIST

BRETT James John 1840+

BARNES Benjamin 1847-62+ (age 35 in 1851)

KEMPTON Castledine 1868-74+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/ThreeStags.shtml

From the Pigot's Directory 1840

From Bagshaw Directory 1847

From Melville's Directory 1858

From the Post Office Directory 1862

Greens Canterbury Directory 1868

From the Post Office Directory 1874