16 Strand

Lower Walmer

Deal

True Briton, shown on left of picture, circa 1900.

Above postcard, circa 1919, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above picture kindly supplied by Sue Solley. Circa 1927.

Above photo, 1952.

Probably the earliest pub in Walmer bring traced as an unnamed house in 1787 when Morris Wellard kept it. Research by Glover and Rogers in their book "The Old Pubs of Deal and Walmer" says the house may have been built on one even as early as the 1700s when it was described as the last building on the Walmer Road.

The house was first known as the "True Briton," in 1799, and then the "True Britannia," in 1808, the "Little Britain," in 1817 and other similar names such as the "Two Brittons," "True, Broton," "True Britain" and the "Briton." Although spelling mistakes are often found in the papers and street directories.

1976 saw this pub change name to the "Lifeboat."

LICENSEE LIST

WELLARD Morris 1787+

PETT Robert 1828+ (Walmer Road)

WELLARD William 1832-47+ (age 40 in 1841) ( Walmer Road)

CLARINGBOULD Phillip 1861-62+ (age 42 in 1861)

PEARSON Samuel junior 1871-74+ (age 26 in 1871)

REDMAN George Richard 1881-99+ (age 46 in 1891)

BROOKING E W A 1903+

TAYLOR Walter F 1913-22+

BARTLETT John Charles 1930-34+

MYALL Charles D 1938+

DAVENPORT George A 1974+ Charrington & Co

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

From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29

From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34

From the Pigot's Directory 1839

From the Pigot's Directory 1840

From Bagshaw Directory 1847

From the Post Office Directory 1862

From the Post Office Directory 1874

From the Post Office Directory 1882

From the Post Office Directory 1891

From the Kelly's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

Deal Library List 1914

From the Post Office Directory 1918

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From the Kelly's Directory 1934

From the Post Office Directory 1938

Library archives 1974

Census