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Chapel Street
Sandgate
I have also seen this pub referred to as the "Duke of Wellington."
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From the Folkestone Chronicle 10 September 1859.
ELHAM LICENSING DAY
At the Annual Licensing Day at Elham, on Monday last, the magistrates
adjourned two cases for further consideration, to be decided at the
Petty Sessions, at Hythe, on Thursday next. One was that of Mr. Offen,
who keeps the "Duke of Wellington," at Sandgate, and against the renewal
of whose licence a petition has been presented by some of the
inhabitants of his neighbourhood; the other was that of the application
for a licence by Mr. Groombridge, of the "Britannia,"
Horn Street, a rather thickly populated neighbourhood, where there is no
licensed house within half a mile.
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From the Folkestone Chronicle 17 September 1859.
HYTHE PETTY SESSION
Thursday September 15th:- Before Rev. Mr. Biron, chairman, Major
General Sandilands, Dr. Gidley, and W.F. Browell esq.
Licencing Day. – The Wellington, Sandgate.
Mr. Offen applied for a transfer of the licence of this house from
Baker who formerly kept it, the consideration of the case having been
adjourned from the previous week at Elham.
Mr. Minter, solicitor of Folkestone, appeared for the applicant, and
said that the house had always been conducted in a respectable manner
since the present tenant had occupied it, and with regard to the
memorial that had been presented to the magistrates at Elham, praying
them not to grant the licence, one of the signatures was that of a
person in the same line of business, and the letter of the clergyman,
the Rev. Mr. Preston, was only from hearsay report, and not from his own
personal knowledge, therefore he thought it should have some weight with
the bench, particularly as he held another memorial in Mr. Offen's
favour, more numerously and quite as respectably signed as the one
against him, and from the absence of all complaints by the police
against the house, he left it in the hands of the magistrates feeling
satisfied in taking all things into consideration they would grant the
licence.
Mr. Superintendent Weston, K.C.C., was then asked by the bench if he had
any complaint to bring against Mr. Offen or the house, when he replied
he had none to bring against Offen – the house had acquired a bad name
under the late landlord, but was very well conducted now.
The bench consulted together, and the chairman said they had decided on
granting the licence to the applicant; the house it appeared had a bad
name from the last landlord, and through the beer shops in the
neighbourhood, therefore he must be very circumspect in his conducting
the house, or the licence would be taken away.
The licences for other houses in Sandgate were renewed without any
opposition.
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From the Dover Express, 22 October, 1869.
APPEALS. Charles Wells v. The Justices of Kent.
Mr. Barrow for the appellant, and Mr. Biron for the respondent.
From the opening statement of Mr. Barrow it appeared that the justices
sitting at Hythe had declined to renew an ale-house license for a public
house kept by the appellant called the "Wellington Inn," at Sandgate.
Mr. Wells had kept this house for ten years. He was a man of
irreproachable character; and no reason had been alleged by the
magistrates. In reality he (the learned councel) was fighting with a
sham; and it was only a surmise that the course taken by the magistrates
arose through their believing that a cottage which was attached to the
inn was used for immoral purposes, and that this dwelling directly
communicated with the "Wellington." In taking this view the justices had
erred, as he should show by the clearest evidence. The appellant stated
that his father had kept the "Star" at Newington for 50 years, and he
was with him a great portion of that time, for ten years he (witness)
had kept the "Wellington," at Sandgate, and during the whole of that
time he had never been complained against as to the mode in which he
conducted the "Wellington."
Br Mr. Biron:- The house and cottage are hired together, and the rent
paid in a lump sum. He would not say that three women who lived in the
cottage in July, 1866, were "camp prostitutes." The cottage was
furnished and they paid him rent; also for the use of the furniture. He
had never been cautioned by the magistrates at Hythe that if he did not
keep his house better his house would not be reallowed. The military
authorities had not complained against him, but his house had been "put
out of bounds" by the direction of the commanding officer he presumed.
He always know the character of any tenants, and if they did not behave
themselves they would very soon have to turn out. He was master there.
(laughter) The last tenant he had was a married woman; he knew her to be
married because a he received a letter addressed to "Mrs. Bevan." There
were some girls in the house just prior to the licensing day, and he
gave them notice to quit because he had heard how other inn-keepers had
been served about their license.
Re-examined:- The girls who hired the cottage acted as waitresses in his
house.
Mr. Garrat, a baker, was called, and gave it as his opinion that the
house had always been conducted in a quiet and respectable manner.
Cross-examined:- He used to keep the "Victoria'' beer-house, and
continued to do so as long as it paid him. Two girls lived with him.
George Philpott, a shoemaker, who informed the Court that he lived "werry"
near the "Wellington," gave it as his opinion that the house was
conducted as respectably us others were.
At this point the Court stopped the case and dismissed the appeal, with
costs.
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LICENSEE LIST
KINNIBURGH 1841+ (age 35 in 1841 )
SAXBY John 1858+
BAKER Mr to Sept/1859
OFFEN Mr Sept/1859+
WELLS Charles 1861-62+ (age 37 in 1861)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/WellingtonInn.shtml
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