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Ye Anciente Bell, Week Street, Maidstone

Aka Bell Commercial Hotel in 1874

Directory of Pubs in the UK,  historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Maidstone, Kent . The Maidstone,  Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

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The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1828-29/Valentine Wildish/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1840/Valentine Wildish/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1851/S B Swinfen/../../../Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey & Sussex Directory ****

1851/Spencer B Swinfen/Hotel Keeper/38/Maidstone, Kent/Census ****
1851/Sarah Swinfen/Wife/30/Aylesford, Kent/Census
1851/Alfred Swinfen/Son/15/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1851/Caroline Bowls/Barmaid/22/Brenchley, Kent/Census
1851/Emma Nash/Cook/30/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1851/William Gammon/Boots/19/Boxley, Kent/Census
1851/James Hepburn/Visitor, Landed Proprietor/38/London/Census

1855/S B Swinfen/../../../Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey & Sussex Directory ****

1858/John S Isaacs/../../../Melvilles Directory ****

1861/Mary C Weller/Housekeeper/21/Maidstone, Kent/Census ****
1861/Sarah A Stone/Waitress/16/Norfolk/Census
1861/Henry Parks/Ostler/25/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1861/John Parks/Chaise Washer/44/High Halston, Kent/Census
1861/Edward O Stubbs/Lodger, Commercial Traveller/31/Staffordshire/Census

1862/Edward Murrus/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1867/Henry Martin/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1874/William Wootton Frost/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/William W Frost/Hotel Keeper/37/Towcester, Northampton/Census ****
1881/Elizabeth Frost/Wife/45/Hammersmith, Middlesex/Census
1881/Henry Martin/Son In Law/23/Pimlico, London/Census
1881/Emma Wilson/Niece, Barmaid/20/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1881/Minnie L Baker/Barmaid/15/Cornish Hall End, Essex/Census
1881/Eden Perriman/Billiard Marker/12/Loose, Kent/Census
1881/Alfred Price/Boots/20/Goudhurst, Kent/Census
1881/Mercy Austen/Cook/29/Milton, Kent/Census
1881/Ellen Field/Kitchen Maid/20/East Peckham, Kent/Census
1881/Jessy Stanford/Chambermaid/23/Borden, Kent/Census

1891/Wm W Frost/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1913/Francis Banbury/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1918/Henry S Millett/../../../Post Office Directory ****


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