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Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address, i.e. use the search box below. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs, beer retailers, taverns and hotels; and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission. Many of the Pubs are still open, as I do not differentiate between dead and open Pubs. The site is updated every day, mainly during pub opening hours. Please contact: Kevan with any updates and additional details to the site/s. Thanks.
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Castle, 1 Castle Street, Ashford

listed in the High Street in 1862

Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Ashford - in June 1975

Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Ashford - in June 1975

Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Ashford - in April 1985

Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Ashford - in April 1985

Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Ashford (now a building society) - in April 2007

Castle Hotel, Castle Street, Ashford (now a building society) - in April 2007

All pictures kindly supplied by Jim Ashby

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

The following entries are in this format:

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

1840/Philip Mein/../../../Pigots Directory ****

1858/William Bridge/../../../Melvilles Directory ****

1862/James Brown Rivers/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1874/Mrs Priscilla Goble/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1881/Henry Rossiter/Licensed Victualler/48/Newton St Cyrus, Devon/Census ****
1881/Sophia Rossiter/Wife/54/Ranworth, Norfolk/Census
1881/Henry Rossiter/Nephew/12/Chippenham, Wiltshire/Census
1881/William Prebble/Visitor, Retired Publican/60/New Romney, Kent/Census
1881/Charlotte Prebble/Visitor/58/Newton St Cyrus, Devon/Census
1881/Emily Prebble/Visitor/21/Newton St Cyrus, Devon/Census
1881/Philip D Johnson/Visitor, Hay Merchant/36/../Census
1881/Daniel Pillatt/Visitor, Draper/26/Ashford, Kent/Census
1881/Thomas Roberts/Visitor, Coach Builder/38/../Census
1881/Mary Jane Spice/Cook/21/Great Chart, Kent/Census
1881/William Tutt/Ostler/20/Great Chart, Kent/Census

1882/James Thomas Homewood/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/John McDaid/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1901/Sarah Oakley/Licensed Victualler, Widow/46/London/Census ****
1901/George R J Oakley/Son/13/Ashford, Kent/Census
1901/Lily Scott/Niece, Barmaid/22/Cliffe, Kent/Census
1901/Frances Hart/Visitor/67/Woodchurch, Kent/Census
1901/Lilian Hounsell/Domestic Servant/38/Cliffe, Kent/Census
1901/Herbert Simmons/Boarder, Groom/44/Cranbrook, Kent/Census
1901/George Ottaway/Boarder, Groom/52/Bethersden, Kent/Census
1901/George Euston/Boarder, Groom/22/../Census
1901/Charles Rolfe/Boarder, Groom/48/Ashford, Kent/Census
1901/Albert G Small/Boarder, Groom/36//Census
1901/John Jones/Boarder, Groom/44/Woolwich, Kent/Census

1913/William Henry Hilder/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1922/George William Offen/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1930/Geo William Offen/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/William Frederick Heyman/../../../Post Office Directory ****

**** Provided By Kevan

Search the London & Southern England Pub History site and Street directory by historical Pub name, surname or street address. The Pub history site is a major historical street directory which lists mainly Pubs and street name changes between about 1840 and 1940. The site is updated every day. Contact: Kevan with any updates and additions.
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All transcriptions and imagery is copyright, and excepting personal usage (which is fine); it is NOT available for commercial usage without explicit permission.
The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire Oxfordshire, and Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.

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