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Alexandra Hotel, 9 Harbour Street, Folkestone

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This pub closed in 1943 as a result of wartime bombing and was demolished in 1950. **

Alexandra Hotel, Harbour Street, Folkestone

Alexandra Hotel, Harbour Street, Folkestone

Kindly provided by Peter Russell

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Folkestone, Kent . The Folkestone, 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.

1871/Charles W Spurrier/Slate Merchant & Hotel Keeper/39/Southwark St Johns, Surrey/Census ****
1871/Caroline Spurrier/Wife/32/Mile End, Middlesex/Census
1871/Charles W Spurrier/Son/6/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1871/Thomas G Spurrier/Son/5/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1871/Harry G Spurrier/Son/3/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1871/Ada L Spurrier/Daughter/1/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1871/Henrietta Greenland/Chambermaid/21/Lydd, Kent/Census

1874/Charles Spurrier/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Alexander Campbell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Alexander Campbell/Hotel Keeper/52/London/Census ****
1891/Caroline Campbell/Wife/50/London/Census
1891/Edith Campbell/Daughter/18/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1891/May Alderston/Barmaid/24/Chatham, Kent/Census
1891/Lizzie Uden/Housemaid/24/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1891/John Sherwood/Boots/18/Folkestone, Kent/Census
1891/James Jackson/Visitor/50/London/Census
1891/Annie Jackson/Visitor/50/London/Census
1891/James Jackson/Visitor/21/London/Census

1899/Edwin A Trapnell/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1922/Chas Hy Tapsell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

My grandfather was Frank May. In 1913 he was listed as a beer retailer in Bethersden. In 1919 he was demobbed to the Lord Nelson, at 10 Radnor Street, Folkestone; his wife Agnes and children Anthony Arthur and Irene were at the address, according to the Army records. By 1934 (and also in 1938) he was at the Alexandra Hotel, 9 Harbour Street Folkestone. The pub was bombed in the war and grandad was trapped for some time, it is now a car park. ***

1938/Frank May/../../../Post Office Directory ****

** Provided By Stephen Harris

*** Provided By Peter Russell

**** 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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