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.
Man of Kent, 53 Wrotham Road, Gravesend
Address formerly given as 30 Wrotham
Road. This pub was established by 1842. **
Man of Kent, 53 Wrotham Road, Gravesend
- in December 2010
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in
Gravesend, Kent . The Gravesend, 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.
Jas Butcher (James Cross Butcher) is my 2x great grandfather as listed in
the Bagshaw's Directory for 1847. I'm fairly certain this is the same
person, as the "Man of Kent" is given as the birth place for one of his
daughters, both the 1841 and 1851 census gives his occupation as Licensed
Victualler and they lived in and around Gravesend. *
1847/Jas Butcher/../../../Bagshaws Directory *
1855/James Calver/../../../Post Office Directory **
1862/Joseph Calver/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1874/Alfred John Beard/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1878/Edward Austin/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/Edward Austen/Hotel Keeper/56/London, Middlesex/Census ****
1881/Jane Austen/Wife/41/Goudhurst, Kent/Census
1881/Lucy Morris/Sister, Lady Help/25/Bromley, Kent/Census
1882/Edward Austin/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1891/Wm J Pearcey/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1901/Ernest Whitbread/Publican/29/Swanley, Kent/Census ****
1901/Ada Whitbread/Sister/31/Dartford, Kent/Census
1901/Clara Whitbread/Sister/26/Swanley, Kent/Census
1903/Ernest R Whitehead/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1913/Wm Parker/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1922/Samuel Maxfield/../../../Post Office Directory ****
Mrs Tracey, wife of the licensee of the Man of Kent, died in 1966, Mr & Mrs
Tracey have been in the trade for almost 40 years - Black Eagle Journal ***
E T Tracey, licensee of the Man of Kent since 1929 & the
Cricketers, Gravesend since 1924, a widower
since 1966; died 1968 - Black Eagle Journal ***
* Provided by Ken Mason
** Provided by Stephen Harris
*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson
**** 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.
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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