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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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Watermill Tavern, 1 Canal Road, Strood, Rochester

listed as Watermill & Canal tavern, Canal Road, Frindsbury in 1881 & earlier. This pub is now closed and in private residential use. **

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

Watermill Tavern, 1 Canal Road - in April 2010

Watermill Tavern, 1 Canal Road - in April 2010

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

The following entries are in this format:

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

1847/Geo Roffway/../../../Bagshaws Directory *

1851/John Roffway/Manager to Painter/34/London, Middlesex/Census ****
1851/Sarah Roffway/Housekeeper to Victualler/33/Strood, Kent/Census
1851/Sarah Roffway/Daughter/2/Frindsbury, Kent/Census
1851/Fanny Roffway/Daughter/9 months/Frindsbury, Kent/Census
1851/Elizabeth Brisenden/House Servant/57/Chatham, Kent/Census
1851/Mary Willmore/House Servant/28/Rochester, Kent/Census
1851/Maria Bullen/House Servant/19/Rochester, Kent/Census
1851/Emma Roffway/Visitor/21/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/John Durk/House Servant, Widow/67/Sussex/Census

1858/George Roffway/../../../Melvilles Directory ****

1861/John Doggett/Licensed Victualler, Widow/36/Bristol, Gloucestershire/Census ****
1861/Harriett Stevens/Barmaid/19/Wouldham, Kent/Census
1861/Mary A Stevens/Visitor/14/Wouldham, Kent/Census

1862/J Doggett/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1866/Francis Coley / Licensed Victualler, Dealer & Chapman, bankrupt /../../London Gazette, 13 November 1866 **

1874/William Smith Bushell/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1878/Miss Elln. Russell/../../../Post Office Directory **

1881/Albert Duppa Howe/Licensed Victualer/31/Croydon, Surrey/Census ****
1881/Emily Mary Howe/Wife/26/Hadlam, Kent/Census
1881/Kate Pine/Sister/14/Hadlam, Kent/Census
1881/Thomas Vallance/Boarder, Mariner/42/Devon/Census

1882/Albert D Howe/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1891/Mrs H Burgess/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1903/Alfred Lewry/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1909/George Cossey/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1913/G Cossey/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1918/George Cossey/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1922/Mrs Ellen Cossey/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1930/Mrs Ellen Cossey/../../../Post Office Directory ****

1938/Mrs Ethel Lilian Dray/../../../Post Office Directory ****


* Provided By Lorena Bennett

** Provided By Stephen Harris

**** 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.
site search by freefind

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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