hi colin, love your sheppey site & thought you might be interested in the list below of old sheppey boozers to add to your site i'm interested in banks family for a book i'm researching at the moment, have most of the banks family data and sir eds career, but anything you can add will be of interest in my search ?
cheers D J WATTS (debs from eastchurch)
pigotts directory 1828-29
SHEERNESS
Brewers
COBB Edward & Co Fountain Lane
Taverns & Public Houses
BARTON John CHEQUERS High Street - CLARKSON G FOUNTAIN INN High Street - FISHENDEN W LORD NELSON West Street - GARDNER Charles HORSE & GROOM Charles St - GIBSON Thos NAVY ARMS Shepey St - GREEN Wm WHITE HORSE High Street - GRIMSTEAD J TWO SAWYERS High Street - HAMLING Wm SWAN High Street - HAMMOND Wm JOLLY SAILOR Fountain Lane - KNIGHT Jn HIT OR MISS Chapel St - MATTHEWS T GRANBY HEAD High Street - POLLINGTON John SHIP West Street - PORTER J PRINCESS OF WALES Chapel St - PUCKETT Sarah KING'S HEAD West Street - SCOTT Wm LOWER WHITE HORSE High Street - WILTON Chs PRINCE REGENT High Street
Miletown
Brewers
HOOKER John High Street - MILLIGAN Jas Hope Street
Taverns & Public Houses
BAKER Wm WELLINGTON INN High Street - BARREN Henry John JOLLY SAILOR High Street - BEAUMONT Samuel BRICKLAYER'S ARMS High Street - BRENCHLEY John SHIPWRIGHT'S ARMS High Street - BRISSENDEN Chas SUN Chapel St - JOHNSON Edwin BRITANNIA High Street - KNOWLES Thos VICTORY Victory St - LOCKYER Wm CARPENTER'S ARMS Hope Street - MADDOX Wm TRUE BRITON Victory St - SELBY Caleb BELL & LION High Street - SMITH Jno CROWN High Street
pigotts directory 1832-34
BLUE TOWN
Inn
CLARKSON George FOUNTAIN Blue Town
Wine & Spirit Merchant
CLARKSON George Blue Town
Brewer
MARSHALL Thomas High Street,
Public Houses
ALLEN Eliza Ann PRINCE REGENT Blue Town - CHAMBERS Fras. MARLBRO'S HEAD Blue Town - COODY Elizabeth KING'S HEAD Blue Town - LEAPARD William ANCHOR & HOPE Blue Town - GARDNER Charles HORSE & GROOM Blue Town - GEDDEN John SHIP Blue Town - GREEN William DUKE OF CLARENCE Blue Town - GRINSTEAD Jno. CROWN & ANCHOR Blue Town - HAMMOND William WATERMAN'S ARMS Blue Town - MATHEWS Thomas NAVY ARMS Blue Town - PORTER John DRUID'S ARMS Blue Town - RUFFORD Sarah HIT OR MISS Blue Town - SCOTT William WHITE HORSE Blue Town - THARP Thomas JOLLY SAILOR Blue Town - TONG William SWAN Blue Town - WICKEN John CHEQUERS Blue Town
Mile Town
public houses
BAKER William WELLINGTON High St - BEAUMONT Samuel BRICKLAYER'S ARMS Hope St - BRISENDEN Charles PARR'S HEAD Bell & Lion St - BRISLEY Robert TRUE BRITON Victory St - DODD Robert NEW JOLLY SAILOR High St - HARRIS HENRY SUN Chapel St - HILLS John CARPENTER'S ARMS Bell & Lion St - KNOCK Jno. & Henry VICTORY High St - LOCKYER William CROWN High St - SELBY Caleb BELL & LION High St - WEST John SHIPWRIGHT'S ARMS High St
QUEENSBOROUGH
Public Houses
DYE Robert ORDNANCE ARMS - HALL George SHIP
Retailers of Beer
HORN Benjamin - ROBERTS William
entry below from the universal britsh directory of kent 1 march 1790
QUEENBOROUGH
TRADERS selling spirits
AUSTIN, Walter, (Ship Inn) - HALL, Mary, Mrs Post Mistress & Victualler (George) - MARSHALL, William, Castle Inn