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Pubs of Sittingbourne and Milton

Do you have any information or updates on the history of any of the pubs in the town ?

The List on the right is a list of public houses believed to be open in Sittingbourne and Milton in 1908.  The list is by no means complete, but we hope to change that, and to publish their current status (or fate).

Any trivia or photographs would be welcome !

 

The villages

The Alexandra Hotel

The Billet

The Bell Inn

The Brickmaker's Arms

The British Queen

The Bull Inn

The Castle Inn

The Chalk Tavern

The Crown

The Fleur de Lis

The Foresters Arms

The Fountain Inn

The George

The Globe and Engine

The Golden Eagle

The Golden Fleece

The Golden Lion

The Gore Court Arms

The Grapes

The Green Dragon

The Key

The King William IV

The Kings Arms  

The Kings Head

The Malt Shovel

The Milton Arms

The Lion Inn

The Navy Arms

The Old Oak

The Park Tavern

The Peace & Plenty

The Plough

The Prince Albert

The Prince of Wales

The Railway Arch Inn

The Railway Tavern

The Red Lion

The Rendezvous Inn

The Rose and Crown

The Rose Inn

The Royal Oak

The Shakespeare

The Ship

The Three Hats

The Three Kings

The Three Post Boys Inn

The Volunteers

The Watermans Arms

The Wheatsheaf

The White Hart

The Windmill

The Wyfe of Bath

 

Former Name

Location

Recent Status

The Alexandra Hotel

The Bell Inn

The Billet

The Brickmaker's Arms

The British Queen

The Bull Inn

The Castle Inn

The Chalk Tavern

The Crown

The Fleur de Lis

The Foresters Arms

The Fountain Inn

The George

The Globe and Engine

The Golden Eagle

The Golden Fleece

The Golden Lion

The Gore Court Arms

The Grapes

The Green Dragon

The Key

The King William IV

The Kings Arms

The Kings Head

The Malt Shovel

The Milton Arms

The Lion Inn

The Navy Arms

The Old Oak

The Park Tavern

The Peace & Plenty

The Plough

The Prince Albert

The Prince of Wales

The Railway Arch Inn

The Railway Tavern

The Red Lion

The Rendezvous Inn

The Rose and Crown

The Rose Inn

The Rose

The Royal Oak

The Shakespeare

The Ship

The Three Hats

The Three Kings

The Three Post Boys Inn

The Volunteers

The Watermans Arms

The Wheatsheaf Inn

The White Hart

The WIndmill

The Wyfe of Bath

Church Street/Charlotte St

Bell Road

London Road

Murston

Key Street (orig.Tanners Arms)

High Street

Berry Street

Bassett Road

Staplehurst Road

Dover Street

Middle Street / Berry Street

Station Street

High Street

Berry Street

West Street/Station Street

West Street/Dover Street

Milton Road

Park Road

Staplehurst Road

King Street

Key Street

London Road

High Street, Milton

Chalkwell Road

High Street, Milton

The Wall, Milton

Church St/Mill Street, Milton

Prince's Street

East Street

Park Road

Milton Road

East Street

Hawthorne Road

Snipeshill

Milton Road

West Street

High Street

High Street

Bell Road

High Street

High Street

Dover Street

Shakespeare Road

East Street

High Street, Milton

Bell Road

High Street

West Street

Mill Street, Milton

East Street

Crown Quay Road

18 Borden Lane

Milton Road

Demolished

 

Still Open

Closed

The Long Hop

Closed

Demolished

Private house

The Stumble Inn

Demolished

Demolished

still open

still open

still open

Bunters

Indian restaurant

demolished

still open

demolished

demolished

demolished

demolished

demolished

still open

demolished

demolished

private house

demolished

still open

still open

demolished

demolished

still open

still open

demolished

The Ypres Tavern

still open

closed

Indian Restaurant

Woolworths

Wimpy

Chinese Restaurant

still open, renamed

still open

still open

demolished

now a pet shop

demolished

demolished

still open

The Barge

private house

demolished

new pubs:

The Beauty of Bath

The Summoner

 

College Road

High Street

 

The Alexandra, bottom of Charlotte Street, c 1958

The Rose Inn, now Woolworths

 

The Rose, (on the right, opposite the Bull)

Kelly's Directory in 1891 lists keeper as Miss Susan Sharp

Now closed, site of The WImpy Grill, High Street

The Railway Tavern, now the Ypres Tavern, West Street

Kelly's Directory in 1891 lists keeper as Thomas Hales

The Rose and Crown, at the bottom of Bell Road, now an Indian Restaurant

(see letters page)

 

The Royal Oak, Dover Street.  Later, the British Legion, The Ivy leaf Club, and in 2006 The Yee Yee House

picture (left) 2007

The Shakespeare, now the Shire Horse, , recently "The Shire" and in the 1970s known as "The Pied Piper"

Kelly's Directory in 1891 lists keeper as F Bower.

The Volunteer (on the left), West Street

Kelly's Directory in 1891 lists keeper as Miss Kate E. Blackman

now demolished

The Foresters Arms, Middle Street, outside the station. (The Fountain is at the end of the street behind the water tower)
In the lower photograph, the street on the left is Berry Street and the pub on the left edge of the picture is the Globe & Engine.


Kelly's Directory in 1891 lists this in Milton, and keeper as J Knight

The Peace & Plenty, Milton Road and Eastbourne St. The picture on the right also looks South along Milton Rd in 2007.

The Fleur de Lis, Dover Street c.1958
Picture on the right is looking West along Fountain Street towards where the building being built on approximately this site in 2007.

The Crown, Now called the Stumble Inn, Crown Road/St Pauls Street

Picture taken in 2007

The Waterman's Arms, Milton

 

The Wyfe of Bath, Milton Road (at the end of the road) Picture on the right shows roughly the same view in 2007, looking towards Homebase and MacDonalds.

The Key, Key Street, now demolished and under the roundabout !

 

The Golden Eagle, Station Street/West Street

pic. 2004

The Three Post Boys, High Street

Kelly's Directory in 1891 lists keeper as Jas E Sheperd

A pet shop in 2006

The Foresters, Charlotte Street, Milton

picture: 2007

The White Horse, Charlotte Street, Milton

picture: 2007

The Lion Inn, Church Street/ Mill Street, Milton

pictures: 2007

The White Hart (rear) in Crown Quay Lane, now called "The Barge"

pic. c. 1958

The Chalk Tavern, Bassett Road

In 1901, kept by John Newman a naturalised Swede, married to Emily Warner from Whitstable.

The building is now a private house

 

pictures 2008

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