This pub was established in 1865 and closed in 1935 – it is now in private residential use. **
Gravesend pub history index
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.
Duke of Wellington, 99 Wellington Street, Gravesend - in April 2010
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1865/Edward Betts / Beer Retailer/../../Hall’s Directory **
1878/William Pullay / Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory **
1881/John Koff/Beerhouse Keeper & Carpenter/55/Yalding, Kent/Census
1881/Annie Koff/Wife/58/Yalding, Kent/Census
1891/Walter Leeks / Beer Retailer/../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent, Surrey &
Sussex **
My great grandfather, John Smerdon, ran the Duke of Wellington pub in
Gravesend, Kent in 1901. He is an instructor for the Honourable Artillery
Company at the birth of Gladys in 1892, and later in the 1911 census he
lists himself as an army pensioner. *
1901/John Smerdon/Inn Keeper/48/Torquay, Devon/Census *
1901/Bessie Smerdon/Wife/41/Paddington, London/Census
1901/Gladys Amy Smerdon/Daughter/9/Islington, London/Census
1901/John Hotham Smerdon/Son/7/Islington, London/Census
1903/Walter Henry Callaway / Beer Retailer/../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent
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1913/Mrs Redelia Murphy / Beer Retailer/../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent **
* Provided By Rowena Wyatt
** Provided By Stephen Harris