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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.
Residents at this address
1840/Thomas Ward/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1851/John Ward/Eagle, New road/../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Ward/Licensed Victualler/26/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Eleanor Ward/Wife/24/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Eleanor Ward/Daughter/2/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Ann Ward/Daughter/1/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Benjamin Lindsay/Potboy/15/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Ellen Fence/Cook/22/Meopham, Kent/Census
1851/Eliza Baldwin/Nursegirl/16/Staplehurst, Kent/Census
1851/Edward Barnard/Lodger, Engineer/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Frederick Rhodes/Lodger, Horse dealer/37/Southborough, Kent/Census
1855/John Ward/../../../Post Office Directory **
1858/John Ward/../../../Melvilles Directory
1861/John Ward/Publican/36/Shoreditch, Middlesex/Census
1861/Eleanor Ward/Wife/34/Islington, Middlesex/Census
1861/Eleanor Ward/Daughter/11/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Ann Ward/Daughter/10/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Julia Ward/Daughter/6/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Isabella Ward/Daughter/3/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Sarah Payne/Nursemaid/19/Tilbury, Essex/Census
1861/Alfred Bateman/Potman/26/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1862/J Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1865/John Ward/../../../Hall’s Directory **
1874/John Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/John Ward/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/John R N Ward/Licensed Victualler/56/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Eleanor Ward/Wife/54/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Julia Ward/Daughter/26/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Isabel Ward/Daughter/22/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Elizabeth Allen/Boarder/85/Brentford, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Crop/General Servant/18/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1881/Emma Wright/Housemaid/15/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1882/John Ward/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Henry James Clark/../../../Post Office Directory
1901/William Byhurst/Publican/42/Dartford, Kent/Census
1901/Elizabeth Byhurst/Wife/39/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1901/Frederick Byhurst/Son/15/Swanscombe, Kent/Census
1901/Lily Byhurst/Daughter/19/Swanscombe, Kent/Census
1901/Clara Byhurst/Daughter, Drapers Assistant/17/Swanscombe, Kent/Census
1901/Clara Miller/Domestic Servant/20/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Joseph Wright/Potman/23/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1903/William Byhurst/../../../Post Office Directory
1913/Alfred Whiffen/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Andrew Paul Johnstone/../../../Post Office Directory
1926/T C Walter/../../../Black Eagle Journal
1930/Andrew C Walter/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Thomas C Walter/../../../Post Office Directory
T C Walter, died in 1964. His first licence was at the
Campbell Arms,
Gravesend in 1906; then three other licences before moving to the Eagle in
1926; the Eagle has been occupied by his family since 1903. Mrs E R Woolley,
his daughter has managed the eagle for her father for the past 25 years -
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