This pub was established by 1545 and was rebuilt in its current form in around 1778. The address was earlier given as 19 Queen Street. ** The 1938 directory lists this as the George Market House at 19 Queen street.
Gravesend pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Gravesend, Kent.
George Inn, 38 Queen Street, Gravesend - in July 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1824/Chas. Bond/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1840/Henry Stevenson/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1847/John Newing/George, Queen street, Gravesend/../../Post Office
Directory
William Newing, was living at 19 Queen Street, Gravesend with his family at
the time of the 1851 census. He is also confirmed in the 1851 diretory. *
William’s marriage certificate for 16th September 1845 shows that his
occupation then was as a publican. William was born in about 1824 and as we
know that he died in 1851 aged 27, he wouldn’t have been the Licensee for
long. His wife and his younger son also both died in 1851. His elder son,
John William, who was born in 1847, was therefore orphaned at the age of 4.
He became my wife’s Great grandfather. William Newing, was there ‘at the
time of the 1851 census’ is not strictly correct. The reason is that William
died on 20/3/1851 which was 10 days before the 1851 census which was held on
30/3/1851. But the inclusion that William is shown in the 1851 Directory is
entirely correct. *
William’s wife and then widow was named Catherine Bennett Newing (nee
Simeson). At the time of the 1851 census, the elder of William and
Catherine’s two sons, John William Newing (my wife’s Great grandfather) aged
about 3years 8 months were living at ‘The Ship' in
Bath Street Gravesend where Catherine's sister, Mrs Ann Browning (herself a
widow at the time of the 1851 census) was the Licensee. *
1851/William Newing/George, & market house, Queen street/../../Post Office
Directory
1851/Catherine Newing/Publican, Widow/29/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Edward Newing/Son/10 months/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Mary Ann Ward/Sister/34/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Richard Ward/Brother in Law, Policeman/34/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Mary Ann Ward/Aunt/57/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Mary Ann Ward/Niece/8/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Charles Fisher/Potman/31/Alresford, Hampshire/Census
1851/Charlotte Sutton/House Servant/23/Bath, Somerset/Census
1851/Sarah Rainham/Nursegirl/13/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1851/William Riley/Musician/56/Dover, Kent/Census
1851/Frances Dugwell/Musician/24/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1855/Henry William Moore/George, 19 Queen street/../../Post Office Directory **
1858/Henry William Moore/../../../Melvilles Directory
1861/Jacob Wells/Publican/34/Weybridge, Surrey/Census
1861/Sarah Wells/Wife/25/Wiltshire/Census
1861/Eveyline Wells/Daughter/4/Walton on Thames, Surrey/Census
1861/Emma Jones/Domestic Servant/17/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/George Ross/Lodger, Hawker/56/Southampton, Hampshire/Census
1862/S Jefferys/../../../Post Office Directory
1865/John Tracey/../../../Hall’s Directory **
1869/John Tracey / Licensed Victualler & Master Mariner/../../London
Gazette, 26 March 1869 **
1874/William Carr/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/William Bundock/../../../Post Office Directory **
1882/Miss Alexandra Newman/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William Henry Black/../../../Post Office Directory
1903/Albert Martin/../../../Post Office Directory
1913/Mrs Betsy Ann Martin/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent **
1922/Mrs B A Martin/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Howard Cecil Walters/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/William Charles Samuel Cox/George Market House, 19 Queen street/../../Post Office Directory
W S C Cox, died on the 16th December, 1959. A former mayor of Gillingam, and
had been chairman of Gillingham FC for a number of years & was also licensee
of several other hotels in Kent - Black Eagle Quarterly Journal ***
* Provided By Richard Warwick
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided by Alex Wilkinson