Gravesend pub history index
Often listed as the Nelson Hotel.
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.
Lord Nelson Hotel, 85 New Road, Gravesend - in December 2010
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
This pub was established by 1528 as the Fleur de Luces, becoming the Marquis of Granby by 1775. In 1806 it was renamed the Lord Nelson. The pub was rebuilt in its present form in around 1876 and it closed in 1983. The premises are now used as a fast food outlet. **
Residents at this address
1824/Thomas Parsons/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1840/Robert Birch/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1851/Richard Chapman/Nelson commercial inn, New road /../../Post Office
Directory
1851/Richard Chapman/Inn Keeper/38/Portsmouth, Hampshire/Census
1851/Louisa L Chapman/Wife/38/Walham Green/Census
1851/Alice Chapman/Daughter/6/Middlesex/Census
1851/Elvira Chipperfield/Barmaid/24/St James, Middlesex/Census
1851/George Clark/Waiter/24/Holloway, Middlesex/Census
1851/Thomas Smith/Waiter/60/Wickham, Essex/Census
1851/Mary Higham/House Servant/21/Sittingbourne, Kent/Census
Nelson Tap, 85 New road :
1851/Joseph Evans/Nelson Tap, New road /../../Post Office
Directory
1851/Joseph Evans/Ostler/42/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Maria Evans/Wife/41/Meopham, Kent/Census
1851/Maria Evans/Daughter/13/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Mary Ann Evans/Daughter/11/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Sarah J Evans/Daughter/3/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Jane Thomas/Niece/15/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1851/John Coffee/Lodger, Coachman/30/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Josiah Bourne/Lodger, Labourer/63/Strood, Kent/Census
1855/John Chapman/../../../Post Office Directory **
1861/Charles H Barrett/Publican/26/Bermondsey, Surrey/Census
1861/Eliza Barrett/Wife/26/Hackney, Middlesex/Census
1861/Chas Moore/Lodger, Photographic Artist/41/London/Census
1861/Esther Durrant/General Servant/18/Westminster/Census
1861/Catharine Tobins/General Servant/20/Ireland/Census
1861/Isaac Niblett/Waiter/22/Eastbourne, Sussex/Census
1862/Charles Heath Barrett/../../../Post Office Directory
1865/Charles Heath Barrett/../../../Hall’s Directory **
1874/Charles Heath Barrett/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/George Wood & Son/../../../Post Office Directory
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1881/William S Cox/Licensed Victualler/46/Banbury, Oxford/Census
1881/Elizabeth Cox/Wife/32/Boughton, Kent/Census
1881/winifred G E Cox/Daughter/5/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Wm C H Cox/Son/3/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Rosa B E Cox/Daughter/1/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Alice M M Cox/Daughter/3 months/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Fredk H Smith/Boarder/42/Calcutta, India/Census
1881/James Docura/Boarder, Jeweller/33/Walsham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Eliza E Jarvis/Barmaid/25/Betherden, Kent/Census
1881/Martha Arrows/Domestic Servant/41/Meopham, Kent/Census
1881/Edith Carpenter/Barmaid/19/Cotterwick, Warwick/Census
1881/Alice Nash/Domestic Servant/16/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1881/Edward Hall/Potman/15/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1882/William Samuel Cox/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Mrs Eliz. Cox/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent,
Surrey & Sussex **
1901/Thomas Hooper/Hotel Proprietor/42/Harrow Road, London/Census
1901/Thomas H Hooper/Son, Manager of Hotel/21/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Beatrice W Hooper/Daughter/20/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Sidney H Hooper/Son, Upholsterer/16/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Susannah Chapman/Manageress of Hotel, Widow/50/Walden,
Hertfordshire/Census
1901/Elizabeth Mahoney/Barmaid/22/Old Brompton, Kent/Census
1901/Ethel Bell/Barmaid/20/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Amelia Stickings/Housemaid/21/Shorne, Kent/Census
1901/Mary Watson/Cook/22/Shorne, Kent/Census
1901/George W Ledge/Potman, Barman/20/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1901/Charles Wade/Potman/19/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1922/Thomas Hooper/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent **
1930/Thomas Albert Hooper/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent **
1938/Thomas Albert Hooper/../../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent **
** Provided By Stephen Harris