Old Parrs Head, 63 High Street, Gravesend
This pub was established as the Old
Parr’s Head in 1797 and renamed the Empire Tavern in 1892; you currently have
these listed as two separate pubs. Also listed as the Parrs Head in 1874 & 1881.
The pub closed in 1914 and is now in restaurant 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.
Empire Tavern / Old Parrs Head, 63 High Street, Gravesend - in March 2009
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Residents at this address
1824/Wm. Aldersley/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1840/James Munn/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1851/William Edgar/Victualler/46/Scotland/Census
1851/Mary Ann Edgar/Wife/46/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/James Brudelyn/Waiter/23/London/Census
1851/Martha Taylor/Servant/27/Shorne, Kent/Census
1851/Laurence Smith/Lodger, Commercial Traveller/37/Sheffield,
Yorkshire/Census
1855/Herbert Garn/../../../P.O. Directory **
1858/Henry Garn/../../../Melvilles Directory
1861/Charles Ribbons/Publican/36/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Susan Ribbons/Wife/30/London/Census
1861/Charles Ribbons/Son/3/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Sarah Ribbons/Daughter/1/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Elizabeth Tyler/General Servant/22/Grays, Essex/Census
1861/Frederick Bates/Lodger/24/Romney, Kent/Census
1865/Charles Ribbens/../../../Hall’s Directory **
1874/David Whiffen/../../../Post Office Directory
1878/William Hy. Wooding/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/Wm H Wooding/Licensed Victualler/41/East Malling, Kent/Census
1881/Marg Wooding/Wife/36/Rufford, Lancashire/Census
1881/Joseph Ambrose/Potman/17/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1881/Annie White/Domestic Servant/18/Cambridge, Cambridge/Census
1881/Marg Barnard/Barmaid/21/Lynmouth ?, Hampshire/Census
1882/Wm Hy Wooding/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Percival S Kimber/../../../Post Office Directory
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