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This pub was established by 1662 as the Three Mariners, later becoming the Shipwrights Arms. In 1871 it was renamed the Royal Exchange, and the pub closed in around 1900. Now demolished. **
Gravesend pub history index
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Shipwrights Arms :
1824/[Shipwrights Arms] Phillip Dadd/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1839/[Shipwrights Arms] Eliz. Austen/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1843/ John Lovell & George Lovell / Licensed Victuallers/../../London
Gazette, 28 April 1843 **
1847/[Shipwrights Arms] John Elmer/../../../Bagshaw’s Directory **
1851/John Elmer/Shipwrights Arms, West street/../../Post Office Directory
1851/John Elmer/Licensed Victualler/32/Barking, Essex/Census
1851/Rosetta Elmer/Wife/29/London, Middlesex/Census
1851/Rosetta Elmer/Daughter/6/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/John Elmer/Son/5/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Mary Elmer/Daughter/2/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Matilda Farmer/House Servant/19/Laindon, Essex/Census
1854/ Thomas Gould / Licensed Victualler/../../London Gazette, 20 June 1854
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1855/[Shipwrights Arms] Thomas Gould/../../../Post Office Directory **
1861/Eliza Milledge/Barmaid/31/Kingsland/Census
1861/Mary Ann Stewart/Barmaid/23/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Elizth Stronghill/Barmaid/16/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Sarah Hills/Kitchenmaid/23/Bonningham, Kent/Census
1861/Elizth Joy/Scullery Maid/19/Grays, Essex/Census
1861/Sarah Simmons/Chambermaid/23/Wrotham, Kent/Census
1861/Sarah Amsden/Housemaid/21/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1861/Wm H Y Lincoln/Waiter/39/Middlesex/Census
1861/Wm Baker/Porter/28/Rochester/Census
1861/Thomas Davis/Porter/14/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1865/ Henry Burgess/../../../Hall’s Directory **
1867/ Henry Burgess / Licensed Victualler/../../London Gazette, 15 February
1867 **
Royal Exchange :
1878/[Royal Exchange] Joseph James McCormack/../../../Post Office
Directory **
1881/Isabella McCormack/Licensed Victualler, Widow/42/West Alderton,
Devon/Census
1881/George Dexter/Potman/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Clara Riley/Barmaid/17/Northfleet, Kent/Census
1881/Maria Crouch/Visitor/17/West Alderton, Devon/Census
1881/Henry Dench/Visitor, Professor Of Music/23/Rochester, Kent/Census
1881/Mary Debch/Visitor, Professor Of Music/32/Rochester, Kent/Census
1882/Mrs Isabella McCormack/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Milton Beck/../../../Post Office Directory
1899/Robert Blanden/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
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