This pub was established by 1727, initially as the Three Horseshoes. By 1785, the name had been changed to the Dolphin. It was substantially rebuilt in around 1831 as the Dolphin Hotel. Closure came in 2000 and the pub / hotel has now been converted to residential use. **
Herne Bay pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Maidstone, Kent . The Maidstone, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Dolphin Hotel, Central Parade, Herne Bay - in June 2013
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
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1822/Jas. Bell sen./../../../Records of Cobb Brewery, Margate, held at Kent
History & Library Centre **
1825/F Bell/../../../Records of Cobb Brewery, Margate, held at Kent History
& Library Centre **
1828/Jonathan Acres/../../../Pigot’s Directory 1828-29 **
1831/Jonathan Acres/../../../Records of Cobb Brewery, Margate, held at Kent
History & Library Centre **
1839/Jonathan Acres/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1847/Jonathan Acres/../../../Bagshaw’s Directory **
1849/Jonathan Acres/../../../Records of Cobb Brewery, Margate, held at Kent
History & Library Centre **
1855/Jonathan Acres/../../../Post Office Directory **
1858/John Bawcomb/../../../Melvilles Directory
1861/John Bawcomb/Hotel Keeper/44/Marylebone, London/Census
1861/Elizabeth Bawcomb/Wife/41/Strand, London/Census
1861/Elizabeth Bawcomb/Daughter/4/Herne, Kent/Census
1861/Frank Bawcomb/Son/10 months/Herne, Kent/Census
1861/Lousia Brothers/Visitor/25/Barringham, Suffolk/Census
1861/Margaret Bell/Visitor/17/Whitstable, Kent/Census
1861/Eliza J White/Servant/15/Herne, Kent/Census
1861/William Horn/Ostler, Widow/54/Reculver, Kent/Census
1862/John Bawcomb/../../../Post Office Directory
1874/John Bawcomb/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/John Bawcomb/Hotel Keeper/65/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census *** *
1881/Elizabeth Bawcomb/Wife/62/St Martins, Middlesex/Census
1881/Elizabeth Bawcomb/Daughter/24/Herne Bay, Kent/Census
1881/Frank Bawcomb/Son/21/Herne Bay, Kent/Census
1881/David Henry Crofts/Visitor, Pawnbroker/35/Margate, Kent/Census
1881/Cassandra Coldham/General Servant/29/Cavendish, Suffolk/Census
1881/Emma James/Cook/30/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1881/Martha Edwards/General Servant/28/Cove, Suffolk/Census
1881/Thomas Allen/Boots & Porter, Widow/62/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1882/John Bawcomb/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/J Bawcomb/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/David Llewellyn Edwards/Proprietor/../../Post Office Directory
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