This pub survived until at least the 1950s and is now a private house. The entry in 1871 is listed at Suns Meadow. This is the first time that there are three pubs listed in Lower Halstow. **
Sun-in-the-Wood, Rose Cottages, Breach Lane, Lower Halstow - in February 2011
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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Chalk, Gravesend, Kent . The Chalk, Gravesend, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Residents at this address
1871/Henry W South/Beer Retailer/30/Milton, Kent/Census
1871/Elizabeth South/Wife/29/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1871/Henry W South/Son/7/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1871/Thomas W South/Son/5/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1871/John South/Son/3 months/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1871/Harriett Baker/Domestic Servant/14/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1874/Henry South/Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1881/Wm Andrews/Public House Keeper/64/Shorne, Kent/Census
1881/Caroline Andrews/Wife/54/Rainham, Kent/Census
1881/Bertha Andrews/Daughter, Inn Servant/17/Sittingbourne, Kent/Census
1881/Emma Waters/Daughter, Dressmaker/26/Milton, Kent/Census
1881/Annie Waters/Grand Daughter/4/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1881/Carey Wood/Lodger, General Labourer/40/Smarden, Kent/Census
1881/Wm Britt/Lodger, Farm Labourer/66/Hoo, Kent/Census
1881/George Smith/Lodger, Brickmaker/25/London, Middlesex/Census
1891/William Andrews / Beer Retailer /../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent,
Surrey & Sussex **
1891/William Andrews/Beer Retailer/70/Shorne, Kent/Census
1891/Caroline Andrews/Wife/65/Rainham, Kent/Census
1891/George Smith/Lodger, General Labourer/38/Hornsey, Middlesex/Census
1891/William Frost/Lodger, General Labourer/29/Chatham, Kent/Census
1891/Samuel Sutton/Lodger, General Labourer/33/Malta, Britiish
Subject/Census
1891/Charles Woolven/Lodger, General Labourer/24/Deptford, Kent/Census
1899/James Smitherman / Beer Retailer /../../Post Office Directory **
1901/John T Smitherson/Licensed Victualler/35/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1901/Elizabeth Smitherson/Wife/35/Borden, Kent/Census
1901/Thomas Smitherson/Son/9/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1901/John Smitherson/Son/6/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1901/Alice Smitherson/Daughter/9 months/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1901/Bertha King/Servant/14/Alington, Kent/Census
1901/Eli Russell/Lodger, General Labourer/49/Bidford, Warwick/Census
1901/Fred Morley/Lodger, General Labourer/49/Brighton, Sussex/Census
1901/George Hooper/Lodger, Road Labourer/56/Williner, Herts/Census
1903/James Smitherman / Beer Retailer /../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent
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1913/William Bunting / Beer Retailer /../../Kelly’s Directory of Kent **
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