This pub claims an establishment date of 1470. **
Three Tuns, Lower Halstow - in February 2011
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
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
1841/Thomas Vidgeon/Victualler/33/Kent/Census
1841/Ann Vidgeon/../32/Kent/Census
1841/Eliza Grigsby/Female Servant/18/Kent/Census
1841/Friend Kemsley/Ag Labourer/15/Kent/Census
1847/Thos. Vidgeon / Victualler /../../Bagshaw’s Directory **
1851/Ann Vidgeon/Publican, Widow/40/Upchurch, Kent/Census ***
1851/Ann Vidgeon/Daughter/11/Lower Halstow, Kent/Census
1851/Peter Allchins/Lodger, Ag Labourer/58/Uckfield, Kent/Census
1851/John Andrews/Lodger, Ag Labourer/35/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1851/John Mitchel/Lodger, Ag Labourer/58/Chalk near Gravesend, Kent/Census
1851/Robert Robinson/Lodger, Ag Labourer/27/Hollingbourne, Kent/Census
1851/John Croucher/Lodger, Ag Labourer/21/Bobbing, Kent/Census
1855/Mrs Ann Vidgeon/../../../Post Office Directory **
1858/James Randall/../../../Melvilles Directory
1861/James Randall/Licensed Victualler/49/Eastchurch, Kent/Census ***
1861/Ann Randall/Wife/50/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1861/Ann Pretty/Daughter/21/Halstow, Kent/Census
1861/Edw John Hedgecock/Boarder/20/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1861/John Fowler/Boarder/54/East Malling, Kent/Census
1862/James Randall/../../../Post Office Directory
1867/J Randall/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/William Spice/Licensed Victualler/61/Bapchild, Kent/Census
1871/Sarah Spice/Wife/59/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1871/Thomas C Spice/Son, Sailmaker/26/Minster Sheppy, Kent/Census
1871/Elizabeth Spice/Daughter/23/Minster Sheppy, Kent/Census
+ Lodgers
1874/William Spice/../../../Post Office Directory
1881/Wm Spice/Licensed Victualler, Widow/71/Bapchild, Kent/Census
1881/Thomas Spice/Son, Sailmaker/36/Minster (Sheppey)/Census
1881/Alfred Spice/Son, Railway Guard/30/Minster (Sheppey)/Census
1881/Henry Knight/Nephew, General Labourer/14/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Blias/Housekeeper, Widow/39/Lindfield, Sussex/Census
1881/Hannah Seager/General Servant/15/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1881/Martin Rook/Lodger, Engine Driver, Widow/61/Enniskillen, Ireland/Census
1881/Jno Colder/Lodger, General Labourer/15/Malling, Kent/Census
1881/Hy Jas Edwards/Lodger, Blacksmith/35/Cranbrook, Kent/Census
1882/William Spice/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/George Lodge/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/George Lodge/Licensed Victualler/39/Waltham, Essex/Census
1891/Matilda Lodge/Wife, Employed in Bar/40/Roxwell, Essex/Census
1891/Emily Lodge/Daughter, Barmaid/17/Waltham, Essex/Census
1891/Ernest Lodge/Son/13/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1891/Charles Lodge/Son/10/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1891/William Lodge/Son/8/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1891/Amos Burvill/Lodger, Brickfield Labourer, Widow/62/Maidstone,
Kent/Census
1891/George Naylor/Lodger, Brickfield Labourer/31/Hartlip, Kwent/Census
1891/Richard Field/Lodger, Baker/29Faversham, Kent//Census
1899/Geo. William Richens/../../../Post Office Directory **
1901/George W Richens/Licensed Victualler/64/Chalk, Kent/Census
1901/Sarah A Richens/Wife/67/Southfleet, Kent/Census
1901/Sarah A Bourne/General Servant/24/Milton, Kent/Census
1901/George Reader/Boarder, Farm Labourer/61/Purfleet, Essex/Census
1903/G W Richens/../../../Post Office Directory
The wife of Thomas Lewis, Helen Lewis, who is actually Ellen Lewis and she
was in turn born Ellen Castle, daughter of Newbery Jesse Castle ( The
Crown, Upchurch etc). Thus in the 1891
census she is Ellen Castle at the Britannia Inn,
Lower Halstow with father and family. She married in Dec 1891, then in the
1901 census they are next door to the Tunns Inn ...
1911/Thomas Lewis/Licensed Victualler/53/Newington, Kent/Census ***
1911/Helen Lewis/Wife/45/Halstow, Kent/Census
1911/Ernest Lewis/Son, Grocers Assistant/15/Halstow, Kent/Census
1911/Elsie Lewis/Daughter/12/Halstow, Kent/Census
1911/Leslie Lewis/Son/7/Halstow, Kent/Census
1911/Eva Sellen/Visitor/17/Rochester, Kent/Census
1913/Thomas Lewis/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Leonard Pomeroy/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Mrs Edith Pomeroy/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Jas. Smitherman/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1938/Fredk Alen/../../../Post Office Directory
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