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Rose & Crown, 37 High Street, Maidstone

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Residents at this address

1828-29/Thomas Chantler/../../../Pigots Directory

1840/Jarvis Payne/../../../Pigots Directory

1851/G Usmar/../../../Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey & Sussex Directory

1851/George Usmar/Licensed Victualler/26/Lenham, Kent/Census
1851/Jane Usmar/Sister, House Keeper/23/Lenham, Kent/Census
1851/Joseph Mills/Servant/60/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1851/Leiia Ottaway/Lodger/56/Bearsted, Kent/Census
1851/William Ottaway/Lodger/25/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1851/John Ottaway/Lodger/22/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1851/Bullerrex/Lodger/21/Paris, France/Census
1851/Mary Ann Usmar/Sister/18/Lenham, Kent/Census

1858/John Russell/../../../Melvilles Directory
1858/Charles Smith/../../../Melvilles Directory

1861/George Frost/Victualler/36/Morehampton, Devonshire/Census
1861/Caroline Frost/Wife/32/Devonport, Devonshire/Census
1861/George James Frost/Son/6/Boxley, Kent/Census
1861/John Frost/Son/5/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1861/Walter Percy Frost/Son/3/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1861/Florence Maude/Daughter/1/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1861/Martha Nurse/Housemaid/20/Weyborne, Norfolk/Census
1861/George Decker/Ostler/21/Hadlow, Kent/Census
1861/John Howard/Boarder, Private Artillery/21/Nottingham, Notts/Census
1861/John Whittaker/Boarder, Private Artillery/19/Ireland/Census

1862/George Frost/../../../Post Office Directory

1867/George Frost/../../../Post Office Directory

1874/Charles Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

1881/Walter W Brissenden/Licensed Victualler/39/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Frances A Brissenden/Wife/40/Shipton Mallet, Somerset/Census
1881/Eveline S Brissenden/Daughter/14/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Frederic C Brissenden/Son/12/United States/Census
1881/Bertha E Brissenden/Daughter/6/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Walter H Brissenden/Son/4/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/Charles Brissenden/Father, Retired Licensed Victualler, Widow/71/Strood, Kent/Census
1881/Sophia M Mead/Barmaid/20/Yalding, Kent/Census
1881/Charlotte Standen/General Servant/20/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/William Kirby/Waiter/23/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1881/George H Poile/Ostler/22/Rolvenden, Kent/Census

1891/Adolphus C Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

1903/C D Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

1911/Charles D Brissenden/Licensed Victualler/40/Maidstone, Kent/Census
1911/Annie Teresa Brissenden/Wife, Assistant/31/Swansea, Glamorgan/Census
1911/Flora Bathgate/Barmaid/25/Marylebone, London/Census
1911/Ellen Terry/Housemaid/28/Strood, Kent/Census
1911/May Hockley/Cook/18/Ashvale, Surrey/Census
1911/William Ford/Hotel Boots/25/Yalding, Kent/Census

1913/Charles Daniel Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

1918/Chas Daniel Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

In 1921 at 37, High Street, Maidstone, Kent
Charles Daniel Brissenden, Hotel Proprietor aged 50 years 9 months and born in Maidstone, Kent
Anne Teresa Brissenden, Wife, Hotel Proprietress aged 40 years 3 months and born in Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales
Rachel Scott, Hotel Assistant, C Brissenden Hotel Proprietor aged 26 years 8 months and born in Wrotham, Kent
Bertha Pearson, Waitress, C Brissenden Hotel Proprietor aged 25 years 4 months and born in Chelmsford, Essex
Eleanor Brickell, Cook, C Brissenden Hotel Proprietor aged 26 years 6 months and born in Shaftesbury, Dorse
Walter Sudd, Boots, C Brissenden Hotel Proprietor aged 37 years 11 months and born in Peckham Rye, London
Benjamin Bolton, Visitor, Chief Forman Engineer, H G Sandars & Son Ltd Colapsable Tube Manufacturer aged 48 years 6 months and born in Clapton, London

1922/Chas Daniel Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

1930/Chas Daniel Brissenden/../../../Post Office Directory

1938/W Walker Harrison/../../../Post Office Directory

In 1938, my great grandfather William Walker Harrison (1888 - 1973); and my grandmother Edna (1917 - 2014) has a life story that says " He decided to go into a town, Maidstone in Kent. He then bought The Rose and Crown and was the proprietor of the place. I was about 18 .." so approx 1935
Before that they were at The Lion, Farningham for 3-4 years. *
In 1939 at the Rose & Crown Hotel, Maidstone
William W Harrison, Licensed Victualler, born 01 Sep 1888
Elsbeth M Harrison, Manageress Of Hotel, born 27 Aug 1889
Hilda C Jay, then Harrison, Later Heseltine, Assistant Manageress Hotel, born 13 Aug 1915
Walter Sudds, Hotel Kitchen Porter, born 31 Jul 1884
Thomas Smith, Hotel Kitchen Porter, born 19 Jan 1920
Violet G Williams, Hotel Cook Housekeeper, born 19 Dec 1890
Eleanor Cory, Later Bunting, Waitress In Hotel, born 24 Sep 1901
Alice M Lee, Later Bound, Chambermaid & Waitress, born 05 May 1917
Audrey Schofield, Barmaid, born 18 Jul 1922
Philip D Gould, Surveyor Travelling, born 22 Jan 1917
Harold F Riley, Surveyor Travelling, born 14 Sep 1903
Norman W Teatby, Black & White Artist, born 10 Jan 1887

Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph. 01 December 1950
By the order of Capt. W. W. Harrison. late of the Rose & Crown Hotel, Maidstone.
Messrs Walter & Forknall will include in their sale at the Agricultural Hall, Maidstone, on Friday, December 8th, 1950,a Quantity of Hotel Furnishings.
Including: A handsome Turkey carpet, Axminster and Wilton carnets & runners, nearly new plated teapots, coffee pots and water jugs, cutlery, wine glasses, Hoover vacuum cleaner, curtains etc.



* Provided by Marnie

 

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