Rochester pub history index
Often just listed as the Crown Hotel, High Street; at 215 High Street in 1862
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Rochester, Kent . The Rochester, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Royal Crown Hotel, 2 High Street, Rochester - in February 2010
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1855/G Willson/../../../Essex, Herts & Kent Directory
1858/George Wilson/../../../Melvilles Directory
1862/George Wilson/../../../Post Office Directory
1870/Alfred Sutton/../../../Post Office Directory **
1874/Aquila Lemon/../../../Post Office Directory
1879/Aquila Lemon / Formerly Licensed Victualler, now
Out-of-Business/../../London Gazette, 9 September 1879 **
1881/William Hy Best/Hotel Keeper Employing 2 Males & 4 Females/39/Portsea,
Hampshire/Census
1881/Harriet Best/Wife/28/Marylebone, Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada B Best/Daughter/3/Lambeth, Surrey/Census
1881/Harry F Best/Son/11 months/Rochester, Kent/Census
1881/Margaret C Surridge/Visitor/41/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1881/Emily M Surridge/Visitor/39/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1881/Ellen L Surridge/Visitor/37/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1881/Horace Roy/Waiter/29/Burnham, Norfolk/Census
1881/Ethel A Pollard/Barmaid/21/Ilfracombe, Devon/Census
1881/Mary A Banks/Cook/30/Shield, Northumberland/Census
1881/Elizabeth Monday/Chambermaid/19/Luton, Kent/Census
1881/Sarah Wilton/Nursemaid/16/Rochester, Kent/Census
1881/Charles Waghorne/Boots/18/Paddock Wood, Kent/Census
1891/Robert Jeal/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/William D Duffill/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1913/William D Duffill/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Herbert Woods/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Herbert Woods/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Herbert W Woods/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Mrs L M Woods/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris