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Formerly called the Fortune of War (until at least 1870). At 184 High Street in 1891 and earlier. This pub is now closed – the building on site is not the one in the postcard view and looks to be of around 1920s vintage, I have no evidence so far that the pub survived long enough to have occupied this building. This pub is visible in the immediate left foreground of the postcard view of the Kings Head. **
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Residents at this address
1824/R Spillett/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1855/T Goord/../../../Essex, Herts & Kent Directory
1857/Robert Butcher / Licensed Victualler, Market Gardener &
Farmer/../../London Gazette, 30 October 1857 **
1858/Erasmus Knox/../../../Melvilles Directory
1870/William Luchford/../../../Post Office Directory **
1881/William G Browning/Licensed Victualler/47/Ditton, Kent/Census
1881/Susan Browning/Wife/36/Brompton, Kent/Census
1881/Lily Browning/Daughter, Dressmaker/20/Chatham, Kent/Census
1881/Minnie Browning/Daughter, Dressmaker/16/Rochester, Kent/Census
1881/Annie Browning/Daughter/14/Rochester, Kent/Census
1881/James Browning/Son/1/Rochester, Kent/Census
1881/Willie Browning/Son/7 months/Rochester, Kent/Census
1891/Mrs S A Browning/../../../Post Office Directory
1903/John Peter Williamson/../../../Post Office Directory
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