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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Sheerness, Kent . The Sheerness, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
This pub is now demolished. Actually the majority of the building is extant, now the Bluetown Heritage Centre. The frontage was destroyed by a German bomb in 1917. *
Criterion, 70 High Street, Blue Town, Sheerness - circa 1900
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
1880/John Wood Kennedy/../../../London Gazette, 25 February 1880 **
1881/John W Kennedy/Licensed Victualler/37/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Emma Kennedy/Wife/34/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/John W Kennedy/Son/15/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Annie Kennedy/Daughter/10/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Emma Kennedy/Daughter/9/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Alice Kennedy/Daughter/7/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Rosina Kennedy/Daughter/6/Sheerness, Kent/Census
1881/Ernest Piggy/Potman/22/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1881/Elizabeth Bloxham/Housemaid/16/Homerton, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Powel/Barmaid/22/Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales/Census
1882/John Wood Kennedy/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Jn. W Kennedy/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1899/John W Kennedy/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1902/Phil Reymond/../../../Parson’s Isle of Sheppey Directory **
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