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Hit or Miss, 13 Chapel Street, Blue Town, Sheerness

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This pub is now demolished. **

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.

Residents at this address

1824/John Knight/../../../Pigot’s Directory **

1839/Sarah Rufford/../../../Pigot’s Directory **

1840/John Turner/../../../Pigot’s Directory **

1847/Nath. Woodhards/../../../Bagshaw’s Directory **

1855/Nathaniel Woodhards / & Marine Store Dealer /../../Post Office Directory **

1858/Nathan. Woodhards/../../../Melville’s Directory **

1861/John French/Licensed Victualler/48/Shorne, Kent/Census
1861/Mary Ann French/Wife/38/Whitstable, Kent/Census
1861/Robert French/Son/13/Chatham, Kent/Census
1861/Kate French/Daughter/11/Chatham, Kent/Census
1861/Mary Ann French/Daughter/8/Chatham, Kent/Census
1861/Robert Foster/Potmsan/24/Woolwich, Kent/Census
1861/Isabella Laster/House Servant/49/Sheerness Minster, Kent/Census
1861/George Kingsnorth/Lodger, Waterman/40/Rochester, Kent/Census
1861/Jane Brown/Lodger/22/Maldon, Essex/Census
1861/John Rodgers/Lodger, Seaman/31/Deal, Kent/Census
1861/Margaret Bourke/Lodger/29/Ireland/Census
1861/Andrew Skiley/Lodger, Seaman/31/Liverpool, Lancashire/Census
1861/Matilda Anderson/Lodger/21/Brookdish, Norfolk/Census
1861/Ellen Jackson/Lodger/26/Barking, Essex/Census
1861/Amelia Letchford/Lodger/24/Strood, Kent/Census

1862/Thomas French/../../../Post Office Directory

1867/S McDowell/../../../Post Office Directory

Samuel Seymour McDowell, late of Hit or Miss Inn, Chapel-street, Blue Town, Sheerness, Innkeeper, and Dealer in Marine and General Stores, and now in furnished lodgings-at the Horse and Groom Inn, Kent-street, Blue Town, Sheerness aforesaid, out of business adjudicated bankrupt on 8 July 1868. An order of discharge was granted by the County Court of Kent holden at Sheerness on 23 October, 1868. - London Gazette *

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