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Captain Digby, Kingsgate, Broadstairs

Broadstairs pub history index

This pub was present by the mid-eighteenth century and was rebuilt in its present form in around 1816. **

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Broadstairs, Kent . The  Broadstairs,  Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Captain Digby, Kingsgate, Broadstairs - in January 2014

Captain Digby, Kingsgate, Broadstairs - in January 2014

Kindly provided by Stephen Harris

Captain Digby, Kingsgate, Broadstairs - in June 2017

Captain Digby, Kingsgate, Broadstairs - in June 2017

Kindly provided by Graeme Caselton

The following entries are in this format:

Residents at this address

Richard Hill and his wife, Elizabeth, were, as far as I can ascertain from 1841 and 1851 Census and Newspaper articles, managing the Captain Digby Inn in Kingsgate from 1823 to 1851. They no doubt managed the inn for a longer period outside these dates but finding out how long is proving harder to discover. Richard Hill died in 1850 and the running of the inn passed to Elizabeth. *

Newspaper articles in the Kentish Chronicle of August and November 1823 show that Richard and Elizabeth were both indicted, along with Richard Cooke, for defrauding the revenue, in other words smuggling. Due to health issues, Elizabeth escaped imprisonment, however the other two were both imprisoned for 6 months in Canterbury and ordered to pay a fine of £100 along with other costs. *

1851/Elizabeth Hill/Victualler, Widow/73/Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire/Census *
1851/Mary Hill/Daughter/40/St Peter, Kent/Census
1851/Ann Collins/House Servant/20/Sittingbourne, Kent/Census

1862/George Godden/../../../Kelly’s Directory

1874/Mrs Sarah Woodruff/../../../Kelly’s Directory

1899/George E Scott/../../../Kelly’s Directory **

1911/William George Hobby/Licensed Victualler/30/Gravesend, Kent/Census
1911/Martha Sarah Hobby/Wife, Assistant/34/Bow, London/Census
1911/Lilian Ivy Dorothy/Daughter/2/Kingsgate, Kent/Census
1911/Mary Hamilton Aris/Nursery Governess/61/Birmingham, Warwickshire/Census
1911/Emma Harrison/General Servant/37/Newcastle on Tyne/Census
1911/William Henry Browning/Ostler & Handyman/40/Deal, kent/Census
1911/Amelia Stevens/General Servant/20/Whitechapel, London/Census

William George Hobby dies in 1923 at the Shibden Mill Inn, Shibden near Halifax

1934/Frederick S Williams / Licensee /../../Kelly’s Directory **

1938/Frederick S Williams / Licensee /../../Kelly’s Directory **


* Provided By Rowena Wyatt

** Provided By Stephen Harris

And Last updated on: Wednesday, 02-Oct-2024 14:10:50 BST