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
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
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
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