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Crown, The Street, Upchurch - in February 2011
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1847/Thos. Taylor / Grocer & Victualler /../../Bagshaw’s Directory **
1855/William Wyles / & Shopkeeper /../../Post Office Directory **
1858/William Wyles/../../../Melvilles Directory
My relative Edward Mills was born Upchurch 1837. In
1865 at Throwley he married Sarah Thirza Rook 1846 from Throwley or
Eastling, Kent. In 1871 he is the landlord of the
Rose Inn, 4 Preston St.
Faversham. He died Nov 18 , 1878 at The Crown, Upchurch, so clearly had
taken it over by then. She remarried Frederick Hinkley at Upchurch, Dec 16,
1879 – at marriage she was described as ‘innkeeper’. By the 1881 census
though she was ‘innkeepers wife’ at The Crown, and again in 1891. Newberry Castle took over the Crown, and in 1901 she is
a widow ‘beer retailer’ at the Village Club, Red House, Yalding Maidstone.
Fred her husband died late 1898 in Maidstone district, so my guess is that
they moved together from The crown (maybe as Fred’s health started to
fail?). They may have moved even earlier though, as they had two children at
The crown , Anne in 1880 and Lena in 1881, both died within a year of birth,
so they cant have had the happiest time there after 1881 - having said that
Upchurch was a very rough and ready place then for everyone ( brickfields
you see..) ***
1878/Edward Mills/../../../Death Certificate ***
1882/Frederick Hinckley/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Frederick Hinkley/Licensed Victualler/38/Staplehurwst, Kent/Census
1891/Sarah Thirza Hinkley/Wife/46/Throwley, Kent/Census
1891/Agnes W Mills/Daughter, General Servant/22/Faversham, Kent/Census
1891/Horton Wm Mills/Adopted Son/6/Upchurch, Kent/Census
1891/Thomas Dow/Lodger, Gardener/57/Romney, Kent/Census
1891/Thomas Cox/Lodger, Farm Labourer, Widow/65/Wickham, Kent/Census
My relation Newberry Jesse Castle was born Lower Halstow Kent 1842. By
1881 he was running The Britannia at Lower Halstow. In 1901 he is
running the Crown at Upchurch. I am told, but haven’t seen it, that some
of Newberry’s crockery is still round the fireplace there to this day.
***
One of his sons was Alfred Castle, born at the Britannia in 1878 ( so
presumably father was running it before then). In the 1901 census he is
running The Castle Inn at
Eastchurch apparently on his own - I
imagine a venture he set up himself. He married in 1901 (at Upchurch,
April 8th) when he was described as Alfred Castle, publican, of
Eastchurch son of Newberry Castle; Newberry
died in 1906 (q3) when it looks as if son Alfred took over The Crown
more or less at once. He was certainly running it in
1908 ***
Then the debts built up, or he wasn’t up to the job, in any event he
took a shotgun and killed himself in 1909 and is buried with his parents
in Upchurch. His six children went into orphanages but all survived! ***
1899/Jesse Castle/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1901/Newbury J Castle/Licensed Victualler/58/Halstow, Kent/Census
1901/Eliza Castle/Wife/55/Dettling, Kent/Census
1901/Carrie Castle/Daughter/16/Halstow, Kent/Census
1901/Jessie Wood/Uncle, Labourer on Farm, Widow/78/Rodmersham, Kent/Census
1901/Amelia Swift/General Servant/17/Bobbing, Kent/Census
1903/Jesse Castle/../../../Post Office Directory
1908/Alfred Castle/../../../Sittingbourne, Milton, and District
Directory ***
1913/James Falkner/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/James Falkner/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/James Falkner/../../../Post Office Directory
1930/Harold Fishlock/../../../Post Office Directory
1934/Victor Chas. Smith/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1938/Victor Chas Smith/../../../Post Office Directory
1948 - 1952/George Henry Hilburn/../../../Electoral Records *
George Henry Hilburn is here until at least 1952. He is followed by his son
in law, Albert Alfred Stewart *
1953 - 1967/Albert Alfred Stewart/../../../BT Telephone Records *
* Provided By Darren Hilburn
** Provided By Stephen Harris
*** Provided By James Burgess
Provided By Kevan