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The The Old Leather Bottle in the 1861 census. Some time after the 1881 census, possibly as early as 1882 when the Railway line opens, the Leather Bottle closes and the license transfers to the newly built Railway Hotel
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in East Wickham, Welling, Kent . The East Wickham, Welling, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1858/John Waters/Beer Retailer/../../Melvilles Directory
1861/John Waters/Market Gardener/54/Cranbrook, Kent/Census
1861/Lititia Waters/Wife/59/West Wickham, Kent/Census
1861/Emma Gowers/Visitor, Domestic Servant/32/Steving, Essex/Census
1861/George Manbey/Lodger, Ag Labourer/30/Westerham, Kent/Census
1861/Henry Gilbert/Lodger, Shoemaker/24/Framinghall, Suffolk/Census
1861/Mary A Gilbert/Lodger Wife/23/Croydon, Surrey/Census
1862/John Waters/Beer Retailer, market gardener & shopkeeper, Wickham Green/../../Post
Office Directory
1871/John Cooper/Blacksmith/54/Chipstead, Surrey/Census
1871/Jane Cooper/Wife/58/Coulsden, Surrey/Census
1871/Elizabeth Cooper/Daughter, Nurse/19/West Wickham, Kent/Census
1871/Emma Cooper/Daughter/13/West Wickham, Kent/Census
1874/John Cooper//Beer Retailer/../../Post Office Directory
1881/John Cooper/Blacksmith/67/Chipstead, Surrey/Census
1881/Jane Cooper/Wife/69/Coulsden, Surrey/Census
1881/Jane Cooper/Daughter/37/West Wickham, Kent/Census
1881/William Paxton/Boarder, Blacksmith/20/Stoke, Berkshire/Census