Westerham pub history index
The Royal Standard is clearly the same public house as the Rifleman
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Westerham, Kent .
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21 August 1903/Charge brought by Mary Elizabeth Gaye, against her husband,
Joseph Gaye, landlord of the Royal Standard, Westerham, for cruel ill
treatment and a separation order. They were married in India on 16th May
1882. They had seven children, and had lived in the extreme north of India,
and the only white inhabitants, excepting the Governor. They came to England
in 1899, and bought a beerhouse known as the Royal Standard from a relative
named Cockerell. He formerly had the Royal Oak, Knockholt where he kept a
manager, but this had recently been sold.
Mary left the house to live to stay in Croydon, and then Gravesend with the defendants brother. Her husband had charged her with adultery, as she had of him with his niece, Mrs Pryor. The court made no order./Kent & Sussex Courier
18 November 1904/The license of the Royal Standard, Westerham, was temporarily transferred from Joseph Gaye to Francis Peisley/Kent & Sussex Courier
Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser 17 September 1909
Transfer of the Royal Standard, Westerham from Mr Harry Hind to Mr Henry Joseph Mitchell
1911/Francis John Treen/Beer House Keeper/41/Rugby, Warwickshire/Census
1911/Edith Minnie Swan/Housekeeper, Widow/34/Clapham, London/Census
1911/Florence Sylvia Youl Swan/Boarder/12/Chiswick, London/Census
1911/Roma Cynthia Swan/Boarder/9/Chiswick, London/Census
1911/Alice Hodgkin/General Servant/15/../Census
1911/Gilbert Joseph Hiscock/Boarder, Builders Assistant/28/Spaldwell, near
Tunbridge Wells, Kent/Census
1934/H J Benson / Beer Retailer /../../Kelly�s Directory **
1938/H J Benson/../../../Kelly�s Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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