Empire Tavern, 63 High Street, Gravesend
This pub was established as the Old
Parr’s Head in 1797 and renamed the Empire Tavern in 1892; you currently have
these listed as two separate pubs.
The pub closed in 1914 and is now in restaurant use. **
Gravesend pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Gravesend, Kent . The Gravesend, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Empire Tavern / Old Parrs Head, 63 High Street, Gravesend - in March 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
Residents at this address
See Old Parrs Head before 1892:
1901/John Coombes/Publican/62/Weymouth, Dorset/Census
1901/Mary Ann Coombes/Wife/47/Pimlico, London/Census
1901/Albert J Coombes/Son, Assistant, Barman/22/Canning Town, London/Census
1901/Mary A Finch/Housekeeper, Widow/59/Wood Ditton, Cambridge/Census
1901/Rosina R Lane/Assistant, Barmaid/22/Greenwich, Kent/Census
1903 Frederick Saunders/../../../Kelly’s Kent Directory **
1913/Fredk C Towe/../../../Post Office Directory
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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