The Beacon Court Tavern, on its corner site, wedged between Copenhagen Road and Trafalgar Street. .
The address is given as 126 Canterbury Street, Gillingham or, also 1 Copenhagen Road, New Brompton in 1903 & earlier
The pub seems to date from the 1860s .
Canterbury Street, was formerly Beacon Court Lane. There was also a Beacon Court Farm nearby in the 19th century
The name “beacon” seems to refer to a warning beacon hereabouts in the 16th century.
the pub was demolished in early 2019
The Beacon court Tavern in ????
after having reopened as a music venue
The Beacon Court Tavern,
now closed in 2019
The Beacon Court Tavern
now demolished
Work Starting on the site
Juddy’s january 2003
Juddy’s closed, December 2011
Juddy’s, 7 Cross Street Chatham, photographed in January 2003.
And closed, and boarded up, on the 31st December 2011
Formerly called the Smiths arms, it seems to have been converted from 2 cottages,
and dates back to possibly before the 1850s as a pub
The Wheatsheaf in February 2019
The wheatsheaf (now renamed Mossy’s)
in February 2019
Renamed back to Wheatsheaf
in December 2019
The Wheatsheaf in the snows
of December 2010
The Wheatsheaf 53 Capstone Road, Luton, chatham .
Originally a Farm dwelling dating from the late 17th century, a pub from the 1850s
became Mossy’s tavern in 2006. now closed and being redeveloped as housing
The Westcourt Arms, on the corner of Gillingham Road and Canterbury Street.
It was built in 1888, on the site of Westcourt farm, which was demolished in 1880
It was closed in July 2019.
The Tam-O-Shanter
halfway up chatham hill, in 1980
The Tam-o-Shanter Chatham Hill, Chatham. It seems to date back to at least 1841.
It was renamed “The Manhatten” in 1978, then “The Piccadilly” in 1986. ,
It was demolished in 1992, and there is now a block of flats on the site. .
1984 ,after having been renamed twice,
the closed pub revealing its original name again
