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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1638 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Royal Exchange. 43 Stour Street. |
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Summary
The Royal Exchange Inn was in function from c.1847 and closed as a public house in 1921. In 1922 the building became an elegant corner shop called Clipz, Hair Studio.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1462 5764 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1847 AD? to 1921 AD)
- SHOP (Modern to Unknown - 1922 AD)
Full description
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This inn was at the bottom of Hospital Lane, in Stour Street. In 1847 the landlord was James Hilton and in 1885 the landlady was Ann Welby. It was still on the Licensing List in 1846 and 1848. The Royal exchange closed as an inn in 1921. It was, in 1992, an elegant corner shop called Clipz, Hair Studio.
There were at least six inns in Stour Street in the 19th century. In the Kentish Post in 1741 there is a reference to some 'tenements near the Royal Exchange in Stour Street, an important meeting place for cock-fighting'.
There is some question over the location of this inn. Wilmot (1992) shows a picture of 42a Stour but lists the address as 43 Stour Street. The Inn should appear on the 1874 1st edition map of canterbury. The only inn listed on the 1874 map is much broader and older then No 42a. For these reasons both sites are mapped and called 'Royal Exchange Inn (?)'. In the notes section of the information table, the confusion is listed.
Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury. |
