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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1643 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Bricklayers Arms. 21 Best Lane. |
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Summary
21 Best Lane is thought to have a coffee house turned Bricklayers trade club and then an inn. Is currently still a public house known as The Thomas Beckett.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1487 5796 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INN (Present, Post Medieval to Unknown - 1792 AD)
Full description
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The Canterbury UAD states that this inn was previously owned by Rigdens/Fremlin/Whitbread House.
This building was probably a coffee house towards the end of the 18th century. In 1775 it became a Trade Club for a group of bricklayers and the house was registered as the Bricklayers Arms. The Licensing List of 1792 listed Daniel Hoard as the innkeeper.
Rigdens Rent Books show that Charles Blogg was innkeeper in 1802 and 1803. For one year he paid rent of £12. 0. 0 For the next year he paid £9. 0. 0.
In 1840 the Bricklayers Arms was purchased by Rigdens for £379 and in 1849 a Police Report mentions a Skittle Alley on the premises.
The year 1970 was the 800th anniversary of the murder of Archbishop Becket and the Bricklayers Arms became the Thomas Beckett.
Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1988. Inns of Canterbury. |
