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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NE 1166 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Nunnery Tavern, 29 Lansdown Road |
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Summary
An inn which was listed in a directory in 1878 and was very popular with the local community. In 1968 the tavern closed and became a private house.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1501 5717 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NE |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1878 AD? to 1968 AD)
- HOUSE (Now, Modern to Unknown - 1968 AD)
Full description
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The Canterbury UAD states that this was a Beer/Rigden/Fremlins/Whitbread inn.
This inn enjoyed a comparatively short life. It was listed in a Directory in 1878. It was owned by Beer and Rigden in 1888 with Henry Hammond as innkeeper. Towards the end of its existence as an inn it was a very popular one. Nunnery Tavern closed in 1968 and is now a private house.
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. |
