Falstaff Hotel, Canterbury

~ THE FALSTAFF HOTEL ~

SIR JOHN FALSTAFF HOTEL

8 - 9 ST. DUNSTANS STREET Est. 1403

CANTERBURY

Still the Falstaff Hotel. Sir John Falstaff was a character in three of Shakespears plays.

Two old photographs of the Falstaff Hotel from my collection

November 1795 - Death, November 25th, in the borough of Staplegate, Canterbury, Mr. John MARSH, formerly master of the Falstaff Inn, St. Dunstan's. KR

Likely this one was taken during Cricket week with all the banners

Falstaff Hotel and Hopper's Bakeries on the right, coloured photograph in my collection c. 1952

"....and so onto Canterbury, a city of memories, which happily retains many features of old English life that have not altogether vanished. Its grand cathedral, its churches, St. Augustine's College, its quaint streets, like Butchery Lane*, with their houses bending forward in a friendly manner to almost meet each other, as well as its old inns, like the "Falstaff" in High Street,** near West Gate, standing on the site of a pilgrim's inn, with its sign showing the valiant and portly knight, and supported by elaborate ironwork, its tiled roof and picturesque front, all combine to make Canterbury as charming a place of modern pilgrimage as it was attractive to the pilgrims of another sort who frequented its inns in days of yore."

from Vanishing England, P.H. Ditchfield 1910

*maybe this should be Mercery Lane

**should be St. Dunstan's street

A detail from one of my photo's above

PROPRIETORS

1824 - Richard Foord

1882 - Mrs. Charlotte Ann Moore

1890's - Miss Sarah Hatton

1903 - William Lidington

1913 - William Trueman

1917 - 8, 9 St. Dunstan's Street, H. Kemp

1925 - C. D. Robertson

Detail from one of my photo's above

c. 1902 AD

Head Quarters of the C.T.C.

FALSTAFF

HOTEL

The Oldest Hotel in

Canterbury. Built 1403.

Westgate, Canterbury

Nearest Hotel to the South Eastern

Railway.

Proprietor.............W. Lidington.

A detail from one of my photo's above

1925 AD

Phone 138.

FALSTAFF HOTEL,

CANTERBURY

Outside the Westgate. ________________Estd. 1403.

FAMILY and COMMERCIAL

FREE

(a drawing of the westgate) ____HOUSE

Famous Old Oak Dining Room

--------------------

Noted for

ITS GOOD OLD ENGLISH FARE

----------------------

Luncheons - Dinners - Teas

Wines and Spirits

WORTHINGTON'S ALES ON DRAUGHT.

Teas Served on the Lawn

--------------------

Proprietor - - - C.D. ROBERTSON

A detail from a photo in my collection of St. Dunstan's Street, with the Falstaff Hotel on the left


~ THE FALSTAFF HOTEL ~ SIR JOHN FALSTAFF HOTEL 8 - 9 ST. DUNSTANS STREET Est. 1403 CANTERBURY Still the Falstaff Hotel. Sir John Falstaff was a character in three of Shakespears plays. Two old photographs of the Falstaff Hotel from my collection November 1795 - Death, November 25th, in the borough of Staplegate, Canterbury, Mr. John MARSH, formerly master of the Falstaff Inn, St. Dunstan's. KR Likely this one was taken during Cricket week with all the banners Falstaff Hotel and Hopper's Bakeries on the right, coloured photograph in my collection c. 1952 "....and so onto Canterbury, a city of memories, which happily retains many features of old English life that have not altogether vanished. Its grand cathedral, its churches, St. Augustine's College, its quaint streets, like Butchery Lane, with their houses bending forward in a friendly manner to almost meet each other, as well as its old inns, like the "Falstaff" in High Street,* near West Gate, standing on the site of a pilgrim's inn, with its sign showing the valiant and portly knight, and supported by elaborate ironwork, its tiled roof and picturesque front, all combine to make Canterbury as charming a place of modern pilgrimage as it was attractive to the pilgrims of another sort who frequented its inns in days of yore." from Vanishing England, P.H. Ditchfield 1910 maybe this should be Mercery Lane should be St. Dunstan's street __ A detail from one of my photo's above* PROPRIETORS 1824 - Richard Foord 1882 - Mrs. Charlotte Ann Moore 1890's - Miss Sarah Hatton 1903 - William Lidington 1913 - William Trueman 1917 - 8, 9 St. Dunstan's Street, H. Kemp 1925 - C. D. Robertson Detail from one of my photo's above c. 1902 AD Head Quarters of the C.T.C. FALSTAFF HOTEL The Oldest Hotel in Canterbury. Built 1403. Westgate, Canterbury Nearest Hotel to the South Eastern Railway. Proprietor.............W. Lidington. A detail from one of my photo's above 1925 AD Phone 138. FALSTAFF HOTEL, CANTERBURY Outside the Westgate. ________________Estd. 1403. FAMILY and COMMERCIAL FREE (a drawing of the westgate) ____HOUSE Famous Old Oak Dining Room -------------------- Noted for ITS GOOD OLD ENGLISH FARE ---------------------- Luncheons - Dinners - Teas Wines and Spirits WORTHINGTON'S ALES ON DRAUGHT. Teas Served on the Lawn -------------------- Proprietor - - - C.D. ROBERTSON A detail from a photo in my collection of St. Dunstan's Street, with the Falstaff Hotel on the left
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