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DOCK GATES INN

The Dock Gates Inn, which existed in 1798 when Mr Wiilliam Evans was the landlord  [1], was situated on the south side of Fore Street, Plymouth Dock (Devonport) in 1812, right outside the entrance to the Royal Dockyard.  The landlord was Mr William Richards.  [2]

Mr Henry Creber was the landlord in 1850.  [3]

During 1850 or early in 1851 24-years-old Mr Henry Chapell from Kingsand, then still in Devonshire, became the landlord.  His wife, Mrs Mary Ann Chapell, formerly Nichols, came from Cawsand, Cornwall.  Her mother, a 'house proprietor', and brother lived with them and they had two servants, also from Kingsand, Miss Ann Pollock and Miss Mary Ann Bowden.  [4]

The Dock Gates Inn was one of three public houses in a row just outside the Dockyard gate and all had a bad reputation so the good people of Devonport were pleased that they were acquired by Miss Agnes Weston in 1887/88 and demolished to make way for the extension of the Royal Sailors' Rest.  However, as was pointed out at the time, there were still four other public houses and a pawnshop immediately opposite.  [5]

Sources:

[1]  "The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacture", British Directory Office, London, 1798.

[2]  "The Picture of Plymouth", Messrs Rees and Curtis, Plymouth, 1812.

[3]  White, William, "History, Gazetteer and Directory of Devonshire", William White, Sheffield, 1850.

[4]  1851 census, HO107/1881/26/8.

[5]  "Devonport Sailors' Rest: Laying a Foundation Stone", Western Daily Mercury, Plymouth, April 19th 1888.

©  Brian Moseley, Plymouth, UK

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