The Canterbury UAD states that this is a George Beer/Rigden/Fremlins/Whitbread inn.

A notice at the inn states that in 1801 the innkeeper was Jeremiah Quest. There is a long list of innkeepers displayed outside the inn listing all innkeepers from 1740 and there is only one named before Jeremiah Quest. That would have been quite an achievement in the 18th century.

The Rose & Crown was almost certainly first licensed in 1846 with Thomas Wanstall as innkeeper. Part of the present Rose & Crown is, however, on the site of what was the Star or Starr, licensed in the 18th century with the address 77-79 St. Dunstan's Street.

The Star was no longer listed as an inn in 1843. A Directory listed The Rose & Crown in 1878 with John Popkin as innkeeper.

Now (2003) the inn is known as The Blind Dog.

On 31st August 1914 a caution was given to the Rose & Crown for disorderly behaviour of soldiers frequenting the House and fighting after leaving.

Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.