South Eastern Gazette 14 October 1845.

ROBERT NYE, WHITE HORSE INN, ROCKY HILL, MAIDSTONE.

Begs to return his grateful thanks for the patronage which he has received in the above house; and to inform his Friends, and the Public generally, that it shall be his increasing endeavour, by attention to every branch of his business, to deserve a continuance of their support.

SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, ALE, PORTER, ETC.

Good Sitting Rooms, commanding an extensive and pleasant view of the town, and within a few minutes' walk of the Railway.

Good Beds, Excellent Stabling, and Boxes for Hunters.

Kentish Gazette, 2 October 1849.

DEATH.

Wiles:- Sept. 20, Mrs. Elizabeth Wiles, wife of the late Mr. Wiles, farmer, for many years landlord of the "White Horse," Maidstone, aged 86 years.

Southeastern Gazette, 25 January 1853.

Coroner’s Inquest.

An inquest was held on Monday evening last, at the "White Horse Inn," Rocky-hill, before K. King, Esq., deputy coroner, on the body of Elizabeth Cole, wife of John Cole, blacksmith, who was found dead by the side of her bed on the Sunday. The deceased, it appeared, was in her usual good health and spirits on Saturday, and at ten o’clock, after eating a hearty supper of bread and cheese and beer, she retired to bed. Her husband came home at eleven o’clock, and they then had some words about his being out so late. At eight o’clock next morning he found her lying apparently dead, partly dressed, at the foot of the bed. Medical assistance was sent for, and on Mr. Sedgwick arriving he found life to be quite extinct. There were no marks of violence on the body, and Mr. Sedgwick stated that in his opinion her death resulted from disease of the heart, in accordance with which opinion a verdict was returned.

From the Southeastern Gazette, 17 July 1866.

Death in a Field.

On Thursday last an inquest was held at the “White Horse” public-house, London-road, Maidstone, on the body of Phillip Smith, aged 40 years, who had died very suddenly on the same morning. It appeared that, though Smith's general health had been good, he, for the last two years, had suffered from heart disease, and Mr. Peekham, surgeon (who had attended him during the training of the West Sent Militia, in which he was a private) now stated that he had no doubt his death had resulted from that cause. At half-past four on Tuesday morning, the deceased, with a man named Henry Allingham, was cutting cabbages in a field adjoining the London-road, in the occupation of Mr. Henry Terry, fruiterer. Allingham made a remark about the accidental death of a carman in the employ of Mr. Larking, when the deceased, before he could reply, fell back into the hedge, and expired with the words, “Lord have mercy upon me” on his lips. The jury returned a verdict of “Died suddenly from disease of the heart.”