123 Main Road
Biggin Hill
01959 928231 or 07440549516
https://www.blackhorseapl.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/Black-Horse
https://whatpub.com/black-horse
Above postcard, circa 1899, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, circa 1902, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo, circa 1900, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo circa 1920. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo showing the original "Black Horse"
pre 1908, photo taken from
http://www.bigginhill-history.co.uk. |
Above photo circa 1906. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Same as above, but
showing slightly different bits due to contrast. |
Above photo showing the original "Black Horse"
pre 1908, photo taken from
http://www.bigginhill-history.co.uk. |
Above photo showing the original "Black Horse"
1906, photo taken from
http://www.bigginhill-history.co.uk. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo showing the original "Black Horse" extreme right, photo
taken from
http://www.bigginhill-history.co.uk. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, circa 1914. Both vehicles are Model "T" Ford's. The
landlord is driving the car on the left with his children. |
Above photo circa 2013. |
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, 2019, kindly sent by Roger Pester. |
Above sign left, August 1990, sign right 2019.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
Above sign 2019.
With thanks from Roger Pester
www.innsignsociety.com. |
According to their web site (2020) the pub name can be traced back to
1809, however the original building was demolished 100 years later in 1908
and replaced later on the
same foundations. Much of the rubble from the demolition was used to fill up
the village green pond.
The pub was the main dropping off point for busses that came to Biggin
Hill.
The Kelly's Directory of 1903 gave the location of this as in Cudham.
As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will
be shown here.
Thanks for your co-operation.
From the
https://www.bromleytimes.co.uk By Joshua Fowler, 3 June 2013.
Biggin Hill pub to re-open after licensee is given final chance following drugs raid.
The Black Horse pub, in Biggin Hill, will re-open after council imposed
conditions have been met.
A Biggin Hill pub marred by violent incidents including sledgehammer and
crossbow attacks has retained its licence despite police concerns over
drug dealing.
Officers raided The Black Horse pub in April, arresting four people for
possession of Class A drugs - including a barmaid who worked at the pub,
in Main Road.
The licence was suspended shortly after, and designated premises
supervisor, Paul Brazier, was removed from the licence.
This was the second drugs raid in six months, with another in November
last year resulting in three arrests for possession of cocaine.
At a full review last month, Bromley Council’s Licensing Sub Committee
spent an entire day hearing evidence from police and members of the
public before deciding to allow Mr Brazier to keep his licence.
However, there are conditions that must be met before the Black Horse
can begin trading again.
These include installing CCTV to cover all external areas, enforcing a
robust drugs policy alongside the police and council, and removing all
horizontal surfaces from the toilets.
Committee chairman, cllr Tony Owen, said: “Having carefully considered
the balance of the evidence, the committee has given Mr Brazier a last
opportunity to prove himself. However, the pub will remain closed until
the council and the police are satisfied that all the conditions imposed
on the licence have been fully met.”
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Since 2017 the pub has been run by Nimisha Limbachia and is far removed
from the troubles or 2013.
LICENSEE LIST
WERRY William 1828+
KING Thomas 1832-39+
MARTIN James 1840
DOWELL Mary 1841 (age 60 in 1841)
BENSTED Mary 1841+ (age 60 in 1841)
BLAKE William 1847-71 (also brickmaker in 1855 and grocer & farmer age
70
in 1871)
WHITING George dec'd 1881-Jan/93 (age 76 in 1891)
WHITING Maria "Mary" (widow) Jan/1893-1903+ (age 58 in 1901)
WHITING Lizzie Miss 1901+ (age 36 in 1901)
ARMSTEAD Harry F 1911-14+ (age 32 in 1911)
COOKE George Edward 1934-40+
WOOD Charles
pre 1937
BRAZIER Paul 2012-13+
LIMBACHIA Nimisha Nov/2017+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/BlackHorse.shtml
https://www.bblhs.org.uk/black-horse-biggin-hill
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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