DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1565

Queen's Head

Open 2020+

25 High Street

Downe

01689 852145

http://www.queensheaddowne.com/

https://whatpub.com/queens-head

Queen's Head

Above postcard, date unknown.

Queen's Head 1900

Above postcard, circa 1900. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Queen's Head postcard

Above postcard, 1903, kindly supplied by James Fribbins.

Queen's Head

Above postcard, date unknown.

Queen's Head

Above postcard, date unknown.

Queen's Head

Above postcard, coloured version, date knknown.

Queen's Head 1922

Above postcard, circa 1922. Kindly supplied by Rory Kehoe.

Queen's Head

Above postcard, date unknown.

Queen's Head

Above postcard, date unknown.

Queen's Head 1931

Above postcard, 1931, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Queen's Head 1935

Above postcard, 1935, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

 

It is believed that the pub was serving beer as early as 1565.

 

From the https://www.telegraph.co.uk 22 March 2015.

London protesters 'chase UKIP leader Farage out of pub'

Protesters confronted Nigel Farage at the Queen's Head pub in Downe.

Anti-UKIP protesters have invaded a pub in south London where party leader Nigel Farage was having lunch.

Mr Farage was in the Queen's Head in Downe with his wife and two younger children at the time.

Demonstrators first went to the "George & Dragon," believing it to be Mr Farage's local, before they found him.

They said they chased the family out of the pub and jumped on the politician's car bonnet as he drove away. Mr Farage later branded them "scum".

Mr Farage, who is standing in Kent's South Thanet constituency in May's general election, said: "I hope these 'demonstrators' are proud of themselves. My children were so scared by their behaviour that they ran away to hide.

"... A relative has gone to look for them, and they are not yet at home. These people are scum."

'Cabaret of diversity'

Mr Farage's children aged 15 and 10 were understood to have later been found.

Protest organiser Dan Glass said the group was in fancy dress to stage "a cabaret of diversity" and included migrants, HIV activists, gay people, disabled people and breastfeeding mothers.

He said about 100 people took part, and added: "UKIP are a con. They pretend to be anti-establishment but this couldn't be further from the truth.

"By wrongfully shifting the blame for the economic crisis on to immigrants they have let the bankers off the hook."

He said that was why the "diverse communities" had taken their cultures to Mr Farage's local pub.

Staff at the Queen's Head refused to comment. The "George & Dragon" said protesters had initially claimed they were there for a birthday party.

 

Painting by B Hooper 1942Reverse of painting by B Hooper 1942

Above drawing kindly sent by Rory Kehoe who says the following:- Queen's Head, Downe - 1942. OK so the pub's not in shot but it's a nice painting by B. Hooper, RAF. The pilot is Flight Lieutenant Cobey King of Hollywood, CA, who flew with 133 Squadron, one of the RAF's Eagle Squadrons made up of American volunteers. Whilst on-base at Biggin Hill, commissioned officer and NCO pilots couldn't mix socially, or mess together, whereas in the "Queen's Head," they could... and did! In September 1942, 133 Squadron was transferred to the USAAF as the 336th Flighter Squadron.

 

LICENSEE LIST

MARCHANT Timothy to 1607

FAIRTREE Caleb 1607+

CARSTON Cardew 1731+

SALES Tim 1828-32+ Pigot's Directory 1828-29Pigot's Directory 1832-34

SALES Elizabeth (widow) 1841+ (also grocer age 42 in 1841Census)

SALES William 1851-71+ (also grocer age 63 in 1871Census)

SALES Albert 1881+ (also shop-keeper age 45 in 1881Census)

WEAVER William 1881+ (also post-office & publican age 40 in 1881Census)

HOOKER George Henry 1882-95+ (also grocer & seedsman age 45 in 1891Census)

HEIMS C 1898+

WORMLEIGHTON Edward 1901-03+ (age 63 in 1901Census) Kelly's 1903

WELLS William Herbert 1911-13+ (age 44 in 1911Census)

HOBSON Sydney 1939+ (age 51 in 1939)

https://pubwiki.co.uk/QueensHead.shtml

 

Pigot's Directory 1828-29From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29

Pigot's Directory 1832-34From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

CensusCensus

 

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