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Maypole
Hoath
01227 860338
https://whatpub.com/prince-of-wales
Above photo, circa 1890, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1900. |
Above photo, 1915, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1930s. |
Above photo, circa 1930s. |
Above photo, 1975, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1980s. |
Above photo, August 1994, people unknown. |
Above photo 2007. |
Above photo, 2018. |
 
Above sign left, July 1991, sign right, June 1999.
Above with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
Above sign 2015. |
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From the Whitstable Times, 1 December 1900.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A shocking accident occurred to Mr. Clackett, baker and carrier of Hoath,
on Monday evening. It appears she was driving a horse attached to a
vehicle when the animal ran away, throwing Mrs. Clackett out and
apparently killing her instantaneously. An inquest was held at the
"Prince of Wales", Hoath, on Tuesday, by the East Kent Coroner (R. M.
Mercer, Esq.) on the body of the deceased. Dr. Fenoalhet, of Herne Bay,
stated that he was called to see the deceased on Monday. He arrived just
after 8p.m. and found her dead. There were scalp wounds and bruises, the
latter especially over the right temple. There was blood over the right
ear. Witness had made an examination of the deceased and in his opinion
death was due to fracture of the skull.
Herbert James Hammond, licensed victualler at the "Prince of Wales Inn,"
stated that the deceased was his mother. Witness was sent for after the
accident. She died in witness' presence. Her age was 64.
Alice Martin, daughter of the deceased stated that she heard a trap go
by and on looking saw her mother was in it. It was going at a great
pace. Witness eventually stopped it and led it round a corner. Deceased
told her the horse had been very restless. She would not hear of witness
going home with her. Witness left go of the animal and the trap was soon
out of her sight.
Frederick Harks, a labourer stated that he was passing Hoath churchyard
when he heard a horse and trap coming at a gallop. He saw the horse
coming towards him and there was no one in the trap. Witness stopped the
horse and drove it back. He then found the deceased lying on her back in
the road at Knaves Ash corner. She was unconscious and witness got her
into the trap.
The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death.
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From and email received, 6 July 2020.
My step-grandfather, Daniel Payne, was the licensee from, I believe,
some time in the 1930s, until 1956, when he died. My grandmother, Annie,
went to the Prince sometime in the 1930s as housekeeper. She married Dan
Payne in 1940. My father took on the tenancy after Dan died until 1959.
As a small boy I was sent to live with my grandmother at the Prince,
from 1939 to 1942, to escape the bombing in London. In 1944 my parents,
with me, moved to Herne Bay, so the Prince featured prominently in my
life for 20 years.
This drawing shows the Prince in 1940, when I was living there, aged
4.
The main bar was in the centre of the front - just visible inset under
the Shepherd Name sign. It was very small. To the left, with the bay
window, was the Tap Room - much bigger than the main bar, and where
darts and dominoes were played. Drinks served through a hatch. The door
under the covered porch led into the separate Tea Room. This provided
direct access in the afternoons to tea, when the pub was otherwise
closed. During opening hours when it effectively became the Ladies room,
it allowed access for the ladies without having to go through the main
bar. The door and window to the right of the picture served the small
general store that my grandmother ran.
Upstairs were just bedrooms. No bathroom, and outside toilets.
This is Annie and Dan Payne, taken in 1956 in the back garden of the
Prince.
Me, on the left, with my cousin outside the Tea Room door, 1947.
Scruffy, but always with a tie!
I stayed at the Prince on the eve of my marriage to a Beltinge girl at
Herne church in 1958.
Yours sincerely,
John Briggs. |
The original pub burnt down in 1909 but was rebuilt
and reopened about 1912.
I am informed that of August 2018 the pub was under sale for an asking
price of £45,000.
LICENSEE LIST
HAMMOND Albert 1901+ (age 34 in 1901 )
CAREY Edward to Sept/1902
BRENCHLEY Charles Sept/1902+
LEACH George 1911+ (age 56 in 1911)
PAYNE Daniel 1930s-56 dec'd
PAYNE ???? (son) 1956-59
PRATT Ernest pre 1972
CHAPMAN Kenneth 1972-82
NIXON James H Mar/1982-Feb/95
Whitstable Times
and Herne Bay Herald
Census
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