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The Street
Bredhurst
01634 239239
https://whatpub.com/bell
Above postcard circa 1908, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1910. Kindly sent by Jason Kemsley. |
Above photo, circa 1922. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Regulars of the Bell
gathered together, on the occasion of a pub charabanc outing. At the
time this photo was taken, the Bell was a tied house within the estate
of Style & Winch's Medway Brewery, Maidstone. |
Above photo date 1978, from www.Flickr.com
by Ben Levick. |
Above photo 2013 by Malc McDonald
Creative Commons Licence. |
Above photo 2013 by Malc McDonald
Creative Commons Licence. |
The building is believed to have been built in about 1500.
The census of 1901 gives John Cooper as licensee, and Jan Riley says that
the inscription on his headstone says he died in the "Bell" on 7 October
1910.
The pub was supplied by Maidstone brewery Style and Winch in 1910.
Latest information says the pub is currently closed but
has just been sold to Green King who are renovating the building and it
should be open again in 2017. It is stated the building changed hands for £1
million.
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Southeastern Gazette, 8 February 1853.
PIGEON SHOOTING. TO BE SHOT FOR.
AT the "Bell Inn," Bredhurst, on Wednesday, 2nd March, TWO FAT HOGS,
as first and second prizes; twenty members at 7s. 6d. each, 3 birds
each, 21 yards rise. Shot limited to l 1/2 oz. The boundary to be
pointed out. Gun below the elbow. No members entered over seven
miles distant.
A good Ordinary will be provided at the above Inn, at Five o’clock,
by William Johnson.
A good supply of the best blue rock pigeons, by Barber.
No guns allowed in the field except those used by the competitors in
the match.
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South Eastern Gazette, 17 April, 1860.
BREDHURST. Attempted Suicide.
On Tuesday last, William Watts, a labourer, 57, of Sutton Valence,
left his home in a desponding state of mind, and on Thursday he went
to the "Bell Inn," Bredhurst, and while there cut his throat.
Dr. Ponfold, of Rainham, was immediately sent for, but although
Watts is not dead, it is not expected that he will recover.
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From the
https://www.kentonline.co.uk By Nicola Jordan, 31 December 2014.
The Bell pub in Bredhurst to get major makeover after being snapped
One of Medway’s oldest pubs, The Bell in Bredhurst, is closed for
major refurbishment.
The Green King brewery has bought the village pub which, according
to a commercial property website, was on the market for £1 million.
A brewery spokesman said: “We are pleased to announce we have
purchased The Bell and will be turning the pub into one of our
popular family-led pubs.
The Bell pub, The Street, Bredhurst.
"We have plans to invest substantially in this pub and ensure that
it remains a thriving community hub.
“All team members have been offered and accepted roles within our
Greene King pubs in the area until The Bell is restored and able to
reopen again.”
The planned reopening would be “early in the new year” but the firm
could not be precise due to the listed building status.
The hostelry dates back to 1500 and is Grade 11 listed. Extensions
to the pub, which stands in more than an acre of land, were added in
the 17th and 19th centuries. |
The pub was opened again by 2019.
LICENSEE LIST
JOHNSON William 1851-82+ (also farmer age 63 in 1881 )
PARKER William 1891-1900+
COOPER John 1901-03+
(age 52 in 1901)
MONDAY James 1901-22+
(age 42 in 1911)
RAYFIELD Gordon 1938+
RAYFIELD Percy Gordon 1954+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Bell.shtml
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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