Kentish Gazette, 26 February, 1783.

Lately died, Mr. Tanner, master of the "Bull" public house, at Barming.

From the Kentish Gazette, 18 April 1837.

MYSTERIOUS DROWNING.

On Friday week, about six o’clock in the morning, as two men were crossing Barming bridge, they observed a round frock and a hat lying on the edge of the river, and on going to the spot, they discovered close to the bank the body of a man standing upright in the water, which did not quite cover his head, and one hand firmly grasping the root of a tree. After getting the body out, which was accomplished with some difficulty, they carried it to the "Bull Inn," where it was recognised as the corpse of a drover named Daniel Weller, who had slept there the night before, on his journey with a flock of sheep, from Lewisham to Tenterden. On the previous evening, after seeing his sheep provided for, he went to bed, and arose the next morning about a quarter past four, remarking to an old man who slept with him that he had a pain in his side. He went out and was not seen again till discovered in the water as stated above. An inquest was held on Saturday, before J. N. Dudlow, Esq.

Verdict, Found Drowned.