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London Road / Bullfinch Lane
Riverhead
01732 455107
https://whatpub.com/bullfinch
Above photo showing the "Bullfinch" pub in Riverhead. Circa 1880. |
Above postcard, circa 1880, a black and white one of the above. |
Above image from Google 2011. |
Above image from Google 2011. |
Above photo kindly supplied by Eric Hartland, 11 January 2015. |
 
Above sign left 1960s. Sign right, date unknown but this sign has
recently (October 2016) been auctioned in a place called Cedar,
Michigan, USA, and had a starting price of $2,700. |
  Above sign
left, 1988, sign right 1993.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com.
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Above sign 2003.
 
Above sign left and right June 2008.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com.
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Above sign left 2012, sign right 2015.
With thanks from Roger Pester
www.innsignsociety.com.
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It is said that the original owner of the pub in the 16th century was called a Mr. Bull
Finch, hence the name of the pub.
In the 1880s the pub bordered the boundary of Major F. B. Baden Powell's
garden, facing the watercress beds on the corner by the telegraph poles.
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From Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser 14 June 1889.
BEERHOUSE TO LET
The "Bullfinch," Riverhead. An old established business,
doing good trade, and in good repair, 8 Rooms, and large and well
stocked garden. Rent £25 per annum. Apply to Mr. Bowles, the
"Bullfinch," Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent. |
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From Kent & Sussex Courier 17 June 1904.
SEVENOAKS PETTY SESSIONS.
The Bench examined and passed plans for alterations to the
"Bullfinch," Riverhead. |
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Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser 25 May 1906.
RIVERHEAD. A FALL FROM A SWING.
A lad named Weeks, living at Bethel Road, St. John's, Sevenoaks, met
with a serious accident at Riverhead on Monday evening last. Between 8
and 9 a.m.
Weeks was enjoying himself in a swing boat, erected at a travelling fair
belonging to Messrs. Body, in a field at Riverhead, when he fell out and
broke his ankle. He was conveyed to the "Bullfinch" Public House,
Riverhead, where Drs. Sterry and Jellicoe attended to his injury, and he
was subsequently taken home in a cab.
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Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser 07 December 1906.
LICENSING BUSINESS.
The license of the
"Bullfinch," Riverhead, was transferred to Mr. Patrick Lowry, who has
been in the army, from Mr. Thomas John Killick. |
LICENSEE LIST
FINCH Bull Mr 1600's (owner)
BOWLES Harriett 1871+ (age 54 in 1871 )
BOWLES William W 1881-Aug/1889 (also carpenter & joiner age 41 in 1881)
TOWNSEND Bill Aug/1889-1901+ (age 60 in 1901)
TOWNSEND Mrs June/1903+
MUNN Henry to Nov/1904
KILLICK Thomas John Nov/1904+
LOWRY Patrick to Dec/1906
KILLICK Thomas John Dec/1906+
LORWY Patrick to Sept 1908
LINGFIELD William Henry Sept/1908+
Kent
and Sussex Courier
Census
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