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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1854-

Chiltern Hundreds

Open 2020+

Penended Heath Road / Sittingbourne Road

Boxley

01622 752335

https://www.chefandbrewer.com/chiltern-hundreds/

https://whatpub.com/chiltern-hundreds

Chiltern Hundreds 1912

Above photo, 1912, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Back of card says "Guild Outing, 26th March 1912."

Chiltern Hundreds 1912

Above postcard 1912, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Chiltern Hundreds Inn

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Jeffrey East.

Chiltern Hundreds

Above photo, date unknown.

Chiltern Hundreds 1970s

Above photo 1970s, by John Graham.

Chiltern Hunderds garden 1988

Above photo 1988.

Chiltern Hundreds 2013

Above photo 2013.

Chiltern Hundreds 2013

Above photo 2013 by Malc McDonald Creative Commons Licence.

Chiltern Hundreds sign 1996

Above sign 1996.

With thanks from Roger Pester www.innsignsociety.com.

Chiltern Hundreds sign 2000Chiltern Hundreds sign 2011

Above signleft, October 2000, sign right 2011.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Chiltern Hundreds painting

Painting, date unknown by Eddie Tucker.

 

Kentish Gazette, 13 May 1851.

Fatal Accident.—Three Lives Lost.

On Tuesday evening last, a serious accident occurred in a sand pit in Boxley parish, by which three persons lost their lives, and several others narrowly escaped severe injury. On the evening in question two of the deceased persons (a man and woman named Culley), and the third, a man named Hughes, were in the pit, engaged in their usual occupation, when a large portion of the sand-bank gave way, burying the three persons named, underneath. It is estimated that about two hundred tons of the bank fell, and above fifty persons were anxiously and laboriously engaged for a considerable time in extricating the bodies of the deceased. A medical gentleman, Mr. Joy, of Maidstone, who was sent for, pronounced all quite dead. An inquest was held on the bodies on Thursday evening, at the "Chiltern Hundreds Inn," Penenden Heath, before J. N. Dudlow, Esq., the Coroner for West Kent. A most respectable jury was summoned, and Mr. James Betts, farmer, was nominated foreman. A verdict of "Accidental Death" was returned.

 

Kentish Gazette, 5 September 1854.

Maidstone. Sudden Death.

On Tuesday night the sister-in-law of Mr. Munn, of the "Chiltern Hundreds," Penenden Heath, went into her bedroom to retire to rest, and in a few minutes she was found dead on the floor. She had been in good health previously.

 

Maidstone Telegraph 16 April 1859.

A CHILD IN A WATER TANK.

On Thursday afternoon, as a little girl named Pound, about a year and a half old, whose parents reside in a cottage opposite the "Chiltern Hundreds" public-house, Debtling-road, was at play near a rain water tank, it pitched in head foremost. The mother of the child, who was in the garden near where the accident occurred, immediately ran to the spot, when she saw the child struggling in the water, which fortunately was not of sufficient depth to drown the child. She, however, immediately raised an alarm, and Mr. Hayward, the landlord of the above-named house, having procured a ladder, with the assistance of the neighbours, succeeded in rescuing the child from its perilous position.

 

Maidstone Telegraph 2 July 1859.

BOXLEY. ACCIDENT.

On Sunday last, a little girl named Hayward, aged 16 months, whose parents are the proprietors of the "Chiltern Hundreds" public-house, Debtling-road, accidentally fell from an upper window, on to the porch of a door, the height of about 9ft. The window from whence the child fell, was on the landing of the second stair case, and the mother on passing, had noticed it being open, but not sufficient to cause her any alarm for the child's safety, however, in a few minutes afterwards the child ran to the window, and succeeded in further opening it. The mother on hearing the window open, immediately ran to look for her child, when she perceived it had fallen out of the window. A person who was in the garden at the time, saw the accident, and stated that the child pitched out head foremost, turning a somersault before alighting, thus saving its head. The porch of the door being covered with lead, (which being of a soft nature) no doubt was of great assistance to the young lady on her arriving on "terra firma." We are happy to state the child escaped uninjured. If was not long since we had to record an accident to a neighbour's child who had fallen into a water tank, but was fortunate in escaping with only a severe drenching. No blame was attributable to the parents in either case.

 

Maidstone Telegraph 01 February 1868.

DEATH.

On the 23rd ult, at the "Chiltern Hundred Inn," Boxley. Mary, infant daughter of John and Susannah Hayward, aged 9 months.

 

Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 22 February 1908.

Originally from the London Gazette, Friday, February 14.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACTS, 1883 and 1890. RECEIVING ORDERS.

Maidstone:- Horace Dann, "Chiltern Hundreds Inn," Boxley, Kent.

 

The census's mentioning the various John Hayward's seem to suggest some erroneous ages, so it's difficult knowing how many there actually are.

The 1861 census suggests 28 years old.

The 1871 census suggests born in 1803 and 68 years old

The 1881 census suggests born in 1839 and 42 years old

The 1901 census suggests born in 1833 and 68 years old, this tallies with the 1861 census.

 

LICENSEE LIST

MUNN Mr 1854+

OTTAWAY Thomas 1858+

HAYWARD John 1859-61+ (age 28 in 1861Census)

HAYWARD John 1871+ (age 68 in 1871Census)

HAYWARD John 1881-1901+ (age 42 in 1881Census)

RUSSELL William 1903-Dec/1904 Kelly's 1903Kent and Sussex Courier

BLOWER Charles Alfred Dec/1904+ Kent and Sussex Courier

DANN Horace 1908-13+ (age 45 in 1911Census)

SABINE W J 1918+

SUTTON Edward Robert 1922+

WALTERS Hargrave 1930-38+

Last pub licensee had McDONALD Piers after 1982

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

 

Kent and Sussex CourierKent and Sussex Courier

CensusCensus

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

 

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