24 Earl Street

Maidstone

01622 758516

https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/druids-arms

https://whatpub.com/druids-arms

Above photo, 1929.

Above photo March 1988, kindly sent by Philip Dymott.

Above photo kindly sent by Roy Moore, February 2015.

Above photo, 2023, kindly sent by Les Swaffer.

Painting, date unknown by Eddie Tucker.

Above sign left, 1980s, sign right, September 1986. With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com. Above sign left 2003, With thanks from Roger Pester www.innsignsociety.com, sign right by Roy Moore, February 2015.

The Post Office directory of 1867 identifies James Raysbrook as a beer retailer

The premises was modernised by Fremlins around 1929.

The name changed to the "Hogs Head" by 1998 but actual year as yet unknown. Latest news found in 2019 says the pub is again the "Druid's Arms."

Local knowledge, further pictures, and licensee information would be appreciated.

I will be adding the historical information when I find or are sent it, but this project is a very big one, and I do not know when or where the information will come from.

All emails are answered.

LICENSEE LIST

RAYSROOK James 1867+

BOOZER William 1874-82+ (also fly proprietor age 39 in 1881)

COOK William 1882+

ELSE Edward 1891+ (age 42 in 1891)

BISHOP Ernest G 1903-22+ (age 29 in 1911)

WEBB Leo Victor 1930-38+

WALTERS Robert 1990s

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

Census

From the Post Office Directory 1867