2-3 Darenth Road

Dartford

01322 224381

http://www.maltshovelda1.co.uk/

https://whatpub.com/malt-shovel

Above photo, date unknown. Kindly sent by Michael Norman.

Above postcard circa 1906, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above photo, date unknown, by kind permission of Eric Hartland.

Above photo, date unknown, by kind permission of Eric Hartland.

Above photo, date unknown, by kind permission of Eric Hartland.

Photo date 1999 from http://www.flickr.com by John Law.

This is one of Dartford's oldest buildings and probably started out life as cottages, the oldest part of the building, the tap room, dates from 1673. The tenants of these cottages probably worked in the nearby fields and at some stage they may have started to serve beer through the windows on market day which lead on to the cottage becoming a pub. By 1873 it had become known as the "Malt Shovel" and is now a listed building

See Dartford Map 1905.

LICENSEE LIST

HARBER Stephen 1874-91+ (age 49 in 1881)

DURLING A W 1903+

HARVEY Harry B 1930+ (also shopkeeper)

DEAN Reave 1918-38+

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

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