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Fowl Hall
Yalding
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo 2020, kindly sent by Paul Narramore. |
Above map circa 1890. |
Said to predate the arrival of the railway in 1842.
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From Maidstone Telegraph 10 December 1864.
YALDING. - FOUND DROWNED.
On Sunday morning last the body of Peter
Pope, an aged man was found in the water called the Isles, at Fowl-hill, Yalding, in the occupation of Mr. C. Gibbs. He had been missing for
nearly a week. 1861 census shows Peter Pope at
"New Inn," Yalding, Landlord, John Pope,
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Maidstone Telegraph, Saturday 11 September 1869.
Licensed Houses.
The "New Inn" licence, Yalding stood over till the 27th through
incomplete signatures to notice.
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Kent & Sussex Courier 25 April 1924.
A SAD STORY.
At an inquest held by Mr. A. H. Neve at the "New Inn," Yalding, last
week, a sad sequel to the housing difficulty was investigated relative
to the death of the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Medhurst. The
father, Thomas Medhurst, a farm Labourer, stated that when he and his
family had to leave Tonbridge a month ago, the only accommodation they
could get was a converted hooper hut at Yalding, with his
brother-in-law, who had four children. With witness’s family there where
eleven people living in the hut Dr. Sealey stated that he attended a
year-old baby which died from gastric trouble a few days before the
death of the other four-year-old child. He was not called in until after
the child’s death, which he discovered at the post-mortem was from lung
trouble. Horace Simmons, the owner of the farm of which the hopper house
is situated, stated that the Medhurst family came there without his
knowledge or permission. The sanitary arrangements were good. The
Coroner, in summing up, said he felt an enquiry necessary owing to the
unsatisfactory condition of overcrowding, which in cases of illness
became dangerous. He accepted Mr. Simmons’ statement that what happened
was without his sanction, and he hoped that the Rural Sanitary
Authorities would see that the overcrowding did not continue. He
returned a verdict of death from Natural Causes.
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From
http://www.twtowncrier.co.uk
accessed 13 August 2018.
The Lost Pubs around Paddock Wood: Part One.
“The Hostelries of Paddock Wood”
Starting with the area known as Queen Street, the "New Inn" was situated
on the boundary with Yalding parish.
The 19th century census entries
state that the inn was actually in Yalding in the area known as Fowl(e)
Hall. In fact, the beer stored in the cellar was drawn in Yalding and
drunk in Paddock Wood (then a part of Brenchley parish).
When it first
began trading is not known but the house itself was built in 1797. In
1841 the licensee was John Pope who held the licence until the mid-1860s
after which landlords came and went on a regular basis, one of whom,
Arrow Smeed, licensee in 1890, would surely have been a contender for
the title of Britain’s oddest named publican.
The pub changed its name
to the "Kent Arms" in 1947 following the re-naming of the
"Kent Arms" in
Paddock Wood to the "John Brunt VC."
In the 1950s trade consisted almost
entirely of local land workers and, during the season, hop pickers.
Because it was located some way from the prying eyes of the law,
after-hours drinking appears to have been a regular occurrence, the pub
remaining open until the last customer had departed. Dwindling trade
caused the pub to close in January 1996. It is now a private house
called The Old Inn. |
LICENSEE LIST
POPE John 1841-62+ 
BUSS Edward 1871+
FOSTER James 1874+
JUDD Thomas to Feb/1881
SALES Eliza Feb/1881+
SMEED Henry "Arrow" 1890-91+ (age 62 in 1891)
TULLEY T 1903+
 
ELTON William 1913+
SEARLE Helena Mrs 1918+
FROST Harry 1922+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/NewInn.shtml
Census
From the Post Office Directory 1874
Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1918
From the Post Office Directory 1922
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