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High Street
Yalding
Above photo showing the "Red House" date unknown. |
Above photo showing the "Red House" just to the left of the horse and
wagon, date unknown.
The house to the left had been a butchers shop, and the row of low
wooden shops to the immediate right of the Red House, housed a butcher
where a sign read, Enterprise Cash Meat Store, plus a hairdresser.
The delivery cart blocking the view to part of these shops belonged
to William Weaver general shopkeeper of Wolsey, Laddingford. The other
cart we understand belongs to Alfred Brenchley, also of Laddingford. To
the right of the group of boys is a small shop and another hairdresser.
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Occupying a central location in the high street, the "Red House" played
an active role in village life, when these premises were one of the original
beer-houses of Yalding.
The first publican on record, namely the 1841 census, was sixty year old
Mary Rogers. The next known keeper to serve up his brew was Richard Waters,
who at 42 had married Sarah Cheesman aged 37, on 29th January 1853. It is
not known how long either of these served their local customers, but there
must have been others as Richard and Sarah only appeared on the 1861 census.
In 1870 Henry Honess brought his family from Wateringbury to initially
live in a cottage further up the hill, before moving down to the Red House
with wife Anne and seven children. Apart from running the beer-house, Henry
was a master carpenter employing at least one other man, during the almost
thirty years that he served pints and crafted furniture and coffins for the
locals. Two of his sons would also be village carpenters.
The "Red House" was changed when the thatch from the cottage behind was
extended forward, and the two cottages merged into one, again date as
yet unknown. |
In the 1920's the wooden shops in front of Randalls cottages were
demolished by Colonel Borton of Cheveney when he bought them.
In front of Randalls can be seen the village gun.
This thatched "Red House" caught fire at midday on Whitsunday 1958, and was
not rebuilt. |
This was described as an Anti 1868 Beerhouse, meaning that it had first
been awarded a license under the 1830 beer Act and allowed the house to
continue to remain licensed by paying their annual fee without having to
attend the licensing sessions, however, only beer was allowed to be sold.
Project 2014 has been started to try and identify all the pubs that are
and have ever been open in Kent. I have just added this pub to that list but
your help is definitely needed regarding it's history.
As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will
be shown here.
Thanks for your co-operation.
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Kent Messenger and Gravesend Telegraph, Saturday 28th July, 1917.
The licensing (Consolidation) Act, 1910.
Notice as to Sending in Claims to be treated as Persons Interested
in Licensed Premises.
County of Kent, Western Division.
Notice is hereby given that the Compensation Authority for the above
area having decided at their Principal Meeting held on 12th day of
July, 1917, to refuse the Renewal of Licences of the premises
specified below, all persons claiming to be interested in the said
premises for the purpose of the payment of Compensation under the
said act other than the Licensees and the Registered owner of the
said premises are required to send to the Compensation Authority
notice of their claims before the 20th day of August, 1917, for the
purpose of enabling the Compensation Authority to ascertain in
manner provided by the Licensing Rules, 1910, the persons entitled
to Compensation on under the said Act in respect of the said
premises.
Notice of claims, giving particulars of the interests claimed,
should be sent to the Clerk of the Compensation Authority at this
Office at the Sessions House, Maidstone.
"Red House," Yalding. Beerhouse (Ante 1869). Alexander Harris.
Frederick Leney & Sons, Ltd., Wateringbury.
W.B. Prosser, Clerk of the Compensation Authority, Sessions House,
Maidstone. Dated this 26th day of July, 1917.
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Maidstone Telegraph Saturday 17th November 1917.
West Kent Licensing Committee. Compensation appointments.
Mr. Coles Child presided, on Thursday, at a meeting of this
committee, at the Sessions House, Maidstone, the other members
present being: Colonel J. M. Rogers, Colonel Grubb, Messrs C. Tuff,
Joseph Barker, R Batchelor, P. Butt-Gow, S. Lee Smith, H. Hannem, W.
A. Smith-Masters, J. H. Hay Rudton, H. J. Wood and G. Naylor with
the Clerk (Mr. W. B. Prosser), and the Valuer (Mr. H. M. Cobb, of
Higham).
It was the "supplemental" meeting for the awarding of compensation
in respect of licences "referred" earlier in the year.
Referred to the Inland Revenue.
No agreements having been come to, the following licenses were
referred to the Inland Revenue authorities:-
"Red House" beer house, Yalding, owners Messrs. F. Leney and Sons,
tenant Mr. Alexander Harris.
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LICENSEE LIST
ROGERS Mary 1841+
(aged 60)
WATERS Richard 1861+
HONESS Henry 1870+
HINKLEY Sarah 1901+ (age 56 in 1901)
HARRIS Alexander 1917
Census
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