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174 Pizien Well Road
Wateringbury
Above Google image, August 2009. |
Pizien well is a small hamlet near Wateringbury. A well now grated over
situated near the pub was
visited by wedding parties, the bride would drink the water to ensure
fertility.
The Wheatsheaf property was built in 1847 by farmer, William Beadle but it was
not called the "Wheatsheaf" until a few years later and was
serving as a Beer Retailer in 1851.
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.
Local information from Dail Whiting says the following:- The building still
stands as a private house on Pizien Well Road. Originally a Beer Shop in
1851, it became a Beerhouse later in the 19th century. It ceased trading in
1917. There certainly is a well near this pub, but the well from which
brides drank was a bit lower down from the "Wheatsheaf" just above the "Good
Intent," on the Pizien Well Road. Marked on an 1895 OS map W.
Above map kindly annotated and kindly sent by Dail Whiting. |
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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.
"Wheatsheaf," Wateringbury. Beerhouse. Ernest George Smith. The
Dartford Brewery Co. Ltd., Dartford; Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth
Richards, Engadine, 42, Palace Road, Streathham Hill, as Mortgagee.
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.
Arranged.
The Clerk announced that agreements had been arrived at in the
following cases:-
"Wheatsheaf," beer house, Wateringbury, £637 for the owners (Messrs.
Jude Hanbury and Co) and £50 for the tenant, (Mr. Richard William
Huggett.)
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One of Thomas and Ann's daughter Harriett married Henry Martin.
LICENSEE LIST
HOLMWOOD/HOMEWOOD Thomas 1871+ (beer retailer age 52 in 1871 )
HOLMWOOD/HOMEWOOD Ann (wife) 1881+ (also Grocer age 55 in 1881)
MARTIN Henry 1891+
 (also carter age 33 in 1891)
MARTIN John W (also carter age 59 in 1901)
JENNER Albert Edward 1911+ (age 39 in 1911)
HUGGETT Richard William 1917
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