DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

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Near Bidborough, Bough Beech, Capel, Chiddingstone, Dunk's Green, Fordcombe, Hadlow, High Brooms, Hildenborough, King's Hill, Leigh, Penshurst, Platt, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Ryarsh, Shipbourne, Tudeley. Tonbridge sign Tonbridge sign
Your help is required to enable me to compile this list correctly. Tonbridge was also spelt Tunbridge pre 1870.
PUB NAME ADDRESS EARLIEST FOUND LATEST FOUND
Ancient Druids 131 Pembury Road   Closed Oct 1971
Angel Hotel 1 High Street 1828- Demolished 1972
Bear and Ragged Staff Bank Street 1750- Closed ????
Beer Seller 64 High Street 2018 Closed Sept 2022
Bells High Street 1759 1808 (Name to)
Bishop's Oak Shipbourne Road ???? Closed 2010
British Volunteer 7 Priory Street 1874- Closed ????
Brewers Arms Tonbridge 1862- 1862+
Brown Jug Hadlow Road 1881- Closed 1965-
Bull Hotel 65 High Street 1828- Closed 1950s+
Cardinal's Error Lodge Oak Lane   Open 2020+
Cask and Glass 64 Priory Street ???? Open 2020+
Castle Inn 89 High Street 1808 (Name from) Closed 2007+ (Name to)
Castle Inn Crook Road ???? Open 2020+
Chequers Tonbridge 1886- 1886+
Clock House 8 Barden Road 2017 (Name from) Closed 2018
Crown   1806- 1864+
Dorset Hotel 34 High Street 1839- Closed 1961+
Druids 40 Priory Road    
Druids Arms 131-133 Pembury Road   Closed 1960s+
Eagle Inn High Street 1859- 1874+
Elephant and Castle 199 High Street 1851- 1950+ (Name to)
Forester's Arms 52 Quarry Hill Road   Open 2020+
Fuggles Beer Cafe 165 High Street 2017 Open 2020+
Gallopers 14 High Street 1975- (Name from) Demolished 1980s
Gardener's Arms 11 St Stephens Street ???? ???? (Name to)
Gatehouse 115 High Street 2017+ (Name from) Closed 8 Mar 2024
George Inn Dry Hill 1839- 1861+
George and Dragon 17 Shipbourne Road 1828- Open 2020+
Good Intent 1 Waterloo Road 1881- Closed 1969+
Greyhound 123 Shipbourne Road 1860- Closed 2011-
Half Moon Half Moon Lane 1828- 1891+
Half Moon Inn London Road 1891- 1891+
Hare and Hounds Castle Lane 1860- 1860+
Hilden Manor 113 London Road ???? Open 2020+
Hogshead on the Wharf 6 Lyons Crescent 1981 3 May 2014
Hooden Horse 59 Pembury Road ???? (Name from) 2005- (Name to)
Humphrey Bean High Street 9 Dec 1998 Open 2020+
Imperial Tavern 53 Quarry Hill 1861- Closed 1902+
Ivy House 199 High Street 1963- (Name from) Open 2024+
Kentish Oak Victoria Cottage 1861- 1861+
King's Head Tonbridge Town 1771- 1771+
Man of Kent 1 East Street ???? (Name from) Open 2020+
Mitre Inn 24 Hadlow Road 1870- Closed 1976+
Mojos 8 Barden Road 2011 (Name from) 2017 (Name to)
Nelson Arms Nelson Avenue/Cromer Street 1928- Open 2020+
New Drum 54 Lavender Hill ???? (Name from) Open 2020+
New Market Inn 5 Bank Street 1861- 1896+
New Inn   1792- 1792+
New Telegraph Club 56 Priory Road Apr 2015 (Name from) Open 2020+
Oddfellow's Arms Strawberry Vale 1873- 1891+
Off Licence 3 Castle Street ???? ????
Off Licence 117 High Street    
Off Licence 20 Shipbourne Road ???? ????
Off Licence 3 Springfield Road ???? ????
Old House at Home Lambs Bank    
Old Swan East Street   ???? (Name to)
Pheasant   1994- 1994+
Phoenix Inn High Street 1856- 1874+
Pinnacles Shipbourne Road 1849- Closed 2012-
Poult Wood Golf Clubhouse Higham Lane ???? Open 2020+
Primrose Inn 112 Pembury Road 1873- Close 25 Aug 2018
Prince Albert Inn 16 Vale Road 1851- Closed 1980-
Prince of Wales 1-2 East Street 1873- 1891+
Priory Arms   1865- 1865+
Punch and Judy 11 St Stephen's Street ???? (Name from) Open 2020+
Queen's Arms   1845- 1845+
Railway Arms 14 High Street 1851- ???? (Name to)
Railway Bell 25 Priory Road   Closed ????
Red House 9 Higham Lane 1955 Closed Mar 2010
Red Lion 157 High Street 1828- Closed 1965+
Rising Sun   ???? ???? (Name to)
Rose and Crown 125 High Street 1625- Open 2020+
Royal Mail   1861- 1861+
Royal British Legion 56 Priory Road 1975+ (Name from) Apr 2015 (Name to)
Royal Oak Lower Hayesden Lane   Closed 2001+
Royal Oak 82 Shipbourne Road 1841- Open 2020+
Royal Victoria Tap 3-5 Woodside Road 1911- (Name from) Closed ????
Slug and Lettuce 115 High Street ???? 2015+ (Name to)
Somerhill Inn 59 Pembury Road 1864- (Name from) Open 2020+
South Eastern 8 Barden Road ???? 1980s (Name to)
Stafford Arms 9 Stafford Road 1990s (Name from) ???? (Name to)
Stag's Head 9 Stafford Road   Closed 1990s
Star and Garter 6 London Road 1871- Closed 1968+
Star Inn 20 High Street   Closed ????
Station Bridge Hotel 1 Quarry Hill Road 1874- 1938+ (Name to)
Station House 8 Barden Road 1980s (Name from) 2011 (Name to)
Station Tavern 2 Station Road ???? (Name from) Closed 1967+
Telegraph Inn 26 Priory Road ???? 1975+ (Name to)
Tonbridge Old Fire Station Castle Street 2015 Closed 2020+
Uncle Toms Cabin 54 Lavender Hill 1990s- (Name from) 1990s+ (Name to)
Unknown Micro Pub Lambert's Passage Planned Nov 2014 Not yet open
Unknown Name 17 The Slade 1901- 1901+
Vauxhall Vauxhall Lane 1828- Open 2020+
Verdi Gris 89 Tonbridge Road 2007+ (Name from) Open 2020+
Victoria Tavern 54 Lavender Hill 1850- ???? (Name to)
Watchdog Waterloo Road ???? Closed 2000
We Three Loggerheads 84 High Street 1772- 1908
We Three Loggerheads 1 Quarry Hill Road 1938+ (Name from) Closed 1969+
White Hart 186 High Street 1750- Closed ????
White Horse 162 High Street   Closed 1975-
Wine Traders 9a High Street 1972- 1972+
Woodlands Victoria Tap Quarry Hill Road 1881- 1891+ (Name to)
Ye Ancient Druids 131 Pembury Road 1871- 1971
Ye Olde Chequers Inn 122 High Street 1264 Open 2020+
       
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