The Street

Mereworth

The building is now addressed as 93 The Street and was originally a coaching inn.

Named obviously due to the number of bells housed in the nearby St Lawrence's Church.

The original church can be dated back to the 12th century and I believe had a peal of five bells.

The church was rebuilt in the mid 1740s by John Fane after the removal of the old one to allow for the enlargement of Mereworth Castle, and at this time had a peal of six bells. These bells were repaired in 1885 and a clock was also installed in the church tower in 1894. The bells were again repaired due to war damage in 1857.

 From the above information I am going to assume that the pub can date back to before 1740 and changed name to the "Six Bells" some time after the new church was built.

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