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Shoreham
Above postcard, 1905, kindly sent by Mark Jennings. |
Above postcard, circa 1905, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Anne Marie Plews.
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Above postcard, circa 1915. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, circa 1915, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, date unknown. Kindly sent by Peter Moynahan. |
Above postcard, circa 1930. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, circa 1976. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above glass, circa 1901, clearly showing his name as Spender and not
Spencer as previously thought. Kindly sent by Paula Southin. |
Close-up of name on glass. |
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South Eastern Gazette, 9 October, 1860.
Stealing Money from the Till.
On Monday, before C. R. C. Petley, Esq., Henry Wood was charged with
stealing one sovereign and two half-sovereigns, on the 29th
September, the property of Richard Ashdown, of the "George"
public-house, Shoreham. Fanny Ashdown, wife of the prosecutor, said
that between eleven and twelve o’clock on the night in question she
was in the bar, when the prisoner came to the door and asked for a
pint of beer. He afterwards asked for bread and cheese, and she went
out to the pantry to get it. On her return she found the prisoner
inside the bar. She at once looked inside the till and missed a
sovereign and two half-sovereigns, which were wrapped up in a piece
of paper. About five minutes before she left the bar the money was
there, and she had not left the bar until going out for bread and
cheese. She accused the prisoner of having taken the money, but he
denied it. She then sent for Mr. Alfred Willis, the parish
constable, who stated that on searching the prisoner he found the
stolen coins in his possession, wrapped up in the paper, and
prisoner said that some one must have put them there. He afterwards
asked him (Willis) to go and see Mr. Ashdown and do what he could
for him, as he was very sorry for what he had done.
Committed for trial.
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South Eastern Gazette, 23 October, 1860.
FRIDAY—SECOND COURT.
(Before James ’Espinasse, Esq., Chairman).
Henry Wood was indicted for stealing £2, the property of Wm.
Ashdown, innkeeper, at Shoreham, on the 29th September. Mr. White
was for the prosecution. The prisoner went to the prosecutor's house
on the above night, asked for some, beer, and then for some bread
and cheese. To get this, prosecutor's wife had to leave the bar, and
when she returned she found the prisoner there, Mrs. Ashdown then
looked in the till, and missed a sovereign and two half-sovereigns
which she had seen just before leaving the bar. On accusing prisoner
with stealing it, he denied having done so, and threw out of his
pocket two sixpences, saying that was all the money he had about
him. A constable was then sent for, and prisoner given in charge,
when he asked to be forgiven, saying he was sorry for what he had
done. When searched one sovereign and two half-sovereigns were found
upon him.
Prisoner now said he did not know the money was about him — it must
have been put into his pocket. The jury found the prisoner guilty,
and he having been six times previously convicted, he was sentenced
to four year's penal servitude.
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Kent Times, 10 May 1862.
Disgraceful Conduct of Railway Labourers.
Two men named Michael Calden and Thomas Cork were charged before C.
R. C. Petley, Esq., and Multon Lambarde, Esq., at the Magistrates’
Clerk’s Office, Sevenoaks, on Wednesday, with having assaulted
William Groombridge, waiter at the "George Inn," on the night of
Sunday the 4th inst. The prosecutor stated that the two prisoners
with two other men came into the house on Sunday evening and
demanded some beer, but having already been drinking freely at some
other inn, the landlady, Mrs. Ashdown, refused to serve them. This
irritated them, and they became very violent, breaking into the bar
and also into a private room, which they refused to leave when told
to do so, and on the prosecutor endeavouring to induce them to leave
the house, they struck him on the head and otherwise assaulted him.
After some difficulty they were removed, and a warrant for their
apprehension was applied for on Tuesday. The other two, however,
escaped before it could be executed. Superintendent Colman stated to
the magistrates that the prisoner Calden was a very violent man and
a complete nuisance to the neighbourhood. Calden was then fined 15s.
and costs, and Cork 5s. and costs, the magistrates informing them
that if they were brought up again they would be committed to prison
without the option of a fine, as such disgraceful scenes could not
be tolerated.
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Barclay, Perkin's Anchor Magazine. Volume IX, No.11, November 1929.
Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.
Olde George, Shoreham. CONGRATULATIONS.
Congratulations to Mr & Mrs G Summerfield, of the "Olde George" Inn,
Shoreham and all concerned, for making the largest collection of any House in the county in aid of the Kent
County Association for the Blind. |
LICENSEE LIST
SPILSTED Henry 1675+
PEARCH William 1707+
WILMOTT William to 1775 dec'd
DAY John 1832-40+
 
ASHDOWN Richard 1860-61+ (age 62 in 1861 )
YATES James 1881+ (age 75 in 1881)
SPENDER George 1901-03+ (age 49 in 1901)
BRUNSDEN James 1913+
HUMPHREYS Herbert 1922+
SUMMERFIELD G 1929+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/GeorgeInn.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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