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Page Updated:- Thursday, 12 January, 2023.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1841-

Horse and Groom

Closed 2016

Wrotham Hill / London Road

Stansted

Horse and Groom 1910

Above photo, circa 1910.

Horse and Groom 2009

Above photo 2009.

Horse and Groom 1992

Above photo 2009 by Stacey Harris Creative Commons Licence.

Horse and Groom 2015

Above photo kindly sent by Tricia Francis, 30 March 2015.

Horse and Groom sign 1986

Above sign, 1986.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Horse and Groom sign 1992Horse and Groom sign 2015

Above sign, left September 1992. Sign right, July 2015.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

 

In 1873 Tommy Atkins was seen begging at this pub before being apprehended for the murder of Police Constable Israel May. (See details.)

Situated on Old London Road (A20). Renovated by the previous owners into a gastropub in 2011, it was closed and sold in 2016 and has just stood there with scaffolding on it until recently. It has been ”in the process of being converted into a residential property” for over two years.

 

Former Horse and Groom 2017

Above photo, 2017 by Francisca Biggs.

 

LICENSEE LIST

CLEMENT Thomas 1841+ (age 40 in 1841Census)

CONSTABLE William 1851+ (age 56 in 1851Census)

BODIAM James 1858+

BODIUM William 1861+ (age 57 in 1861Census)

BRYANT William 1874+

HAYSMAN William 1881+ (age 55 in 1881Census)

MAY Thomas 1903+ Kelly's 1903

BROOKS Stephen 1911+ (ostler age 21 in 1911Census)

NEWING Stephen D 1913+

PANKHURST Ernest Henry 1930+

GOULD Samuel 1938+

Last pub licensee had ???? Pat & Bridie 2009+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/HorseGroom.shtml

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/horsegroom.html

 

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

CensusCensus

 

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