Wrotham Hill / London Road

Stansted

Above photo, circa 1910. Above photo 2009.

Above photo 2009 by Stacey Harris Creative Commons Licence.

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

Above sign, 1986. With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

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.

Above photo, 2017 by Francisca Biggs.

LICENSEE LIST

CLEMENT Thomas 1841+ (age 40 in 1841)

CONSTABLE William 1851+ (age 56 in 1851)

BODIAM James 1858+

BODIUM William 1861+ (age 57 in 1861)

BRYANT William 1874+

HAYSMAN William 1881+ (age 55 in 1881)

MAY Thomas 1903+

BROOKS Stephen 1911+ (ostler age 21 in 1911)

NEWING Stephen D 1913+

PANKHURST Ernest Henry 1930+

GOULD Samuel 1938+

???? Pat & Bridie 2009+

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

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

From the Kelly's Directory 1903

Census