Maidstone Road

Headcorn

I am hoping that this "Red Lion" is situated in Headcorn and not from one of the nearby villages.

I am informed that after Joseph died, his wife continued to run the pub. She died in Headcorn in 1877. The pub was referred to as a beer-house but had boarders living there as well.

The 1851 census gave the address as "Near the Churchyard."

LICENSEE LIST

SMITH Joseph 1851-61+ (age 39 in 1851)

SMITH Francis (wife) 1871+ (age 58 in 1871)

Census

From Melville's Directory 1858