Kentish Gazette, 9 October 1849.

SUTTON VALENCE. Fatal Accident.

An inquest was held at the "Plough Inn," on Monday last, before W. T. Neave, Esq., deputy-coroner, on the body of George Burr, a labourer, aged 52, who had fallen off the rods of a timber carriage at the foot of Sutton Hill, both wheels having passed over him.

Verdict— "Accidental death."

South Eastern Gazette 14 September 1852.

BEARSTED.—PETTY SESSIONS.

Sun. 6.— (Before J. Jacobson, Esq., Chairman, Capt. Marsham, the Rev. R. Martin, E. Burton, D. Stratton, W. W. T. Baldwin, Esqrs., and Sir John Croft, Bart.)

The whole of the licenses were renewed without comment, with the two following exceptions. A complaint was made by Superintendent Turrall against the landlord of the "Plough" at Sutton, for keeping him at the door five minutes before admitting him. The Bench strongly condemned the landlord's conduct and cautioned him as to the future.

Kentish Gazette, 15 March 1853.

The licenses of the following houses were transferred:-

The "Plough," Sutton Valence, from Henry Farrance to James Morgan.

South Eastern Gazette, 15 November 1853.

BEARSTED. Petty Sessions, Monday.— (Before J. Jacobson, Esq., chairman, Capt. Marsham, E. Burton, D. Scratton, and C. G. Whittaker, Esqrs.)

James Morgan, of the "Plough Inn," Sutton Valence, was charged by Superintendent Turrall with allowing drinking in his house during divine service on Sunday afternoon, the 30th October.

Fined £1 and 15s. costs.

South Eastern Gazette, Tuesday 03 December 1861.

WANT SITUATIONS. NURSEMAID or UNDERNURSE.

A respectable Young Person., E, M. Mr. Edmed's PLOUGH INN, Langley, nr. Maidstone, Kent.

From the Southeastern Gazette, 13 March 1866.

SUTTON VALENCE. A Lad Killed by a Traction Engine.

On Friday last an inquest was held at the “Plough Inn,” Sutton Valence, before W. T. Neve, Esq., coroner, and a jury of which Mr. Paine was foreman, touching the death of Edward Donett, a lad between 14 and 15 years of age, who was killed by a traction engine belonging to Messrs. Aveling and Porter, of Rochester. From the evidence of Peter Smith, foreman of the engine, Thomas Clerk, William Chambers, and others, it appeared that the engine in question, with 3 trucks attached, was returning from High Halden, near Tenterden, whither it had travelled on the previous day, on an experimental trip, as noticed elsewhere. The novelty of this engine in the country villages caused no small excitement, and many of the villagers clambered up into the empty trucks, and at the time of the accident as many as a hundred were riding in this way. After the engine had passed the “Plough” gate, on the Maidstone side of Sutton Valence, the deceased, who had been riding in the middle carriage of the three, jumped from the truck into the road, the engine being in motion at the time. In so doing, he fell backwards, and the wheels of the truck passed over his head, crushing it, and causing instant death. The engine was quickly brought to a standstill, and the body of the poor boy removed. Supt. Ovenden, of the Bearsted division, K.C.C., was on the spot a few minutes after the occurrence. The jury returned a verdict of “Accidental death,” but cautioned Smith, the foreman, not to allow people to get into the carriages in future. Smith said it would have been difficult on the present occasion to prevent this, as the people “regularly took the trucks by storm.” After the inquest, the jury made a liberal subscription for the parents of the deceased, who are industrious and respectable people living in the village.