Ashford

Above quart tankard, date unknown, kindly sent by Hazel Winter.

Above quart tankard, date unknown, kindly sent by Hazel Winter.

Above engraving saying Jm Elgar or Elgow Halfway House, Ashford.

Above hallmark looking like QUART.

Above hallmark showing QRT and horse symbol.

I'm really not sure about this one, although I have been sent images of a quart mug with the name "Halfway House" on it, I have no other knowledge of a "Halfway House" in Ashford. The nearest "Halfway House" I know of is in Challock. However, there are two Ashford's located in Devon, one in Derbyshire and another in Surrey, but so far I haven't managed to find any reference to a pub with that name in any of those counties. I am hoping that this is indeed a new pub unknown previously in Ashford, Kent.

Hazel says she may have picked it up from a charity shop in Arundel or Chichester, West Sussex. But from personal experience once a pub closes or has its old pewter tankards decommissioned by Weights and Measures, they are either destroyed or sold and can end up anywhere in the world.

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