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13 St. Dunstan's Street
Canterbury
01227 768915
https://www.bishopsfingercanterbury.co.uk/
https://whatpub.com/bishops-finger
Above photo, date unknown. |
 Photos taken on 16
August, 2007 from
http://www.flickr.com
by John Law. |
 
Above photos and sign left taken by Paul Skelton, 19 May 2012.
Bishop's Finger sign right October 1992.
Above with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com |
Above sign, 2020, kindly taken and sent by Roger Pester. |
Above photo, 2018, kindly taken and sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Originally titles the "George and Dragon" Faversham Brewers renovated the
building for a sum between £10,000-£15,000 in 1969 and changed the name to
the "Bishops Finger" to celebrate their strong ale. The building itself can
be traced back to 1692 and was converted from two cottages.
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From
http://www.ghostpubs.com accessed 17 June 2015.
HAUNTED.
In the 19th century, many wooden country signposts were carved with a
pointed finger of direction. This became derisory vernacular for bishops
who can point heavenwards. However, they do not follow their own advice.
It subsequently became used as a pub name, especially in cathedral
cities. One woman, Ellen Blean, housekeeper to one canon at Canterbury,
discovered he was having an affair with a younger woman. She poisoned
them both with a meat pie and then disappeared. Her body was shortly
afterwards discovered, walled up at a house near this pub called Dark
Entry, where she had been buried alive. Every Friday night her ghost
wanders this street and then manifests in one of the front bars of this
inn. She has been portrayed as a plain faced, fat woman in a long, wide
skirt and a mobcap.
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LICENSEE LIST
BARRETT "FAWLTY" Tony & Alison 1990-2000
McCORD Mr S 2012+
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