56 St. George's Lane
Canterbury
Above photo, circa 1900, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
 Above photo, circa 1935, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above showing the original "Coach and Horses" circa
1900 taken from Historic Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com |
Above photo, circa 1900, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1925, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above Google image, June 2014. |
Above photo showing the location in 2017, kindly taken and sent by Rory Kehoe. |
The original building was on the corner of St George's Street and St.
George's Lane as 56 St. Georges Street and was listed as early as 1878.
Unfortunately that building was destroyed during the blitz of 1942.
Above photo showing the "Coach and Horses" in 1965, taken by Edward
Wilmot. |
Above photo 1969. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. The pub is on the extreme right of the
photo. |
Above sign 1967.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
Above photo circa 1980, kindly sent by Garth Wyver. |
Above photo 1988, kindly sent by Michael Mirams. |
Having been rebuilt in December 1963, it was a tied house of Shepherd Neame in the late 1980s. By the early 1990s it was
sold by Shepherd Neame and changed name to "Fools
and Horses." This remained as such until about 1996 when it again
changed name, this time to "Dundees,"
but early in 1998 it again changed name, this time to an establishment
titled "Fitz the Music Place."
That lasted merely a few months to mid 1998 and again changed name with it's
original theme to simply the "Coach
House," where it remained under that name for almost a year till April
1999. After that date and until its demolition in the autumn of 2000 it was
actually used as its name should of suggested, as a temporary Stagecoach
East Kent bus travel and booking office. Today, it is part of the
Whitefriar's Shopping Centre.
Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette 15 September 1866.
At the City Petty Sessions on Thursday, it being the annual licensing
day, the following applications for new licenses were refused:-
J. Larkin, the "Coach and Horses," St George's.
There are now 168 licensed houses in Canterbury besides beer shops and
refreshment houses."
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From the Whitstable Times, 12 July, 1902.
A PUBLICAN CONVICTED.
Henry Tomlin, landlord of the “Coach and Horses” public house in St
George’s Street, was summonsed for selling intoxicating liquors during
prohibited hours. Mr. A. K. Mowll appeared for defendant and pleaded guilty. Superintendent Farmery said on Sunday, at 8.50 a.m., P.C. Holness saw a
man go into defendant’s house by the side door, and when he came out he
saw that he looked bulky, and stopped him and found a bottle of spirits
on him. The constable went to the “Coach and Horses” and saw defendant,
who denied having served the man. Mr. Mowll addressed the Bench in mitigation. He admitted the facts, and
said his client did a very foolish thing in denying that he had served
the man, but no liquor was consumed on the premises. Defendant had been
landlord of the “Coach and Horses” for 12 years, and there had never
been the slightest complaint against him.
Superintendent Farmery, in reply to the Bench, said defendant had
conducted the house very well. The Magistrates inflicted a fine of £2 and 12s. coats. It was stated
that the licence would not be endorsed. |
LICENSEE LIST
PAGE Mary 1832+

PILCHER Thomas 1840+

JENNINGS William (Master printer) 1860s

LARKIN J 1866 (refused)

SHAXBY J 1867+
LARKIN John 1871+ (also Fly Proprietor age 38 in 1871 )
HULSE Edward 1874+

HULSE Mrs 1878+
 
JELL Edward 1881-82+ (age 40 in 1881 )
 
MOSCROP William Henry 1889-91+
 
TOMLIN Henry 1893-1903+
  
HARTLAND William Henry Walton 1913+

LARAMAN H J 1917+

MILLS James Edward 1922+

BUSHELL Frederick William 1930-38+
 
MELBOURNE Roy Dec/1963+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/CoachHorses.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
Canterbury
Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1878
Census
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1918
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Inns of Canterbury
by Edward Wilmot, 1988
Historic
Canterbury web site www.machadoink.com
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