COACH AND HORSES Pubs of Lyminge

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Page Updated:- Thursday, 10 October, 2024.

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Paul Skelton

Earliest 1769-

Coach and Horses

Open 2024+

Church Road (Lyminge Street 1881)

Lyminge

01303 862694

https://whatpub.com/coach-horses

Above photo pre 1888.

Above postcard, 1910, kindly sent by Michael Mirams.

Above photo, circa 1910, showing the forge opposite the pub on the right.

Above postcard, circa 1934. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. The "Coach and Horses" is on the left above the middle.

Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Debi Birkin.

All above photos by Paul Skelton, 28 July 2009.

All above photo by Paul Skelton, 28 July 2009.

Above photo circa 2018.

All above photos by Paul Skelton, 28 July 2009. Sign right 2015.

Above hand cart advertising the pub, circa 1920. Their George Beer & Rigden handcart (for delivering off sales?).

The picture is c.1990 and dates from the dispersal sale of the Faversham Brewery about a year after brewing ceased and Whitbread was selling up. No idea who bought/what became of the cart.

In 1869-70 the pub was part of a consortium who were advertising their goods of selling tea in response to grocers' selling beer and wine. (Click for further details.)

Situated close by St. Ethelburga's Well, a sacred well in the village of Lyminge just off the church with the same name, the site of the well is marked on the 1876 OS map.

The end of the house shows the date 1888 which is obviously when the pub was rebuilt on the site of a previous build.

The "Coach and Horses" was frequented by the board of Guardians at the harsh Elham Union Workhouse, where alcohol was strictly forbidden for the inmates. The Union closed its doors in the 1930s to be converted into old peoples homes.

From the Kentish Gazette or Canterbury Chronicle, Saturday 27 May to Wednesday 31 May, 1769. Price 2½d.

TO COVER THIS SEASON

At the low price of Half a Guinea the Mare, and one Shilling the Servant, at John Hogben's, the “Coach and Horses,” in Lyminge.

A Fine Chestnut Horse, Four Years old this Grass, the high-bred famous SYPHON.

He is Fifteen Hands and an Inch high, well made, good Blood, and free from all natural Blemishes, moves well in all his Paces, and is a remarkable quiet good-tempered Horse. He is allowed to get very fine Foals, as is provided the best of Judges. He came off a right-bred Mare. To fill the paper with his Pedigree, would be needless, as his Make and Figure must inevitably prove to all Judges, that he is a fine Horse, had Blood and Strength sufficient for any Hunter.

Kentish Gazette 8 October 1819.

Marriage.

Oct 5, at Lymminge, Mr. Friend, landlord of the "Coach and Horses Inn," to Miss Hogben of the same place.

From the Kentish Gazette, 19 July 1842.

Lyminge.

On Friday week, being the anniversary of the Lyminge Friendly Society, the members met at one o’clock, and proceeded to church headed by a band of music, and two of the members bearing the flag of the society, with the clergyman and most of the honorary members. An appropriate sermon was delivered by the rector, after which they paraded round the village, and met at the "Coach and Horses," where an excellent dinner was served up by the worthy host, to which the company did ample justice. From the accounts it appears that after a very heavy year’s expenditure the members shared 5s. 2 1/2d. each. The whole of the officers were unanimously re-elected.

Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 23 July 1904.

YE OLDE COACH AND HORSES, LYMINGE. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.

LUNCHEONS, DINNERS AND TEAS PROVIDED.

Special Accommodation for Cyclists and Travellers.

GOOD STABLING.

Fine New Airy and Lofty DINING HALL, capable of seating 150 people comfortably.

Rigden's Fine Ales and Stouts.

T. TRITTON, Proprietor.

Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 22 May 1920.

COACH & HORSES HOTEL, LYMINGE.

The centre for the loveliest Scenery in Kent. Splendid light, airy and commodious annexe for Dinners, Teas, Suppers and At Homes.

Large Daimler Car, to sit six with chaffeur, meets trains to order for drives through Charming Rural Districts.

"Lillies of the Valley" now in full blossom in West Woods.

Further particulars:- Mr. Hopton, Proprietor, "Coach and Horses," Lyminge.

From the Folkestone Express/Herald Thursday, 2 August, 2013

A beer festival is being held from tomorrow, Friday, to Monday. As well as the ciders and real ales there will be live music to which a warm invitation is extended to all. Their monthly charity quiz is on Wednesday, August 28 at 7.30pm.

From the https://www.dailymail.co.uk By Ollie Gillman, 28 August 2015.

Ann Barnes, the £85,000-a-year PCC for Kent is said to have made a waitress cry after ranting at her over an extra glass of wine added to her bill.

A police and crime commissioner is said to have made a waitress cry after ranting at her over an extra glass of wine added to her bill.

Ann Barnes ‘hit the roof’ and threatened never to return to the pub, its manager said.

The £85,000-a-year PCC for Kent was at the Coach and Horses in Lyminge with her husband Tony on Sunday when she was accidentally charged for three £5.75 glasses of wine instead of two.

Manager Steven Dale said Mrs Barnes, who lives in the village, got ‘in a strop’ and stormed out of the pub - despite bar staff cancelling the extra charge.

‘Everyone was shocked,’ he said.

A regular, who asked not to be named, added: ‘She kept saying that she would never be back to the pub and the waitress was obviously upset and was crying.

'She should be ashamed of her behaviour - it was either a simple mix-up with the bill or she forgot how many glasses of wine she had - either way it’s just £5.75 and not worth making someone cry over.'

Writing on her personal Twitter account just after the ‘incident’ - in a tweet that has now been deleted - Mrs Barnes said: 'What do you do when overcharged for lunch at local Lyminge pub and the pub’s owner ‘too busy’ to speak to a very upset customer about it.'

Mrs Barnes was once branded a ‘David Brent-style’ boss for driving around in her 'battle bus' van called Ann Force One, which cost the taxpayer £15,000.

The controversial police chief appeared in an embarrassing Channel 4 documentary last year in which she admitted she had 'no idea' what her job entails.

In one clip, Mrs Barnes draws a 'crime onion' in an attempt to explain what types of offences Kent Police prioritises.

But when asked what the rings meant she said: 'Oh God, I've got no idea - I can't tell you actually - I wasn't thinking I'd be talking about the actual onion (the concentric circles) as we call it - umm I don't know know really - everything's important.'

In the show, which was broadcast in May 2014, she was asked: 'What is a police commissioner?'

She replied: 'Oh dear, what is a police commissioner? Right, well it's not the Police Commissioner, it's the Police and Crime Commissioner.'

When she tried to explain what a police and crime commissioner is, she writes PPC – before realising she has the initials wrong, saying: 'Let's start again.'

Then, after struggling to explain what the job means, she explains: 'It's a strange job because there is actually no description at all - there are certain responsibilities you have to do, but there is no actual job description.'

Mrs Barnes described the £15,000 spent on her minibus as 'money well spent', boasting that she could have had a top of the range Mercedes instead but that was not 'my image'.

She was then seen driving a convertible Mercedes and parking it in her reserved spot at Maidstone police station.

Mrs Barnes' tenure as Kent's first police and crime commissioner started with controversy after she hired a 'youth police and crime commissioner', Paris Brown.

The then 17-year-old was forced to quit just a week after taking up the £15,000-a-year role when her own police force launched an investigation into racist and homophobic comments she posted on the internet.

Miss Brown wrote the offensive messages on her personal Twitter account, which also included boasts about her sex life, violence, drinking binges and drugs. Kent Police eventually decided not to take action against her.

Her replacement Kerry Boyd, also chosen for the role by Mrs Barnes, was suspended from work last June after admitting having a relationship with a married former Tory councillor more than twice her age.

Miss Boyd, 20, returned to her job months after allegations she had a 'very close' friendship with Robert Burgess, 50, but did not have her contract renewed in February this year.

Mrs Barnes' spokesman declined to comment last night.

LICENSEE LIST

HOGBEN John 1769+

FRIEND Thomas 1819-51+ (age 50 in 1841)