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62 The Hill
Littlebourne
01227 728073
http://www.evenhillcanterbury.co.uk/
https://whatpub.com/evenhill
Above photo showing a christening celebration, circa 1900, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1927. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. People unknown. |
Above photo, circa 1931. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. People unknown. |
Above photo, circa 1938, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, April 1963, kindly sent by Clive Bowley. |
Above photo, April 1963, kindly sent by Clive Bowley. |
Above photo 2010 by David Anstiss
Creative Commons Licence.
 
Evenhill House sign left July 1991, sign right June 1993.
Above with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com |
 
Above sign left 2012, sign right, 2019, kindly sent by Roger Pester
www.innsignsociety.com |
Now a Shepherd Neame pub their web site describes it as the following:-
"Originally built as cottages in the 16th century, the Evenhill lies on
the A257 in Littlebourne - between Canterbury and Sandwich.
The comfortable, traditional Victorian bar with its oak beams and
fireplaces, leads onto the Evenhill's popular extensive split-level
restaurant.
The superb restaurant serves delicious home cooked meals - perfect for
lunches and dinners or special occasions. Tasty bar meals are also available
throughout the day.
A pleasant garden completes the picture of a typical yet pleasantly
surprising Kentish pub.
Howletts Zoo Park is close by, as is the historic city of Canterbury. The
coastal towns of Sandwich, Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs are a short
drive away and there are many golf courses nearby."
Further information, hopefully to follow.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 11 May 1878.
PROHIBITED HOURS.
James Newing, for whom Mr. Delasaux appeared, was summoned for keeping
his public house, the "Evenhill," Littlebourne, open during prohibited
hours, on Sunday morning.
A police constable in plain clothes entered the house and found several
persons there with cups containing beer before then.
The landlord stated that the people were there in respect of a
transaction entered into on the previous night, they were in fact
engaged in housework.
A great deal of evidence pro and con, was given, and eventually the case
was dismissed.
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The Dover Express, Friday, September 05, 1919 ; pg. 8; Issue 3190.
EAST KENT NEWS. TEMPLE EWELL. DART CLUB.
Members of the Dart Club of the "Fox," Temple Ewell, visited the "Evenhill
House," Littlebourne, on Saturday last, when excellent games were
played, the homesters coming out eventually victors by three games to
two. An excellent tea was provided by Mr. H. W. Maxted, landlord of "Evenhill,"
when upwards of 50 sat down after the match. A very pleasant musical
evening was spent, songs being contributed by the visitors and homesters.
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From the Kentish Express, circa 1920.
THE FIVE OLD FRIENDS OF LITTLEBOURNE.
THEIR AGES TOTAL 382 YEARS.
Those people who talk glibly of "the good old days" should hear the five
old friends of Littlebourne speak of the days when they were boys. Their
ages total 382 years.
They are Mr. F. Rye, aged 85 and Littlebourne’s oldest male inhabitant,
Mr. G. Measday, 77, Mr. Edward Rigden and Mr. Thomas Marsh, both aged
74, and Mr. H. W. Maxted, aged 72. One or two of them are still working.
Mr. Maxted is the landlord of the "Evenhill" public-house at
Littlebourne.
These five old friends (some of whom have never been outside the county
in their lives) still meet to enjoy a glass of ale at the "Evenhill" on
Sunday mornings, but not to yarn about "the good old days."
At the age of seven, Mr. Rye was working in the fields, uprooting the
weeds from among the crops.
"The wages we received were 4d. a day," Mr. Rye told the Kentish Express,
"and the hours were from, 6 o'clock in the morning until 6 o’clock in
the evening during the summer months. If we scamped our work, we got a
blow on the head from a man who was walking behind us. It was no use
complaining to our parents of ill-treatment, for they only told us that
it served us right, and probably gave us a good hiding into the
bargain."
Mr. Rye said the full rate of pay he received as a young man was 15s. a
week, and on this he brought up a family. He is seen in the centre of
the group, with some of his friends, all of whom have lived in the
Littlebourne district nearly all their lives.
Standing: Mr. E. Rigden & Mr. H. W. Maxted.
Sitting: Mr. G. Measday, Mr.
E. Rye & Mr. T. Marsh. |
LICENSEE LIST
NEWING James 1878-91+ (also Market Gardener age 68 in 1891 )
BAILEY Ralph Edward 1911+ (age 67 in 1911)
SPICER Mr A E to July/1914
MAXTED Mr William Henry July/1914-19+
PERRY Mr F 2010+
From the Dover Express
Census
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