DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Page Updated:- Wednesday, 04 March, 2026.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

Unknown Pub 199

Latest ????

Finn's Lydd

 Above photo circa 1910, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

 Close-up of sign, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

 

The signage appears to offer:
??T?MAN (Licensee's name? Pettman, Bateman)
P????Y HOTEL (The P could just as easily be a B, F, or R)
FINN & SONS'
LYDD BREWERY

Finn's owned 42 tied house, not all of which were in Kent but most
were, being located on and around the Romney Marsh and up
towards the Ashford area. There is the possibility though, that
this pub was just over the border in East Sussex.
 

 

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