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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1865-

Denmark Arms

Closed 2009

12 Lower Denmark Road

Ashford

Denmark Arms

Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Andy Turner.

Denmark Arms

Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, date unknown.

Former Denmark Arms 2009

Above photo by Allan Ward, circa 2009.

Denmark sign 1991

Above sign July 1991 with thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

 

Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette 09 September 1865.

LICENSING DAY.

The licenses of the public houses in the Ashford division were renewed. The following new licenses were applied for:—

....

William Davis, landlord of the "Denmark Arms" beershop, South Ashford, applied for a license, the granting of which was opposed by Mr. Simmoms, landlord of the "South-Eastern Railway Tavern," South Ashford.

....

The Bench retired to consider the applications, and on returning into Court announced that they had decided to refuse all of them with the exception of that for the "Man of Kent." Ashford, kept by William Richard Brown, and for that house they had decided to grant a license.

 

Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 26 November 1881.

ASHFORD. PETTY SESSIONS.

Henry Sutton, landlord of the "Denmark Arms," South Ashford, for measuring a pint of beer into an unstamped measure, was fined £1 and £1 costs.

 

From the Kentish Express, 22 January 1932.

LICENSEES' DEATHS AT ASHFORD AMD PLUCKLEY.

Licensees in the Ashford district will regret to hear of the death of two of their colleague this week.

The elder. Mr. William Joseph Fidler, of the "Black Horse," Pluckley, who died on Thursday, was one of the oldest licensees in the Ashford licensing division and had been at Pluckley for many years.

The other Mr. Ernest John Richards, aged fifty-nine, had been licensee of the "Denmark Arms," South Ashford, for thirty years. He died on Tuesday after a brief illness. Before becoming licence of the "Denmark Arms" he was employed at the old brewery in Dover-place, Ashford. Mr. Richards was a member of the Stour Lodge of Freemasons, of the Ashford Bowling Club and of the R.A.O.B., and for many years was an enthusiastic member of the Ashford and District Licensed Victuallers' Association.

The funeral of Mr. Richards takes place this Friday (service, parish—church. 2.20 pm) and that of Mr. Fidler on Monday at Pluckley.

 

 

The pub closed around 2009 and has since been converted into flats.

 

LICENSEE LIST

DAVIS William 1865

STONE John Headley 1874+

SUTTON Henry 1881+ Whitstable Times

STONE Jemima H 1881+ (age 41 in 1881Census)

HALL Herbert William 1882+

DURHAM Charles John 1891+ (age 48 in 1891Census)

RICHARDS Ernest John 1903+ Kelly's 1903 (died 1932 age 59)

CURR William George 1913+

DOBSON John Hadnet Bryce 1922+

DOBSON Emily Elsie 1930+

RICHARDS Alice Maud 21/Mar/1932+

DENT Alfred 1938+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/DenmarkArms.shtml

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Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

Whitstable TimesWhitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald

CensusCensus

 

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