DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Sort file:- Ashford, March, 2024.

Page Updated Ashford:- Saturday, 16 March, 2024.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1851-

Man of Kent

Latest 2012

(Name to)

8-9 Middle Row

Ashford

Man of Kent

Above postcard, date unknown.

Man of Kent 1955

Above postcard 1955.

Man of Kent

Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Mark Jennings.

Man of Kent

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

Man of Kent

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

Man of Kent 1989

Above photo, circa 1989, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Man of Kent

Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, date unknown.

Man of Kent

Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, date unknown.

Man of Kent

Latest photo by Chris Excel, date unknown. As you can see here in this photo, the pub has been very much so changed in it renovation and has been extended into the property of the former Dixons.

Man of Kent sogn 1990

Above sign, 1990.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Man of Kent sign 1991Man of Kent sign

Man of Kent sign left 1991 sign right circa 2012.

Man of Kent cardMan of Kent card

Above aluminium card issued June 1951. Sign series 3 number 22.

Above Christmas card front, 1939. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Above Christmas card inside, 1939. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

 

I am informed that the pub has recently been renamed the "John Wallis."

 

South Eastern Gazette, Tuesday 6 September 1864.

Application for Licenses.

Mr. Tassell, solicitor of Faversham, applied for spirit licenses for the following beer houses on behalf of Messrs. Shepperd and Mares, Brewers.

The "Man of Kent, Middle Row, Ashford, kept by William Richard Brown .......

The Bench refused the application.

 

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:—

....

Mr. Langham made another application for a license for the "Man of Kent" beershop, Middle-row, Ashford, kept by William Richard Brown.

....

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.

 

 

LICENSEE LIST

EDMED George 1851+ (age 55 in 1851Census)

EDMED George John 1858-62+ (age 24 in 1861Census)

BROWNE William Richard 1864-1913+ (age 73 in 1911Census) Kelly's 1903

DUTHIE Herbert Robert 1922+

INDER William B 1930+

CAVE Maurice Raphael John 1938-39+ (age 42 in 1939)

Last pub licensee had LOUGHNANE Tim & Margaret after 1965+

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

 

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

CensusCensus

 

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