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Plough Lane/Roman Road
Upper Harbledown
https://whatpub.com/plough-inn
Above photo, 1980, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Plough at Upper Harbledown by Nigel Chadwick (Creative
Commons License)
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Above photo showing the bar area. 2011.
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Above photo, circa 2012, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above 1d token circa 1870, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
 
Above sign left, July 1986, sign right 2003.
With thanks from Roger Pester
www.innsignsociety.com. |
 
Above photos showing the top half of a cocktail stick from the 1960s,
kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo 2016, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo 2016, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above beer-mat 1982, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above beer-mat 1982, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
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Kentish Gazette. Saturday 27 September 1777.
Wanted immediately. To pair of Sawyers.
Who understand cutting ship planx.
They have a Winter's Work by inquiring of George ???ols, at the "Plow,"
Harbledown, near Canterbury.
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From the Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal 7 September 1819.
VALUABLE BREWERY,
Free Public Houses and other estates,
To be Sold By Auction, By Messrs. White, (Without Reserve).
Pursuant to certain orders of the Vice Chancellor of Great Britain, and
before the Major part of the Commissioners named and authorised in and
by a Commission of bankrupt awarded and issued against Matthew William
Sankey, of the City of Canterbury, brewer, dealer and chapman, at the
Guildhall, of the said city of Canterbury, on Wednesday next, the 22nd
day of September next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, (subject to
such conditions of sale as shall be then and there produced.)
The following very Valuable Freehold Estates, in Lots.
Valuable Brewery free public houses and other Estates to be sold by
auction by Mrs white without reserve.
Lot 17. A Messuage called the "Plough," with the Stable, yard, garden,
and appurtenances, situate in Harbledown, in the said County, and now in
the occupation of William Pilcher.
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Kentish Gazette 14 April 1801.
Early yesterday morning some villains broke into the cellar of the
"Plough" public-house, at Harbledown, and stole thereout a quantity
of spirituous liquors to the value of £12.
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Kent Gazette, 15 January 1839.
DEATHS.
Dec. 13, at Smith's Hospital, Longport, Canterbury. Mr. Pitcher, at an
advanced age, formerly landlord of the "Plough" public-house, Harbledown.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 16 January 1869.
Harbledown. Robbery From The Person On A Highway.
At the county magistrates' office, on Tuesday, before P. Martin, Esq.,
Thomas Baker, a rag and bone collector, of Canterbury, was charged with
having stolen about 30s. From the person of William Castle, at
Harbledown, on the previous evening.
It appears that the prosecutor and prisoner met at the "Plough" public
house, and the prosecutor having bought a rabbit there, the prisoner saw
that he possessed the quantity of silver. He followed him towards
Canterbury, overtook him, and we began hustling him about, under the
pretence of assisting him along the road. Presently the prisoner left,
and then the prosecutor missed his money. He was traced to Canterbury by
P.C. Page, K.C.C., and found at a public house in Military Road.
On charging him with the theft, he denied it, and said he had no money
about him.
The Constable proceeded to search in, which, by overcoming much
resistance, he succeeded in doing, and found upon him 27s.4 1/2d.,
principally in half crowns - the same kind of money that the prosecutor
lost.
Prisoner was remanded till Saturday.
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From the Whitstable Times, 11 October, 1902.
HARBLEDOWN. REFUSING TO QUIT.
James Baker was charged with refusing to quit the “Plough Inn,”
Harbledown, on the 22nd September, when requested to do so by the
landlord, Thomas Norris.
Prisoner pleaded guilty.
There was another charge against prisoner, that of being drunk at Summer
Hill on the same date. He pleaded guilty to this charge also.
P.C. G. Neame stated the facts of the case.
The Bench fined defendant £1 and 9s. 6d. costs, or fourteen days' hard
labour in the first case, and 10s. and 8s. costs or seven days in the
second.
Prisoner was allowed a week in which to find the money.
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Dover Express 16th August 1946.
ADISHAM.
Dennis Ellender (20) of 5 Station Road, Adisham, was seriously injured
on Saturday night in a head-on collision near the “Plough Inn”, Upper
Harbledown, near Canterbury, between his motor cycle and a motor van
driven by Mrs. M. A. Gurr of 19 Preston Road, Faversham. The force of the
impact catapulted Mr. Ellender from his machine through the windscreen
of the van. He was taken by ambulance to the Kent and Canterbury
Hospital with multiple head injuries and a fractured knee-cap. He is
reported to be making favourable progress. |
Situated in Upper Harbledown, the pub closed in 2011 and has been
converted into flats.
Following information kindly supplied by Rory Kehoe:- The lady named on
the beer-mat, Andree Collins, was the de facto manager of the Plough but the
actual tenant was her son, who lived in Cardiff and ran a couple of
nightclubs there. In around 1982, Andree had a major Pools win and if memory
serves, scooped c.£300,000 (around £2 million in 2021 value) Wealth may have
brought happiness but it also made Andree a target for criminals and about a
year after her win, she was robbed. Apart from being badly shaken up, Andree
was robbed of some of her jewellery. More trouble was to follow and in
around 1984, the Plough was firebombed. Nobody was badly hurt and the Fire
Brigade was able to save the Plough but in doing so, had to smash the pub's
windows, which included the last remaining example of one, advertising
"Ash's Canterbury Ales."
In later years, the Plough became a Thai restaurant and bar, a licensed
B&B and various forms of pub, none of which really caught the drinking
public's imagination. The subsequent combination of low turnover and
excessive PubCo rent did the rest, hence the Plough's failure, closure and
conversion to flats. Yet another dry village.
LICENSEE LIST
???OLS George 1777+
PILCHER William 1819+
WELLARD James 1832+
DUNKIN William 1838-51+
(age 48 in 1851 )
BISHOP Henry 1855-58+
 
SAYER Thomas 1861-62+ (age 51 in 1861) 
FOX William 1871+ (age 50 in 1871)
HEARN Henry James 1881-91+ (age 56 in 1891)
NORRIS Thomas 1901-11+ (age 45 in 1911)
 
MILLER Maurice C 1938+
???? Sylvia & Gordon 1960s
COLLINS Andree 1982+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Plough.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Post Office Directory 1855
From Melville's Directory 1858
From the Post Office Directory 1862
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Whitstable Times
and Herne Bay Herald
Census
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