58 Ivy Lane
Canterbury
01227 454423
https://www.whatpub.com/two-sawyers
Above photo, 1923, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Pub outing, with the
licensee, William Terry, wearing the trilby in the middle of the front
row. |
Above photograph by Edward Wilmot in 1965. |
Above photo, 1974, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, 1986, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above image from Google, March 2009. |
Above photo date unknown. |
Above sign, 1968, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Two Sawyers sign left March 1991. Sign right March 2009.
Above with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com
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Operating in 1784, and mentioned in 1803 when William Pilsher pair the
rent of £13 and land tax 17s. to the brewers.
According to the St. Paul's Register of 1788, Mr Goodban had been the
licensee in 1784, with Thomas Johncock being publican in 1788. The 1851
Census listed 5 sawyers living in Ivy Lane and in 1897 it is recorded that
Henry B Wilson owned and occupied a builder's yard and sawmill behind the
Two Sawyers. Rigden's Brewery was the owner of the Two Sawyers from 1866.
Elaine Parry was the licensee from 1959 to 1984. After the death of her
husband, she was helped considerably by her brother-in-law, George Ledger.
The Kentish Gazette of 15th June 1984 had this to say "...Their time at the
Two Sawyers has brought much happiness and comfort to a great many people.
To the Gazette they have been perfect neighbours..." (My note. The former
office of the Kentish Gazette backed onto the Two Sawyers, so I expect their
staff were no strangers to the establishment!) In 1993, the licensee was
Paul Wildman, who renovated the interior and made it into an old style
"local" serving the community. From 1997 to 2000 Peter and Nick Steinmetz
took over, with the aim of creating a traditional pub. The Two Sawyers was
bought by the London-based "Grug & Glug" pub chain and re-opened as a
franchise after renovation in July 2012, when Ben Caunter became the
licensee.
From the Kentish Gazette, 13 March 1810.
On Friday last, aged 25, much regretted by her numerous friends and
acquaintance, Mrs. Rouse, wife of Mr. James Rouse, of the "Two
Sawyers" public-house, Ivy Lane, Canterbury, after a lingering
illness of five months, which she bore with Christian fortitude.
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Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal - Tuesday 13 March 1810.
Died.
March 9, Mrs. Rouse, aged 25 years, wife of Mr. James Rouse, of the "Two
Sawyers," public house, Canterbury. She bore a severe illness 5 months,
with the utmost fortitude, and will be long regretted by all who knew
her.
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Kentish Gazette 15 May 1812.
DIED.
Yesterday, after three days illness, Mr. James Rouse, landlord of the
"Two Sawyers" public-house, Canterbury.
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Kentish Gazette 23 April 1833.
DEATH.
On Friday, Mrs. Knell, wife of Mr. Knell, landlord of the "Two Sawyers"
public-house, Canterbury.
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From the Kentish Gazette, 21 August 1838.
DEATH.
August 15, in King-street, Canterbury, Mr. James Knell, formerly
landlord of the "Two Sawyers," Ivy-lane.
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Kentish Gazette, 30 April 1844.
TO BE SOLD,
4 FIVE MOTION BEER ENGINE, nearly new, at a a very great sacrifice.
Inquire at the "Two Sawyers," Ivy Lane, Canterbury.
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Since the mid 1700s, research has shown no less than 10 named inns in Ivy
lane.
On 17th September, 1844 the Kentish Gazette reported the premises to let
as "a most desirable Public House with Pleasure Gardens etc. Rent £19 19s.
per annum."
East Kent Times 01 January 1859.
J. Spain, "Two Sawyers," Ivy Lane, Canterbury.
Licensed to let Horses, Carriages, etc.
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South Eastern Gazette, 28 February, 1860.
CHARTHAM.
Death of a Labourer Injured at the Railway Works.
In our impression of the 17th ult. we noticed that on the previous
day a navvy, named John Smith, about 40 years of age, had been
injured at the railway works, in this parish, his thigh being
fractured. The poor fellow lingered in great agony until Wednesday
last, when he died at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. On the
following evening, the coroner, T. T. Delasaux, Esq., held an
inquest on the body of the deceased, at the "Two Sawyers," in the
parish of St. Paul, Canterbury, when the particulars of the
occurrence, as given by us at the time, were detailed in evidence.
The deceased, it will be remembered, went on to the line to uncouple
the last of a number of loaded trucks which were coming from the
Chartham cutting, and was jammed between the buffers. William
Hopkins, a fellow labourer, who saw the accident, said the
occurrence was purely accidental, and no blame was attachable to any
one; in fact, the deceased ought to have stopped until the waggons
were quite still before he proceeded to uncouple them.
The nurse at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital she had attended on
the deceased said every possible attention had been paid to him, and
he had been kept alive by the wine and other nourishment he had
received.
The Coroner, in summing up, said it might appear strange that an
inquest should be held upon the body of the deceased so long after
the accident, but the law said, if a person died from injury within
a year and a day after sustaining the injury, then an inquest must
be held on the body; and this was quite necessary in the present
instance, the object being to ascertain if there was any blame
attachable to any one, or whether it was purely accidental.
One of the jury (Mr. J. Kelson) said it was very necessary that an
inquest should be held in such cases, for he had seen, in his
experience in connection with railway works, that the men were often
too venturesome, and when an accident occurred, then the contractor
was blamed. If it was not for such inquiries as the present, they
would hear of more accidents than they did.
A verdict of "Accidental death" was then recorded.
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South Eastern Gazette, 27 November, 1860.
The late Fatal Accident by Burning.
We briefly mentioned in our last that the young girl, Elizabeth
Guest, who met with an accident the previous Wednesday evening by
burning, had died from the effects of the injuries she sustained.
Yesterday evening week T. T. Delasaux, Esq., coroner, held an
inquest on the body of the unfortunate deceased, at the "Two
Sawyers," in the parish of St. Paul.
Elizabeth Ann Hambrook, dressmaker, St. Margaret’s-street, deposed
that the deceased had been, in her service as maid of all work for
about two months. On Wednesday evening deceased was alone in the
kitchen, and witness, hearing screams, rushed down stairs, and then
saw the clothes of the deceased in flames.
John E. Pettitt, chemist, stated that on Wednesday evening ha heard
violent screaming, and on looking into the street saw the deceased
on the ground, and her clothes in flames, which were extinguished as
quickly as possible.
Deceased was conveyed to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, where she
died on Sunday evening.
Verdict, "Accidental death."
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From the Kentish Chronicle, 14 May, 1864.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
On Sunday morning, at an early hour, Mrs. Mary Ann Glass, wife of the
landlord of the “Sawyers” public house, Ivy Lane, attempted to cut her
throat, with a clasp knife which she had taken from her husband’s
pocket. She succeeded in inflicting a frightful gash in her neck
severing the windpipe and some of the other principal vessels. Her
husband raised an alarm, and Mr. E. Callaway, surgeon, called in. But
little hope is entertained of her recovery.
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East Kent Gazette, Saturday 5 December 1874.
Fatal Gun Accident.
On Monday evening, Mr. Coroner Delasaux, held an inquest at the "Two
Sawyers Inn," Ivy Lane, Canterbury, on the body of George Philip Smith
age 36 a gamekeeper, lately in the employ of Mr. Denne Denne, of
Elbridge, Littlebourne who died in the Kent and Canterbury Hospital on
the previous Saturday, from the effects of a gunshot wound.
It appears that on Thursday the 26th, 5 gentlemen Mr. Denne Denne, Mr.
Henry Denne, Mr. Herbert Denne, Mr. Hurst, and Captain Chapman, were out
shooting at Trosley Park Wood, and deceased and other men were engaged
in "beating for game," when he was accidentally shot by Mr. Herbert
Denne.
The side of occurrence was explained by the gentleman, who made the
following statement by the permission of the Coroner:- The men were
beating through some high wood towards an open field; the deceased and
some of the beaters came out of the wood in front of me and were waiting
for the others; with pheasant rose on my right hand and was going to the
rear as I stood; I turned hastily and prepared to shoot at it in case it
came towards me; while doing so I was horror-stricken to hear my gun go
off. I can't say from what cause it went off. I saw the keeper put his
right hand to his left arm and say "I'm struck," or words to that
effect.
Smith was taken promptly to the hospital, where he died as above stated.
Mr. F. T. Atkins, house surgeon at the hospital in his evidence, said he
believed the cause of death to be syncope, produced partly by the injury
and partly by the man's fears that he was fatally wounded. Other
witnesses having been examined, the jury returned a verdict of
"Accidental death."
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Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette - Saturday 13 October 1894.
DEATH. ELLS.
On the 29th Sept., at the "Two Sawyers," Ivy Lane, Canterbury, Mary Ann,
wife of Ex-Inspector W. W. F. Ells. aged 63.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 11 March 1944.
THEFT OF A WALLET.
A sentence of three months hard labour was passed upon Sapper Robert W.
Hymers, RE., of 32, Vauxhall Crescent, Canterbury, at the West Kent
Quarter Sessions last week. He had been committed for trial from the St.
Augustine's Petty Sessions at Canterbury for the theft of a wallet
containing £8 10s 0d, and for breaking and entering the premises of the
Kent Concrete Products Ltd. on February 1. The wallet was the property
of William J. E. Bates. of the "Two Sawyers." Ivy Lane, Canterbury.
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The "Two Sawyers" had a face lift in 2012 and is now open again.
LICENSEE LIST
GOODBAN Mr 1784+
JOHNCOCK Thomas 1788+
PILSHER William 1803+
PEBARDY My date unknown
ROUSE James dec'd to May/1812
CULLEN A 1824+
KNOTT James 1828+
KNELL James dec'd 1832-Apr/33
PENSON Thomas 1838-40+
(
Sawyer's)
HOWLAND Emily 1847+
SPAIN J 1859+
WEST Joseph 1861-62+ (age 76 in 1861)
GLASS Mr 1864+
STALLON/SALLON W 1867-68+
ELLIS William 1871-74+
(age 30 in 1871)
GOODBAN Mr 1874+
ELSE/ELLS William G A 1878-Sept/79
BURT John Sept/1879-82+
(also painter age 24 in 1881)
ELLS William W F 1891+ (aged 60 in 1891)
STURT Herbert (Henry) 1901-13+
(also listed as an Ironmonger's Clerk age 59 in 1901
)
TERRY William David 1922-38+
BATES J E 1944+
PARRY Elaine 1958-84
WILDMAN Paul 1993+
STEINMETZ Peter & Nick 1997-2000
CAUNTER Ben July/2012-15
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From the Pigot's Directory 1824
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Stapleton's
Guide 1838
From the Pigot's Directory 1840
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From the Post Office Directory 1862
Greens
Canterbury Directory 1868
From the Post Office Directory 1874
Greens
Canterbury Directory 1878
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From the Post Office Directory 1938
Inns of Canterbury
by Edward Wilmot's,1988
Census
Kentish Gazette
Whitstable Times
and Herne Bay Herald
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