Beer retailers/pubs/publicans in Leigh
BEER RETAILERS/PUBS/PUBLICANS IN LEIGH from various directories (and other research)
Pubs/beer houses/publicans in Leigh
1840 Pigots:
publican of Porcupine Wm Medhurst
1847
beerhouse Thos. Waite (eg bat and ball)
Porcupine: vict. Rd Best
1851 Post Office Dir.
Mrs Mary Fuller, beer retailer and brickmaker
David Killick, beer retailer
Thomas Latter, beer retailer, Hollanden
William Owen, beer retailer
‘Porcupine’: Thomas Birch
1858 Melville Directory (of Kent)
Frederick Relf (Goat’s Head)
1859:
William Thomas Larking, Victualler of Goat’s Head, married Mary Ann Watson.
He died Sept 1859 (Will states: Victualler); 1860 Licence of The Goat’s Head Leigh transferred from Mrs Wildash to her husband, John Hill Wildash (who had married the occupier, Mrs Larking), (Maidstone Telegraph 2 Oct 1860 and 6 Oct 1860) (By 1861 John Wildash a steward at Clarks Farm)
1862 Kellys Directory
Frederick Relf beer retailer and baker
Richard Gasson beer retailer
David Killick beer retailer
George Martin “Goat’s Head”
1867 Post Office Directory
William Faircloth beer retailer and fly proprietor
Richard Gasson beer retailer
David Killick Beer retailer
George Martin: Goat’s Head
1871 Census
George Martin Goat’s Head Inn (but that would have been Old Goat’s Head/Porcupine.)
1874 Kellys:
George Crowhurst beer retailer (Brickmakers) (1871 and 1881 census also)
Frederick Faircloth beer retailer
Richard Gasson beer retailer
George Martin Goat’s Head (new Goat’s Head, i.e. Fleur de Lis)
1882
George Crowhurst beer retailer
Richard Gasson beer retailer
Spencer Hill beere retailer
Fleur de Lys: Luke Weston
1891 Census
Abner Parker (Brickmakers: licensed victualler))
1899
William Baldwin beer retailer
Stephen R Bing-Foord: Fleur de Lys hotel: noted house for cyclists, dinners supplied moderate terms: splendid fishing int he river Medway.
James Draper: beer retailer
Amos Thomas Eade beer retailer and shopkeeper
George Jempson beer retailer
1901 Census:
Abner Parker (Brickmakers)
1903 Kellys
William Baldwin beer retailer
Stephen R Bing-Foord Fleur de Lys hotel
James Draper beer retailer
Thomas Amos Eade beer retailer and shopkeeper
George Jempson beer retailer
Abner Parker beer retailer
1911 Census:
Mr J Boots, farmer and beer retailer (Brickmakers Arms)
1913 Kellys:
William Baldwin beer retailer (letters through Hildenborough)
James Jones Fleur de Lys hotel
Bertram Measey beer retailer
John Boots beer retailer
Edwin Styles beer retailer, Charcott
1918 Kellys
William Baldwin beer retailer (letters through Hildenborough)
James Jones Fleur de Lys hotel
Bertram Measey beer retailer
John Boots beer retailer
Edwin Styles beer retailer, Charcott
1922 Kellys
William Baldwin beer retailer (letters through Hildenborough)
Laurence Coomber beer retailer
Bertram Measey beer retailer
Richard Albert Smith Fleur de Lys hotel
Edwin Styles beer retailer, Charcott
1930 Kellys
Eli Jn Baker beer retailer Charcott
William Baldwin beer retailer (letters through Hildenborough)
Mrs Florence Coates Fleur de Lys PH
Rd Relf Bat & Ball PH
1934 Kellys
Baker Eli Jn Beer retailer Charcott
Fleur De Lys PH Mrs Florence Coates Hildenborough 235
Gillies Fras. Jolly Bat & Ball PH
Sturt Harriet (Mrs) beer retailer letters through Hildenborough
Thurston Chas. Brickmakers’ Arms PH
1938 Kellys
Bat & ball PH Saml Harris
Blue Anchor PH (Mrs Harriet Sturt) letters through Hildenborough TN Hildenborough 126
Brickmakers Arms PH Bruce Victor Sudweeks
Fleur De Lys PH Mrs Florence Coates Hildenborough 235
Greyhound Public House Wm Hy Wltr Morgan Charcot
Information updated at July 2021 (Joyce Field)