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Lenham
Above photo, date unknown. |
Above photo, circa 1898, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, 1914, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above photo kindly sent by Les Swaffer, 2014. |
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26 March 1789.
Insured:- Julius Shepherd, Faversham, Kent, brewer.
Other property or occupiers: the Chequer, Lenham (Mary Turner,
victualler).
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26 March 1793.
Insured: Julius Shepherd, Faversham, Kent, brewer.
Other property or occupiers: The Chequers, Lenham (John Barker
victualler).
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Kentish Chronicles, 16 October, 1795.
Death.
Tuesday died Mrs. Barker, at the "Chequers" public house, in Lenham.
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Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal, Tuesday 10 March 1801.
CHEQUERS INN, LENHAM, KENT.
Benjamin Groombridge, having taken the "Chequers Inn, in Lenham, begs
leave to solicit the favours of the Gentlemen Travellers, and assures
them he means to render every accommodation and attention in his power
to travellers and the public in general.
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From the Kentish Chronicle, 12 March, 1864.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT LENHAM.
About 9 o’clock on Monday morning, Mr. William Atkins, farmer, of
Headcorn, was killed at this place under the following shocking
circumstances. It seems that he was proceeding down Lenham-hill, with a
waggon laden with four tons of stone, and omitted to put on the
skid-pan, when the load overpowered the horses, and Mr. Atkins, who was
leading one of the animals, was knocked down, two of the wheels of the
waggon passed completely over his body, killing him instantaneously.
Deceased, who was between 60 and 70 years of age, was alone at the time
of the accident, and has body, which was discovered in the road, was
removed to the “Chequer's Inn,” Lenham.
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The pub was certainly still operating in 2014, but I am told that by 2018
it had closed and is now operating as a restaurant.
LICENSEE LIST
TURNER Mary 1789+
BARKER John 1793-95+
GROOMBRIDGE Benjamin Mar/1801+
HUGHES Richard 1828-32+
 
HUGHES Mary 1841-51+ (age 72 in 1851
PALMER James 1855-81+ (age 63 in 1881)
HUGHES John James 1891-1903+ (also shoemaker age 56 in 1891)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/Chequers.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Census
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
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