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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 16 Dec 1940

Duke without a Head

Latest 1990

 

Wateringbury

Duke Without a Head 1950

Above postcard, 1950, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Duke without a Head

Above photo circa 1960. Permission given from John Gilham.

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Duke Without a Head 1974

Above photo, circa 1974, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.

Duke withought a Head sign 1985Duke without a Head sign 1987

Above sign left 1985, sign right 1987.

With thanks from Roger Pester www.innsignsociety.com.

Duke without a Head cardDuke Without a Head sign 1949

Above aluminium card issued May 1949. Sign series 1 number 27.

 

Below information by John Gilham.

The "Duke Without A Head," Wateringbury demolished in 1990. The pub stood on the outer edge of the village on the Tonbridge road. The name came about when the licence was transferred from the original "Dukes Head" the licence stated "Permission is given to remove the Duke's Head."

The renaming ceremony took place on 16th December 1940. The former "Dukes Head" is now a house and still stands in Pizen Well which was originally directly behind the new building.

 

The pub  closed became a fish restaurant, but has since been demolished.

 

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