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Church Road
Chelsfield
01689 821044
http://thefivebells-chelsfieldvillage.co.uk/
https://whatpub.com/five-bells
Above photo, 1865. |
Above postcard, circa 1940, kindly sent by Peter Reed. Taken by his
father W J Reed. |
Above postcard, circa 1940, showing the "Five Bells" at the end of the
street, kindly sent by Peter Reed. Taken by his father W J Reed. |
Above photo, 1950 from the Philip Lane Collection. |
Above postcard, circa 1953, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, 1965. |
Above photo 1973. |
Above postcard 1976. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, 1993. |
Above sign, 2020. |
Having just ventured into what is now Greater London, but which was part
of Kent before 1965 I have just started to add information for this area.
As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will
be shown here.
Thanks for your co-operation.
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South Eastern Gazette,10 January, 1860.
BROMLEY.
At the Patty Sessions, held at the "Bell Inn," on Monday, before
Lord Sydney and five other magistrates, the following licenses were
transferred:—
The "White Hart," Orpington, from Thomas Hayward to James Bruce.
The "Five Bells," Chelsfield, from Mrs. Sarah Jones to James Saker.
The "Guy, Earl of Warwick," Welling, from Henry Bartlett to W. K. Tritton.
There was no police business.
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South Eastern Gazette, 1 May, 1860.
CHELSFIELD — Suicide of an Aged Man.
On Wednesday C. J. Carttar, Esq., coroner, held on inquest at the
"Five Bells," to inquire into the death of Henry Richard French, an
aged man, who was found hanging from a beam in a stable on the
previous Monday, it appeared that the deceased, who was a
wheelwright and carpenter, lived with his son and daughter-in-law,
but being of advanced age (73), be did not do much work. It
appeared, however, that he was in the habit of lighting the kitchen
fire and getting the breakfast ready, and on Mrs. French coming down
stairs on Monday between eight and nine o'clock, and finding the
shutters not opened, she became alarmed, as her relative had been in
a desponding way for some time, and on going to the stable she saw
him suspended from a beam, but he was quite dead. The jury returned
a verdict of "Temporary insanity," and considered that the son had
not paid that attention to the parent that the case demanded, and
this was made known to him by the coroner.
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Maidstone Journal and Kentish Advertiser, Saturday 27 October 1866.
Chelsfield, Kent.
Mr. William Hodsoll is flavoured with instructions from William Waring
Esq., to sell by Auction, at the "Five Bells" in Chelsfield on
Wednesday, October 31st, 1866, at 3 o'clock, about 62 acres of valuable
Underwood, in the parishes of Shoreham and Farningham, Kent in
convenient lots.
Philip Taylor, of Mount Hall, Chelsfield, and William Walklin, of
Farningham, will show the lots, of whom catalogues maybe had; and also
of Mr. William Hodsoll Auctioneer, &c., Farningham Kent.
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Maidstone Telegraph April 1869.
Caleb Bath, Landlord
of the "Five Bells" successfully defended himself for not having his
name on a light spring cart. He had paid £5 to license it as a cart for
hire, and therefore did not need his name on the cart. |
LICENSEE LIST
MORGAN John 1828-34+
 
BROOKER Thomas 1841+ (age 55 in 1841 )
BROOKER Thomas 1851-55+ (age 74 in 1851)
JONES William 1858+
JONES Sarah to Jan/1860
SAKER James Jan/1860-62+ (age 24 in 1861)
BATH Caleb 1869-71+ (age 37 in 1861)
WRIGHT William 1874-82+ (also Builder)
PACKMAN Thomas 1891+
MARTIN Frederick Edward 1891-1911+ (age 49 in 1891)
MILLS Frank 1913-30+
PARKES Henry John 1936-38+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/FiveBells.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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