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25 High Street
Downe
01689 852145
http://www.queensheaddowne.com/
https://whatpub.com/queens-head
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, circa 1900. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, 1903, kindly supplied by James Fribbins. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, coloured version, date knknown. |
Above postcard, circa 1922. Kindly supplied by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, date unknown. |
Above postcard, 1931, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, 1935, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, June 2026 kindly sent by John Matthews. |
Above sign, June 2026 kindly sent by John Matthews. |
It is believed that the pub was serving beer as early as 1565.
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From the
https://www.telegraph.co.uk 22 March 2015.
London protesters 'chase UKIP leader Farage out of pub'
Protesters confronted Nigel Farage at the Queen's Head pub in Downe.
Anti-UKIP protesters have invaded a pub in south London where party
leader Nigel Farage was having lunch.
Mr Farage was in the Queen's Head in Downe with his wife and two
younger children at the time.
Demonstrators first went to the "George & Dragon," believing it to be Mr Farage's local, before they found him.
They said they chased the family out of the pub and jumped on the
politician's car bonnet as he drove away. Mr Farage later branded
them "scum".
Mr Farage, who is standing in Kent's South Thanet constituency in
May's general election, said: "I hope these 'demonstrators' are
proud of themselves. My children were so scared by their behaviour
that they ran away to hide.
"... A relative has gone to look for them, and they are not yet at
home. These people are scum."
'Cabaret of diversity'
Mr Farage's children aged 15 and 10 were understood to have later
been found.
Protest organiser Dan Glass said the group was in fancy dress to
stage "a cabaret of diversity" and included migrants, HIV activists,
gay people, disabled people and breastfeeding mothers.
He said about 100 people took part, and added: "UKIP are a con. They
pretend to be anti-establishment but this couldn't be further from
the truth.
"By wrongfully shifting the blame for the economic crisis on to
immigrants they have let the bankers off the hook."
He said that was why the "diverse communities" had taken their
cultures to Mr Farage's local pub.
Staff at the Queen's Head refused to comment. The "George & Dragon"
said protesters had initially claimed they were there for a birthday
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Above drawing kindly sent by Rory Kehoe who says the following:-
Queen's Head, Downe - 1942. OK so the pub's not in shot but it's a
nice painting by B. Hooper, RAF. The pilot is Flight Lieutenant
Cobey King of Hollywood, CA, who flew with 133 Squadron, one of the
RAF's Eagle Squadrons made up of American volunteers. Whilst on-base
at Biggin Hill, commissioned officer and NCO pilots couldn't mix
socially, or mess together, whereas in the "Queen's Head," they
could... and did! In September 1942, 133 Squadron was transferred to
the USAAF as the 336th Flighter Squadron. |
Said to have been the preferred pub of Charles Dickens who lived down in
the village.
LICENSEE LIST
MARCHANT Timothy to
1607
FAIRTREE Caleb 1607+
CARSTON Cardew 1731+
SALES Tim 1828-32+
 
SALES Elizabeth (widow) 1841+ (also grocer age 42 in 1841 )
SALES William 1851-71+ (also grocer age 42 in 1851)
SALES Albert 1875-81+ (also shop-keeper age 45 in 1881)
WEAVER William 1881+ (also post-office & publican age 40 in 1881)
HOOKER George Henry 1882-95+ (also grocer & seedsman age 45 in 1891)
HEIMS C 1898+
WORMLEIGHTON Edward 1901-09+ (age 63 in 1901)
WELLS William Herbert 1911-37+ (age 44 in 1911)
HOBSON Sydney 1939-40+ (age 51 in 1939)
https://pubwiki.co.uk/QueensHead.shtml
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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