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Village Green
Woodchurch
01233 860246
https://www.sixbellswoodchurch.co.uk/
https://whatpub.com/six-bells
Above postcard, circa 1909, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo circa 1952, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. The J. W. Green
brewery was situated in Luton, Bedfordshire. The bought out Kelsey's
Culverden Brewery of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in 1948. |
Photo taken 5 January 2013 from
http://www.flickr.com
by Laura Buckingham. |
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Southeastern Gazette, 6 September 1853.
CRANBROOK. Petty Sessions.
Thursday. (Before T. L. Hodges, Esq., C. T. Pattenson, Esq., G. R.
Stevenson, Esq., the Rev. F. Barrow, and the Rev. J. Deedes).
Dive Brissenden, of Woodchurch, applied for a license to a beer-house
occupied by him for fourteen years. Mr. Shepherd opposed the
application, and as the house is within 20 yards of the "Bonny
Cravat," the application was refused.
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South Eastern Gazette, Tuesday 6 September 1864.
Application for Licenses.
Mr. Tassell, solicitor of Faversham, applied for spirit licenses for the
following beer houses on behalf of Messrs. Shepperd and Mares, Brewers.
The "Six Bells," kept by Mr. Dive Brissenden.......
Mr. Mace, solicitor of Tenterden, opposed the application for a license
for the "Six Bells," Woodchurch, on behalf of Mr. Fullagar, landlord of the
"Bonny Cravat,"
an inn adjoining.
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Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette 09 September 1865.
LICENSING DAY.
The licenses of the public houses in the Ashford division were renewed. The
following new licenses were applied for:— ... Mr. Langham, sen., solicitor, Hastings, applied for a license for the "Six
Bells" beershop, Woodchurch, kept by Dive Brissenden. The application was
opposed by Mr. Mace, solicitor, of Tenterden. ...
The Bench retired to consider the applications, and on returning into Court
announced that they had decided to refuse all of them with the exception of
that for the "Man of Kent." Ashford, kept by William Richard Brown, and for
that house they had decided to grant a license. |
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From the Maidstone and Kentish Journal, 6 Sept, 1869.
Frederick Blackman, of Woodchurch, appeared to a summons, charged with
assaulting Mr. Terry, landlord of the "Six Bells Inn," Woodchurch.
Mr. Minter, solicitor, of Folkestone, appeared for the defendants, who had
one of his eyes blacked, as was stated, from a blow given him by the
complainant when defending himself.
Mr. Terry deposed to Mr. Hillier, landlord of the "Bonny Cravat," coming
into his house late at night with several other person's, and asking for
beer. He refused to serve it, and the beer was brought in from the "Bonny
Cravat." He seized one quart of beer brought in, and defendant poured it
over him. He then threw another quart of beer out doors, and then defendant
knocked him backwards.
He knocked him down 2 or 3 times afterwards, and it was half past one before
complainant could get his house cleared.
In cross examination by Mr. Minter, complainant denied that he took hold of
defendant for the purpose of putting him out of the house. Steven Baker
corroborated this statement.
The defence was that complainant the attempted to put defendant out of the
house, and committed the first assault. Three witnesses were called in
support of this.
The magistrates convicted the defendant, and fined him £2 10s., and £1 17s.
costs, or one month.
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Kentish Express, Friday 13 August 1982.
The "Six Bells," Woodchurch, pub team won the tug-of-war contest at
the Lenham Hospital Fete on Saturday. It
raised £1,000 for a new soft-play area for patients.
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LICENSEE LIST
BRISSENDEN Dive 1839-65+ (age 47 in 1851 )
TERRY Thomas 1869-1903+ (also farmer age 52 in 1891)
TERRY Celia Mrs 1911-18+ (widow) (also farmer age 67 in 1911)
WOOD George 1922+
SMITH H W 1930+
GASSON Charles Albert 1938+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/SixBells.shtml
From the Kelly's Directory 1903
Census
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