DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Page Updated:- Thursday, 23 July, 2026.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

Black Horse

Open 2026+

318 Crofton Road

Locksbottom

Farnborough

01689 889021

https://www.emberinns.co.uk/the-black-horse

http://the-black-horse-orpington

https://whatpub.com/black-horse

Black Horse 1940

Above photo 1940. Creative Commons Licence.

Black Horse ledger

Charrington's ledger. Creative Commons Licence.

Black Horse 1972

Above photo, circa 1972, kindly sent by Glen McLean.

Black Horse 2016

Above photo, 2016.

Black Horse 2019

Above photo, 2019.

Above photo, June 2026 kindly sent by John Matthews.

Black Horse sign 1986Black Horse sign 1995

Above sign left, 1986, sign right 1995.

With thanks from Brian Curtis www.innsignsociety.com.

Black Horse sign 2026

Above sign, June 2026 kindly sent by John Matthews.

 

The premises was a tied house to Charington's I know in the 1970s.

I also have a "Black Horse" identified in Keston, and another "Black Horse" addressed as Bibgin Hill in the parish of Keston.

 

LICENSEE LIST

LAST Harry A 1940+

DODD Thomas H 1901+ (age 30 in 1901Census)

LAST H A P Aug/1930-Oct/57

NASH R J Oct/1957-July/65

McLEAN  Ned & Mickey 1970-85

 

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