ROYAL OAK Pub of Pembury

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Page Updated:- Monday, 13 May, 2024.

PUB LIST

PUBLIC HOUSES

Paul Skelton

Earliest 1851-

Royal Oak

Closed 2015-

Lower Green

Pembury

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Above photo, date unknown, kindly supplied by Tony Nichols of the Pembury History website.

Above postcard, date unknown, showing the pub on the left.

Above photo, circa 1951, kindly supplied by Tony Nichols of the Pembury History website.

Above photo, March 2015, kindly sent by Brian Curtis.

Looks to be closed in 2015 if not earlier.

I have just added this pub to that list but your help is definitely needed regarding it's history.

As the information is found or sent to me, including photographs, it will be shown here.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Southeastern Gazette, 20 September 1853.

TUNBRIDGE. Annual Licensing Meeting.

On Wednesday last the annual meeting for renewing the victuallers’ licences for the several parishes in this division was held at the Town-hall, before James Deane, Esq., chairman, A. Pott, Esq., Col. Armytage, and S. Cartwright. Esq. No objection was made to the renewal of any licence, 52 of which were renewed.

The following applications were made for new licences:—

Henry S. Chittenden, for "Royal Oak" at Lower-green, Pembury.

Refused.

Three other applications were also refused.

The Chronicle and Courier, 16 September, 1921.

Lamberhurst Brewery Estate.

Important sale at Tunbridge Wells.

One of the biggest sales of licensed houses held in the provinces in recent years was conducted by Messrs. Wickenden and Sons at the Pump Room, Tunbridge Wells, on Friday, when the Lamberhurst Brewery Estate, comprising 68 lots, came Under the Hammer. The lots sold were:-

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"Royal Oak," Pembury, £4,880

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LICENSEE LIST

MANWARING William 1851 (age 49 in 1851)