High Street
Edenbridge
https://whatpub.com/white-horse-inn
Above photo, 1917, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard 1955. |
Above photo 2009 by Stacey Harris
Creative Commons Licence. |
Above photo, September 2010. |
Sign above, June 1993.
With thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com.
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From the Maidstone Journal. 16 October, 1841.
November 2nd. Detained at the "White Horse" in Edenbridge on suspicion
of being stolen, an 8 Day Dial, in mahogany case; if not legally claimed
in 28 days after this notice the same will be sold to pay the expense of
advertising etc. If by letter, prepaid, to Mr, West, "White Horse Inn"
Edenbridge or to Mr. A. Corke, constable of the same place.
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Kentish Gazette, 3 February 1852.
Edenbridge. Melancholy Death.
An inquest was held at the "White Horse Inn," on Thursday, on the body
of Mr. James Golding, who was found drowned in a mote, near his
residence, on Tuesday morning, the 20th instant; the deceased has for
many years been in the employ of T. Alexander, Esq., as bailiff, and was
much respected. The jury, after hearing the witnesses, returned a
verdict of "Found Drowned." The deceased was 42 years of age, and has
left a wife and large family.
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Southeastern Gazette, 5 July 1853.
Mary Welch, 43, for stealing a table-cloth, the property of Stephen
Burbary, at Westerham.
The prosecutor is landlord of the "Grassshopper" public-house and
the cloth was used in his tap-room on the 5th May, on which day the
prisoner was at his house. On the 6th the prisoner offered the cloth
for sale at the "White Horse," Edenbridge, for 4d., and it was
purchased by the ostler, who, suspecting it to be stolen property,
gave information to Superintendent Handley, gave the cloth up to
him, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Prisoner said she
bought the cloth of a man named Smith, who had formerly lodged at
prosecutor’s house. Previous convictions of felony were proved
against her, and she was sentenced to fifteen years’ transportation.
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I am informed that this is now (2017) a Costa Coffee shop.
LICENSEE LIST
TAYLOR William 1828+
LEIGH John 1832+
WEST James 1841+ (age 32 in 1841)
GREGORY Henry 1861-74 (age 47 in 1871)
ROBERTSON Alexander 1881-82+ (age 36 in 1881)
GLOVER Amin 1891+ (also farmer age 34 in 1891)
PANISFFER G 1901 (age 42 in 1901)
FRENCH Horace 1913-38+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/WhiteHorse.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/whitehorse.html
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Census
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