DOVER KENT ARCHIVES

Page Updated:- Saturday, 25 July, 2026.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1861-

White Hart

Closed 2015

Benover Road

Claygate

Collier Street

https://whatpub.com/white-hart

White Hart hop pickers

Above postcard, possibly 1915, kindly sent by Andy Turner.

White Hart 2006

Above photo 2006 by N Chadwick Creative Commons Licence.

White Hart 2010

Above photo 2010 by Oast House Archive Creative Commons Licence.

White Hart 2015

Above photo, 2015.

White Hart sign 2000

Above sign 2000.

 

I am informed that although the pub was closed in 2015 it is still closed in 2018 but has been sold as a public house.

 

White Hart 2017

Above photo 2017.

White Hart location 2026

Above photo 2026.

 

Traced back to 1861 so far, but probably older. Sadly closed in 2015 and subsequently demolished and new residential properties built on the footprint.

 

LICENSEE LIST

HEMSLEY George 1861+ (age 51 in 1861Census)

HEMSLEY William 1871-81+ (also farmer & grocer age 44 in 1881Census)

GWILLIAM George 1903+ Kelly's 1903

RUSSELL John 1913-22+

BROWN Thomas 1930-38+

https://pubwiki.co.uk/WhiteHart.shtml

http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/whitehart.html

 

CensusCensus

Kelly's 1903From the Kelly's Directory 1903

 

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