Halfway House

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Ashford

Above quart tankard, date unknown, kindly sent by Hazel Winter.

Above engraving saying Jm Elgar or Elgow Halfway House, Ashford.

Above hallmark looking like QUART.

Above hallmark showing QRT and horse symbol.

I'm really not sure about this one, although I have been sent images of a quart mug with the name "Halfway House" on it, I have no other knowledge of a "Halfway House" in Ashford. The nearest "Halfway House" I know of is in Challock. However, there are two Ashford's located in Devon, one in Derbyshire and another in Surrey, but so far I haven't managed to find any reference to a pub with that name in any of those counties. I am hoping that this is indeed a new pub unknown previously in Ashford, Kent.

Hazel says she may have picked it up from a charity shop in Arundel or Chichester, West Sussex. But from personal experience once a pub closes or has its old pewter tankards decommissioned by Weights and Measures, they are either destroyed or sold and can end up anywhere in the world.

The following passage I now believe suggests that this house is indeed the "Halfway House" in Challock.

From the Maidstone Journal, 22 December 1795. Ashford.bmp"

Brewery to be disposed of.

Any person desirous of settling in a Brewery has now the opportunity of taking a Brew-House, with all proper utensils and implements in perfect good condition, with or without a very commodious dwelling house furnished or unfurnished, and about 7 acres of meadowland, adjoining, advantageously situated near the Bridge in Ashford, in the county of Kent, late in the occupation of John Mascall, Jun. a Bankrupt.

Immediate possession may be had, and a lease will be granted if required for any term not exceeding 14 years.

Also to be sold, late belonging to the said Bankrupt, a Public House, in good business, known by the name of the "Halfway House," situate at Waker's Corner, in the road between Ashford and Faversham, with about an acre and half of land adjoining, in the occupation of Thomas Austin.

For particulars inquire of Messrs. Charles Baker and Richard Greenhill the assignees; or Mr. Jemmett, Attorney at Law, Ashford.

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