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92 London Road (Buckland Street) by 1891
 
Also as 230 London Road.
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From the Dover Mercury 26 September 2002
Report of cockfight at the Cherry Tree Inn
RIVERSIDE SCENE: The watercolour above is by James Tucker showing the River Dour flowing from Lorne Road to the bridge at Cherry Tree Lane.
Most of Mr Tucker's pictures seem to date from 1912 and could have been done from memory.
This one has the date of 1861 and he would have been 15 at that time.
Cherry Lane changed to Cherry Tree Avenue in 1895 when it was widened and trees were planted, but they were not the cherry variety.
The house could be one that shows up on old maps and would have been reached from what is now Balfour Road by Sedgemead House,
and was situated at the top of Millais Road.
On the right of the picture you can see a building which was most probably the original Cherry Tree Inn, which is known to have
been there from at least 1785, as a Canterbury newspaper reports a cockfight there.
By Joe Harman. |
Date early 1900 |
Cherry Tree circa 1987 (Photo by Paul Skelton) |
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Cherry Tree circa 1980 photo by Barry Smith. |
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Celebrating 50th anniversary of V E Day (1995) |
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Cherry Tree circa 1997 photo by Barry Smith. |
This was said to be the first house in Buckland to be lit
by gas, in April 1847. A cherry tree had its place in the rear garden and
Cherry Tree Lane stood nearby. That became an avenue in 1895 when it was
widened by the Dover firm of Austin and Lewis at a cost of £1,129.
I would be reluctant to take sides in an argument but I
have read that this could be the only building between the "Black Horse" and
Buckland Bridge in 1801. It is known that cock fighting took place here,
under this sign, in 1785. I have now traced it back even further to 1771 as
shown in the passage from the Kentish Gazette, kindly sent to me from Alec
Hasenson.
As an outlet of Whitbread it was enlarged by Sam Abbott in
the late nineteen seventies when he incorporated an adjoining property.
It was renovated in 2006 and changed its name to the
"Kingfisher"
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From the Kentish Gazette, April 27-30, 1771. Kindly
sent from Alec Hasenson.
This particular advert is worth quoting
practically in full because of its general interest says Alec Hasenson.
Amongst other things, it takes the date of the Cheery Tree much further
back than the one you have given.
William Sharp, removed from the Cherry Tree, in Buckland, near Dover,
begs leave to inform the Gentlemen, Farmers, and Others, that he hath
taken the "Saracen’s Head", in Dover, late in the occupation of Mary
Gibson, which is now fitting up in a commodious manner, and which he
intends to open on Saturday next, and to provide a good ordinary on that
day, and every following Saturday, at one o’clock.
He well knows that by Mrs. Gibson’s behaviour, in shutting up the said
House, many of her customers have followed her to the "Oak", but flatters
himself that great part of them have done so for want of the use of the
"Saracen’s Head", which for many years past hath been the principle
Market-house; and that therefore those Gentlemen will judiciously
reflect on such conduct, and not be biased to his prejudice…………….’
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LICENSEE LIST
SHARP William 1771 May+
MUTTON John 1823-39+
   
TAYLOR Thomas 1840-1853+
 
GODDEN Lewis 1869
BANKS Charles 1873-74 end
HOBBS A. 1874
KEMP Vyvian Percy 1874-79
ELMS Stephen Read junior 1882
GEORGE William James 1886-96 dec'd
 
GEORGE Mrs Martha Elizabeth 1897-1903 end (Mary)
CROUCHER William 1903-14 end  
KENTON Ernest R. 1914-23 end
 
LEWIS David 1923-32
  
CURD Alfred Thomas 1932-37 dec'd
CURD Mrs Beatrice Alice 1937-74 end   
ABBOTT R. T. S. (Samuel) 1974-81 end
McCLUSKEY 1980
ABBOTT Rick 1981-89 end
SYLVESTER S. P. 1987
CAMPBELL 1991
From the Pigot's Directory 1823
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-9
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
From the Pigot's Directory 1839
From Bagshaw Directory 1847
From the Post Office Directory 1874
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1891
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895
From the Kelley's Directory 1899
From the Post Office Directory 1903
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1909
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Post Office Directory 1922
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1923
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924
From the Post Office Directory 1930
From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33
From the Post Office Directory 1938
From the Kelley's Directory 1950
From the Kelley's Directory 1953
From the Kelley's Directory 1956
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