366 Canterbury Road

(Densole)

Folkestone

Above photos January 2012 by paul Skelton.

Above image taken from Wikipedia, 2009.

Hunt gathers at the Black Horse, date unknown.

Black Horse date unknown.

Black Horse in George Beer and Rigden days.

Black Horse showing their garden now occupied by a car-park. All old photos above by kind permission of the Black horse.

This may be the same public house as is mentioned under "Black Horse," Swingfield. Thank you to Rod for that information.

A pub on this site has been in existence for about 400 years, son the current landlady tells me, although the building today wouldn't have been the original one as that burnt down sometime in the 1800s.

I have heard that some gallows used to be houses opposite the "Black Horse" public house, but to date haven't been able to find confirmation of this.

It is said that a woman hung herself inside the pub and that the house is haunted. The current landlady and bar-maid Devon tells me that the place is haunted and have witnessed a plastic bowl being flung across the kitchen. This isn't the only incident that has been witnesses in that area of the pub. The chef has entered the kitchen to find pepper-pots and other small items strewn across the floor and some batter that was prepared earlier splatter up the walls when no one else was present or had access to the kitchen area.

Their CCTV has also picked up orbs that appear to follow people about but which are not visible unless viewed through the monitors.

The pub also contains a large function room at the back of the house which may have been a stable block when the pub was a stop for stage coaches travelling between Folkestone and Canterbury and the landlady tells me that she never feels alone in this or the kitchen area.

Above photos by Paul Skelton Jan 2012, shows the function room.

LICENSEE LIST

WARD Henry 1899+

EARLE Charles 1903

FAGG J to June/1909

SKINNER H E June/1909+

THORPE Percy to June/1912

JARMAN William Kingsford June/1912-13

BROWNING Mr J W to Jan/1914

EDWARDS Mr A V Jan/1914+

HART Albert 1918-22+

BURCHETT Mr Arthur to 1930-Oct/1937

TUNBRIDGE Mr P F Oct/1937+

???? GRANT & ANNA to Dec/2010+

PUGSY Roy Dec/2010-Apr/11

WALLER Paul Apr/2011+

The Dover Express reported William Jarman to be from Garlinge before he took on the house.

From the Kelly's Directory 1899

From the Post Office Directory 1903

From the Post Office Directory 1913

From the Post Office Directory 1914

From the Post Office Directory 1918

From the Post Office Directory 1922

From the Post Office Directory 1930

From the Kelly's Directory 1934

From the Dover Express