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Page Updated:- Thursday, 17 September, 2026.

PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest ????

Unknown Pub 214

Latest ????

Unknown pub.

Woolpack

Above photo, date unknown but looks like the same people as in the circa 1897 photo of the "Woolpack" at Hothfield.

 

This one was sent to me at the same time and as being the "Woolpack" at Hothfield. But Rory Kehoe points out that the upper windows don't quite look right. He says the following:- The window configuration doesn't match the 1897/1914 photos. Also, the "Woolpack" is shown as an A F Style house, therefore would have ended up by the late 1950s as a Courage & Barclay pub. The "Woolpack" was a tied house of George Ware's Frant Brewery, so ended up going the Kelsey's/Flower's route, ending up as Whitbread's in the early 1960s. The image has a familiar look to it and I'll probably ID it eventually. Stick it on mystery pubs?

Well, it's here, so let's see if anyone can beat Rory to the answer.

Shown below is the other photo that came with it.

 

Woolpack 1897

Above photo, circa 1897, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. Sadly, the identity of these smartly-dressed gentlemen isn't known, nor is the reason why there were posing outside the Woolpack.

 

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