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Earliest 1740-

George & Dragon

Latest 1981

(Temple Ewell)

Original George and Dragon

The above picture shows the original George and Dragon in Temple Ewell, date unknown.

George and Dragon, Temple Ewell

Again, date unknown but obviously the original building.

George and Dragon 1890

Above shows the old "George and Dragon" about 1890.

New building of the George and Dragon date unknown

The New building almost complete of the George and Dragon in Temple Ewell, date unknown.

George and Dragon at emple Ewell

George and Dragon, date unknown.

George and Dragon

Above photo date unknown.

George and Dragon 1903

Above picture showing the George and Dragon in 1903. The name on the shop on the left says Temple Ewell Post Office, and the name KELCEY.

George and Dragon in temple Ewell

The above picture is a different date from the previous one and the name on the shop at the left is C. Friend.

George and Dragon 1970

Above photo, "George and Dragon" 1970.

From the Dover Express and East Kent News. 9 August, 1963.

Half Century Behind The Same Bar.

Mr and Mrs Parks

A TRIPLE ANNIVERSARY, this week, for Mr. and Mrs. Percy Parks, of the George and Dragon public house at Temple Ewell. They celebrated their fifty-eighth wedding anniversary on Wednesday, their fifty-eighth year in the licensed trade, and their half century behind the same bar.

"And we hope we've got the same cheerful smile for our customers as we had when we first started," says Mrs. Mabel Parks.

Both Dovorians, they were wed at St. Bartholomew's Church, and, the same day, took over as host and hostess at the Hope Inn, Lydden.

They remained there for four years, and moved to the old Globe, in Peter Street, for another four years.

After that they transferred to the "George and Dragon" .... and have been there ever since.

Four of their seven children are still living, and they have nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. One son, Percy, keeps the butcher's shop just across the road. A daughter. Mrs. Doris Keeler, lives at Church Hill, nearby, and another daughter, Mrs. Mabel Roberts, is at Swingfield.

"They are all very good and take it in turns to come and helpus behind the bar," says Mrs. Parks.

 

George and Dragon circa 1970

George and Dragon circa 1970.

George and Dragon Temple Ewell

Above photos of the former George and Dragon by Paul Skelton 10 August 2007. This premises has now been turned into flats. Notice the chimney missing on the front right and the extra buildings on the left, converted from the stable block.

 

Earliest reference found so far is in the Wingham Division Ale Licence list, which shows the "George," Ewell, to be re-licensed for the sum of 8 shillings in 1740 indicating that the pub was present before 1740. I am assuming here that perhaps the "George" is one and the same as the "George and Dragon" and that it may have changed name sometime, or perhaps there was a misprint in the original documentation of 1740.

 

From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General Advertiser, Saturday 9 March, 1839. Price 5d.

SUICIDE

A young woman, about eighteen, named Sarah Rose, servant at the "George Inn," at Ewell, terminated her existence by hanging herself with a handkerchief and towel, in the outhouse, yesterday evening.

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent News, Friday, 4 February, 1870.

A CHILD BURNT TO DEATH

An Inquest was held at the "George and Dragon" public-house, Ewell, near Dover, yesterday morning, before the County Coroner, T. T. Delasaux, Esq., on the body of a female child named Ann Elizabeth Friend, aged 4 years, who was burnt to death by falling over a fire guard into the fire.

Elizabeth Gambrill, the wife of John Gambrill, of the parish of Ewell deposed: My husband is a labouring man, and we live next door to the father of the deceased. On Tuesday morning last, about 11 o'clock, I heard screams proceeding from Mr. Friend's house. In consequence, I went in, and found the deceased sitting on the floor with her clothes in flames. I took a mat from the room and extinguished the flames. When I went in another child was sitting on the floor, beside the deceased. I also saw the child about six or seven years of age run from the house, towards where the mother was at work about the time I heard the screams. When I went in, I do not know whether the fire-guard was up, but it was there. The deceased child died from the injuries of the burns, which had extended over the greater part of the body, yesterday about eight o'clock.

By the foreman, Mr. Dombrain: I heard the screaming before the child was out of the house.

Alice Friend deposed: I am the wife of William Friend, a labourer, of Ewell. The deceased was my child, and was aged four years and three months. I went out to wash on Tuesday morning last, at Mrs. Goldsack's. Her house is not far from my own. I went there about six o'clock in the morning, leaving the deceased and two other children in bed upstairs. I went home again about nine, to see to them, and found them all up and dressed. I left them in the care of the little girl now present, who is between six and seven years of age. I have been in the habit of doing so for some time, leaving home early in the morning, and going occasionally to attend to the children myself. I remained at home nearly half an hour, when I went home that morning. When I went away the fire-guard was up, and there was a fender inside the guard. The guard was before the fire, but not hooked. It did not quite fit the fire-place. I was called by this child. When I went home Mrs. Gambrill was just coming out of the door. When I returned the guard was just where I had left it. The deceased told me she fell over the guard, but how she got out without moving it I don't know.

The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the child was accidentally burnt to death.

 

From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer, 27 July, 1877. Price 1d.

DESERTION

Two soldiers named Bartlett and Hardy, belonging to the 61st Regiment, were brought before the Magistrates charged with desertion. The prisoners were apprehended on Tuesday at the "George and Dragon" public-house, Ewell, by Instructing-constable Jessup, and brought to the Dover Police-station. The prisoner Bartlett was most violent in his conduct and struck the constable with his belt, and also attempted to bite his nose. he also struck him when at the Police-station. They were ordered to be taken back to their regiment.

 

 

Once a tied Fremlins house, the building has now been turned into residential flats.

In the 1874 Post Office Directory the address was just "Ewell".

 

LICENSEE LIST

BELSEY Joseph 1740+ Wingham Ale Licences 1740

Last pub licensee had LUSCOMBE William 1858+ Melville's 1858

LUSCOMBE The Misses Mary A 1874-1891+ Post Office Directory 1874Post Office Directory 1882Pikes 1889Pike 1890Piks 1891

Last pub licensee had HOPPER Alfred 1895-1901+ Pikes 1895Pikes 1896-7Pikes 1898Pikes 1899Pikes 1899-1900Post Office Directory 1903

MILES Ernest 1913 Post Office Directory 1913

Last pub licensee had PARKS Percy Alfred 1913-63+ Post Office Directory 1914Pikes 1924Pikes 1932-33Pikes 1938-39Kelly's Directory 1950Kelly's Directory 1953Kelly's Directory 1956

CHAMBERLAIN Gerry 196?-81 Library archives 1974 Fremlins

 

Wingham Ale Licences 1740From Wingham Division Ale Licences 1740 Ref: KAO - QRLV 3/1

Melville's 1858From Melville's Directory 1858

Post Office Directory 1874From the Post Office Directory 1874

Post Office Directory 1882From the Post Office Directory 1882

Pikes 1889From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1889

Pike 1890From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1890

Piks 1891From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1891

Pikes 1895From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1895

Pikes 1896-7From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1896-97

Pikes 1898From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1898

Pikes 1899From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1899

Pikes 1899-1900From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1899-1900

Post Office Directory 1903From the Post Office Directory 1901

Post Office Directory 1913From the Post Office Directory 1913

Post Office Directory 1914From the Post Office Directory 1914

Pikes 1924From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1924

Pikes 1932-33From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1932-33

Pikes 1938-39From Pikes Dover Blue Book 1938-39

Kelly's Directory 1950From the Kelly's Directory 1950

Kelly's Directory 1953From the Kelly's Directory 1953

Kelly's Directory 1956From the Kelly's Directory 1956

Library archives 1974Library archives 1974

 

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