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(Barham)
(Womenswould)
Above photo by Paul Skelton, 22 Aug 2008. |
I believe this to be the same pub as the one addressed as at Womanswould
in the Post Office Directory 1913
More information will be added as soon as I find it.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque Ports General
Advertiser, Saturday 20 April, 1839. Price 5d
SHEEP STEALING
This offence is still carried to a great extent in the neighbourhood.
Two Wethers belonging to Messrs. Phipps, were slaughtered in a meadow in
Pineham, between Saturday night and Monday morning last, and the
carcases carried away.
On Tuesday night, or early on Wednesday morning, some miscreants
slaughtered, in a most slovenly manner, three fine two year old Marsh
Wethers, belonging to Mr. Harvey, of Elvington, and carried away the
carcases, leaving the skins and entrails. The sheep were put out to
keep, and were in a field nearly opposite "Halfway House," on the Dover
road to Canterbury. This offence is now becoming so common in that
neighbourhood, that three considerable occupiers have offered ten pounds
each to any one of their labourers, in addition to other public rewards,
who will at any time detect or lead to conviction any offender of this
nature. It is generally supposed that an establishment of rural police,
would be highly advantageous.
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From the Dover Telegraph and Cinque
Ports General Advertiser, Saturday 29 January, 1848. Price 5d.
COMMISSION OF LUNACY
A Commission was open yesterday at the "Half-way House," before
Francis Barlow, Esq., one of the Masters of Lunacy, under a writ De
Lunatico quirendo, (a writ directing an inquiry as
to whether a person named in the writ is insane) to enquire
into the state of mind of Charles Cole Reynolds, Esq., who is residing
with the Rev. C. Borckhardt, at Lydden vicarage. It was attended by Mr.
Byrne, of the firm of Sweeting and Byrne, of Southampton Buildings; and
their agent, Edward Knocker, Esq., J. Walter Esq., and Wm Sankey, Esq.,
surgeons, were examined; as were also Mr. Borekhardt and Edward Reynolds
Esq., a brother of the supposed lunatic. The jury was composed of 23
good men and true of the country; and they came to the unanimous
conclusion that Mr. Reynolds was of unsound mind, and had been so since
January, 1839.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent Intelligencer,
10 July, 1868. Price 1d.
COUNTY POLICE COURT
Arthur Finn, 16, a waggoner's mate, employed by Mr. Knight, at Old
Park, was charged with stealing two pigeons, the property of Mr.
Frederick Arter, of the "Half-way-house," Wonanswould.
Frederick Arter: I live at the "Half-way-house," in the parish of
Wonanswould, and am a farmer. I have been in the habit of keeping
pigeons in my stable, and saw some young men there a fortnight ago.
Since then they have been left in charge of a boy named William Dunn. On
Saturday last two of the pigeons were lost. I believe those produced are
the same. Their value is 1s. 6d.
William Dunn: I am in the service of Mr. Frederick Arterm and have
charge of his pigeons. On Saturday morning the prisoner came to my
master's stable, and put his horses there. After that he went into the
house. When in that stable prisoner talked to me about the pigeons,
asking where they were kept, and where it was they had their young ones.
I told him they had them all over the loft. Some time afterwards the
prisoner and another man again came to the stable and harnessed their
horses, and when the horses went away the prisoner remained a few
minutes behind. I noticed that when he came out of the stable he
appeared to have something under his jacket; and after the waggon had
moved away I went into the stable and saw that two of the pigeons were
gone. I then ran after the prisoner and asked what he had done with the
pigeons, and he replied that he did not know any thing about them.
Afterwards I watched the prisoner and saw him go behind a faggot stack,
and on going to the faggots I found that he had lain one of the pigeons
there. I also, at the same time, saw him take another pigeon from under
his smock. I picked both of them up. The pigeons produced are the same.
Prisoner denied that he had one of the pigeons under his jacket. He
said that when he went behind the faggots he saw the pigeons there, but
he did not know anything about them.
The case was remanded to the next Special Sessions at Wingham, to be
held on the first Thursday in August; and prisoner was bound over in his
own recognizance's of £10 to appear on that day.
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From the Dover Express and East Kent News, 13 October 1939.
Albert Gordon Harold Betteridge, "Halfway House," Womanswould, was
granted a possession order in 21 days, in respect of a cottage in the
occupation of Jack McLaughlin.
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LICENSEE LIST
ARTER Frederick 1868+
ARTER Edward 1882+
CASTLE George 1913+
PARKS WOOD George to Mar/1921
STANLEY Mr Thomas Mar/1921+
KING Ernest 1934+
GASSON Mr C A to Dec/1938 end
BETTERIDGE Mr Albert Gordon Harold Dec/1939-Nov/40
QUESTED Mr E Nov/1940+
From the Post Office Directory 1882
From the Post Office Directory 1913
From the Kelly's Directory 1934
From the Dover Express
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