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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

Earliest 1789-

Hare and Hounds

Latest 1789+

 

Old Wives Lees

Chilham

 

Only the one instance of this pub found at present, and it is possible that the demise of the Topley's saw the end of this pub as well.

 

From the Kentish Gazette, Friday 10 February, 1789.

On Wednesday the 14th of Jan. died Mr. J. Topley, of the "Hare and Hounds" on Old Wives Lees, in the parish of Chilham, aged 39. And on Sunday last died his widow, who had lain in a fever seven days, and has left surviving the infant and other young children to deplore the untimely loss of both parents.

There have been left seven widows in the above parish of Chilham, since Michaelmas last.

 

LICENSEE LIST

TOPLEY J Mr to Feb/1789

 

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