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117 Station Road (67 Marsh Street 1891 )
Ashford
Above postcard, date unknown, kindly sent by Andy Turner. |
Above postcard, circa 1910, showing also Leney's Brewery offices
(centre) and the Ashford County Girls' School (left). |
Above photo, date unknown, kindly sent by Andy Turner. |
Above photo, circa 1950. |
Above photo, 1961, from Steve Salter. |
Above photo, April 1988, kindly sent by Philip Dymott. |
Above Google image 2009, showing the school area now to be a car-park. |
Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, date unknown. |
Later photo by Chris Excell. Date unknown. |
Above sign July 1991 with thanks from Brian Curtis
www.innsignsociety.com. |
Above photo showing the pub in May 2011. Shortly before it closed. |
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After closing around May 2011, the pub was sold and originally opened as
the "Fat Fiddler"
however, shortly afterwards (2014)
it changed and operated as the "Platform
5," a name the locals called the "Kent Arms" for some reason.
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Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 18 June 1870.
ANOTHER FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY CROSSING.
There are two foot crossings over the South Eastern Railway at Ashford
which are much used by the public, and as some of the fast trains, come
along without much noise when the steam is shut off on approaching the
station, persons sometimes do not see them until the trains are close
upon them. There have been four persons killed at this spot within a few
years. On Saturday morning, an elderly man named, Stephen Norton, a
retired tradesman living at Great Chart, was coming to Ashford, and,
when crossing the line at Cobb's crossing, a down train came along. He
ran to pass it, but the engine knocked him down, and his head was
severed from his body. An inquest was held on the body the same evening
at the "Kent Arms," before T. T. Delasaux. Esq., coroner, when a verdict
of "Accidental death" was returned, but the jury recommended that the
South Eastern Railway Company should be solicited to put bridges over
these crossings, in consequence of their being very dangerous, and
several fatal accidents having occurred. |
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Kentish Gazette, 21 March 1876.
SUPPOSED SUICIDE.
On Sunday morning last, the body of a girl, named Mary Ann
Tolhurst, 16 years of age, late servant at the "King's Arms Inn,"
(sic)
was found in the river near the tanyard. The girl had been missing
since the 9th instant, and it is believed that she committed suicide
on the evening of that day. Mr. Coroner Delasaux was to hold an
inquest last evening.
(I believe this relates to this pub as
Tannery Lane and the Great Stour are close to Station Road. Paul
Skelton.)
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Canterbury Journal, Kentish Times and Farmers' Gazette, Saturday 14 September 1907.
Ashford Hotel Proprietors Death.
After being bedridden for upwards of 2 years, suffering from
paralysis, Mr. Gulbrand Bergersen,
proprietor of
the "Kent Arms Hotel, Ashford, passed away shortly after 3 o'clock
on Monday morning.
The deceased took over the "Kent Arms" in 1892, prior to which date
he was an estate agent in Surrey, where
he held one or two public officers. He first came to England from
Norway, and had had an eventful career as
private courier. When he came from Norway, he was one of the first
to introduce reindeer into this country, and
one of the earliest to drive them in a sleigh.
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LICENSEE LIST
GOULDEN Charles 1858+
GOULDEN Esther Mrs 1861-62+ (age 50 in 1861)
MILES John T 1871+ (widower age 28 in 1871)
FOSTER Albert Henry 1874-91+ (widower age 51 in 1891)
BERGERSON Galtrand 1901-Sept/07 dec'd (age 55 in 1901)
SKINNER Douglas A 1938+
???? Jackie & Peter 1981+
https://pubwiki.co.uk/KentArms.shtml
http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/kentarms.html
Census
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