Upper Street

(Tilmanston)

Above picture kindly sent by Kathleen Hollingsbee, showing the "Rice Arms" and their sign, still depicting the Three Ravens.

Above photo shows the Rice Arms in Tilmanstone on the left of the picture. By kind permission of the Dover Library. The building in the centre is Ravens Cottage aka "Dutch Cottage, the flintwork may have been of a much older house. Date circa 1950. Kathleen Hollingsbee informs me that the building of Raven's Cottage is probably Tudor but demolished about 1970 and replaced with a new house built at the entrance to St. Andrews Way.

Also known as the "Blue Anchor," "Three Colts," "Three Ravens" in that order. During the 1940s the village squire and landowner, Henry Rice, changed the name once again to the "Rice Arms." Evidentially the fact that the Three Ravens already depicted his coat of alms obviously wasn't enough for him and his insisted on having his surname as the pub name. This lasted under this name till relatively recently, (exact year to be confirmed), when again it changed name, this time back to the coat of arms theme, but only the "Ravens" this time. The pub unfortunately closed in September 2000.

LICENSEE LIST

WEBB Mr to Nov/1944 dec'd

WEBB Mrs Emily L Nov/1944+

TALMAGE Mr G T July/1946+

YORK F 1952-53+

WILKINSON Roland A 1974+ Fremlin

Library archives 1974

From the Dover Express