Woolage Green

This pub was mentioned in the Wingham division Ale License list of 1740 when the license was renewed at a cost of 8 shillings.

In 1826 the pub was sold, along with 11 other pubs in the neighbouring villages for the sum of £166. It is unknown who sold the premises and to whom.

John Wood the Younger had been licensee of the "Rose and Crown", now the "Two Sawyers," at Woolage Green in Womenswould parish between 1820 and 1824 during which time he was convicted and fined for poaching partridges. Shortly after this conviction he left the "Rose and Crown." Poaching being a crime that by this time incurred only a fine, often £5 which was a considerable some at a time when agricultural labourers earned 12/- (60 pence) for a six day week, for a first offence with half of the fine going to the person who reported you.

I assume the pub gained a reputation for housing poachers and so changed the name and of course reputation shortly after John Wood left.

Later information tells me the pub changed name in the 1820s probably just after the sale in 1826.

With Woolage Green is in the parish of Womenswold, and this pub is often incorrectly referred to as being in Womanswold.

LICENSEE LIST

FFRIEND William (with 2 Fs) 1740+

FOX Family 1792+

WOOD John 1820-24

FOX William 1858 (beer retailer born 1802 died 1881) see email

To the "Two Sawyers".

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