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Kentish Gazette 03 September 1811
All the household furniture, linen and china, of Mr William Pittock, deceased, at his late dwelling house, the sign of the Five Bells, Eastry, near Sandwich.
1858/Elias Culver/../../../Melvilles Directory
1861/Elias Culver/Licensed Victualler/40/Canterbury, Kent/Census
1861/Francis Culver/Wife/38/Woodnesborough, Kent/Census
1861/Elias Culver/Son/7/Ash, Kent/Census
1861/Walter Culver/Son/5/Ash, Kent/Census
1861/Alfred Culver/Son/3/Eastry, Kent/Census
1861/Zarah Culver/Son/2/Eastry, Kent/Census
1861/_ Culver/Daughter/1 week/Eastry, Kent/Census
1861/Lydia Knowles/Servant/25/Chillenden, Kent/Census
1861/George Kendall/Ostler/47/Wingham, Kent/Census
1861/John Foord/Lodger, Bricklayer/25/Eastry, Kent/Census
1861/Henry W Gibson/Lodger, Decorative Painter/46/Tottenham, Middlesex/Census
1871/George Foord/Licensed Victualler/54/Eastry, Kent/Census
1871/Elizabeth A Foord/Wife/53/Hougham, Kent/Census
+ Lodgers
George Foord burial on 18th December 1880, age 64, Five Bells *
1891/William John Thorne/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/William John Thorne/Licensed Victualler/37/Tonbridge, Kent/Census
1891/Elizabeth Thorne/Wife/37/Seal, Kent/Census
1891/Harry Thorne/Son/12/Hildenborough, Kent/Census
1891/Edith Eliza Thorne/Daughter/9/Hildenborough, Kent/Census
1891/Frederick Charles Thorne/Son/7/Eastry, Kent/Census
1891/Wilfred Amos Thorne/Son/5/Eastry, Kent/Census
1891/Dora Agnes Thorne/Daughter/2/Eastry, Kent/Census
1891/Ellen Swadling/Barmaid/25/Wye, Kent/Census
1891/Henry Fagg/Hostler/17/Eastry, Kent/Census
1903/William John Thorne/../../../Post Office Directory
1911/Horace Amos Thorne/Licensed Victualler/49/Hildenborough, Kent/Census
1911/Annie Thorne/Wife, Assistant/46/Bermondsey/Census
1911/Doris Mahala Thorne/Daufghter/7/Eastry, Kent/Census
1911/Mabel Annie Walker/Barmaid/24/Margate, Kent/Census
1911/Walter Pain/Ostler/21/Ringwold, Kent/Census
1913/Horace Amos Thorne/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Horace Amos Thorne/../../../Post Office Directory
Wilfred Amos Thorne, after military service in 1918 succeeded his uncle as Landlord of The Five Bells. *
The Dover Express 03 October 1919 describes it as the Three Bells, Eastry.
1930/R G Hayman/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Ernest Jn Curling/Proprietor/../../Post Office Directory
In 1939 at The Five Bells, Eastry are
Rita (Margaret M F) Dempsey (Reidy), Nurse, born 17 Jun 1916
Margaret Mary O'Connor, later Fenton, Barmaid, born 29 Jan 1923
Ernest J Curling, Licensed Victualler, born 01 Jul 1901
May J Curling, Domestic Duties, born 25 Apr 1899
* Provided by Mike Clifton