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Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Horsemonden, Tonbridge, Kent . The Horsemonden, Tonbridge, Kent listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The Gun, Horsemonden postcard
On the reverse is:
A XV1th Century Inn in the centre of Kent's fruit and hop
country
Tunbridge Wells - 8 miles
Tonbridge - 9 miles
Maidstone -11miles
LUNCHES SNACKS
Westerham Ales
Your Hosts: Harry and Daphne Roe
Gun Hotel, Horsemonden - circa 1930s when the Harries ran the Gun
Both kindly provided by Joan Thompson
The following entries are in this format:
Residents at this address
1858/Francis Green/../../../Melvilles Directory
1862/Francis Green/../../../Post Office Directory
1874/John Harvey/& Farmer & Hop grower/../../Post Office Directory
1881/John Harvey/Licensed Victualler And Farmer Of 50 Acres Employing 3 Men
& 1 Boy/50/Blandford, Dorset/Census
1881/Matilda Harvey/Wife/55/Blandford, Dorset/Census
1881/Emily Harvey/Daughter/18/Blandford, Dorset/Census
1881/Caroline Harvey/Daughter/17/Blandford, Dorset/Census
1881/Elizabeth Harvey/Daughter/15/Horsmonden, Kent/Census
1881/Fanney Harvey/Daughter/14/Horsmonden, Kent/Census
1881/Lillian Brown/Grand Daughter/3/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Wells/Aunt, Widow/93/Blandford, Dorset/Census
1901/G W Benjamin/Licensed Victualler/54/Rolvenden, Kent/Census
1901/F Young/Housekeeper/32/Leigh, Kent/Census
1901/M Johnson/Barmaid/22/100 of Hoo, Kent/Census
1913/Alfred Tourle/../../../Post Office Directory
1918/Alfred Tourle/../../../Post Office Directory
1922/Alfred Tourle/../../../Post Office Directory
I think your Owen W Harris should be Owen W Harries as the later name is the
connection with my family and his widow Beatrice ran that pub sometime
following Owen B Harries death in 1932. *
1930/Owen W Harries/../../../Post Office Directory
1938/Edgar Rt Nicholas/../../../Post Office Directory
* Provided By Joan Thompson