Crowhurst pub history index
Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Battle, Sussex.
The hotel was created to serve the railway and passengers after the station was built. It was constructed at the request of the railway company (South Eastern and Chatham Railway) who reportedly paid £4184 towards the building. It was known as the Railway Hotel. It later changed to the Crowhurst Hotel and in 1984 was renamed The Inn at Crowhurst.
This used to be a weekend haunt for me before I got married. My mum and Dad lived just down the road. I held my wedding reception there in 1981.
It closed in 1999 and demolished. Three houses now stand on the site. *
Residents at this address
South Eastern Advertiser. 18 April 1903
The licensee of the new Railway Hotel at Crowhurst was granted to Mr Thomas John Walder from Mr Charles Sheath, secretary SE and CR Company.
1905, Thomas John Walder, Railway Hotel, Crowhurst ..
South Eastern Advertiser. 21 July 1906
At the Hastings Bankruptcy Court, Thomas John Walder, of 47 - 49 Cambridge road, Hastings and of the Railway Hotel at Crowhurst, timber merchant and licensed victualler appeared. Debtors statemenr showed liabilities of £968 9s 8d, and assets £10,084 14s 4d.
Mortgagees now in possession some two years, and debtor unable to raise the money. His business started about 25 years ago; originally with his father. He drew about £200 a year. His father died in 1891, and he inherited the timber yard and a Blacklands property, with a mortgage on it. He bought several acres of building land alongside Battle station, again with mortgage.
About January 1892, he took the Hotel at Crowhurst, and his sone and wife managed it.
Hastings and St Leonards Observer. 29 June 1935
Application for the transfer of the licence of the Railway Hotel at Crowhurst was granted to Mr John Pettitt Walker Ogilvie.
Hastings and St Leonards Observer. 26 April 1996
The game of boules played at the Plough Inn, Crowhurst, was in fact played at the Inn at Crowhurst, where the newly formed Inn Crowd have enjoyed some initial success in the local league.
* Provided By Dave Drew