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Lazy Fox / Mark Cross Inn, Mark Cross, Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells, East Sussex, TN6 3NP

Mark Cross pub history index

A large village pub (formerly The Mark Cross Inn) and now the Lazy Fox since 2013.

Directory of Pubs in the UK, historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in East Sussex.

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1859/W Husher/../../../Post Office Directory

1866/B Jeffery/../../../Post Office Directory

1867, Benjamin Jeffery, Mark Cross Inn, & blacksmith & wheelwright, Mark Cross, Rotherfield .. Post Office Directory

1878/James Wright/../../../Post Office Directory

1890/N Haffenden/../../../Post Office Directory

Sussex Express. 28 February 1891
Transfer of the license of the Mark Cross Inn to the widow of the late Nelson Haffenden

Sussex Daily News. 26 September 1894
Harriett Haffenden, landlady of the Mark Cross Inn was fines £3 and 18s costs for serving a customer named John Callow whilst he was intoxicated. Callow was fined £1 and costs.

1899/G Woodwards/../../../Post Office Directory

1905/A J Hall/../../../Post Office Directory

Kent & Sussex Courier. 29 October 1909 - Mark Cross Petty Sessions
Transfer of the license of the Mark Cross Inn to Frederick Britt

1915/Fredk Britt/../../../Post Office Directory

1930, Mark Cross Inn, Arthur George Spurling, Mark Cross, Tunbridge Wells .. Post Office Directory

Kent & Sussex Courier. 30 June 1933
A protection order in respect of the Mark Cross Inn was granted to W9inifred M Hemsley on the application of Mr A G Spurling.

Kent & Sussex Courier. 31 August 1934
Transfer of the license of the Mark Cross Inn to Bateman Edwin-Thornicroft

1938, Mark Cross inn, Bateman Edwin Thornicroft, Mark Cross, Tunbridge Wells .. Post Office Directory

Kent & Sussex Courier. 30 March 1956
Now Open - A first Class Buffet and Snack Bar at the
Mark Cross Inn, Mark Cross, Sussex
(only 5 minutes from Tunbridge Wells on the Eastbourne road)
Open and Fully Licensed until 11 pm (Sundays 10pm)




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