Thanks And Acknowledgements

My thanks go to Kent Libraries and Archives - Folkestone Library and also to the archive of the Folkestone Herald. For articles from the Folkestone Observer, my thanks go to the Kent Messenger Group. Southeastern Gazette articles are from UKPress Online, and Kentish Gazette articles are from the British Newspaper Archive. See links below.

Paul Skelton`s great site for research on pubs in Kent is also linked

Other sites which may be of interest are the Folkestone and District Local History Society, the Kent History Forum, Christine Warren`s fascinating site, Folkestone Then And Now, and Step Short, where I originally found the photo of the bomb-damaged former Langton`s Brewery, links also below.


Welcome

Welcome to Even More Tales From The Tap Room.

Core dates and information on licensees tenure are taken from Martin Easdown and Eamonn Rooney`s two fine books on the pubs of Folkestone, Tales From The Tap Room and More Tales From The Tap Room - unfortunately now out of print. Dates for the tenure of licensees are taken from the very limited editions called Bastions Of The Bar and More Bastions Of The Bar, which were given free to very early purchasers of the books.

Easiest navigation of the site is by clicking on the PAGE of the pub you are looking for and following the links to the different sub-pages. Using the LABELS is, I`m afraid, not at all user-friendly.

Contrast Note

Whilst the above-mentioned books and supplements represent an enormous amount of research over many years, it is almost inevitable that further research will throw up some differences to the published works. Where these have been found, I have noted them. This is not intended to detract in any way from previous research, but merely to indicate that (possible) new information is available.

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Friday 21 October 2011

Ptolomy`s, Tontine Street 1983 - 1987

Licensee
Peter Philpott 1983 1987 From Oddfellows Arms. Renamed Courtney`s Wine Bar

Priory Arms, The Bayle c1460 - ????

Licensees
No details available

Piper`s, Tontine Street 1987 - c2006

Piper`s. Credit Andy Jones (from http://www.dover-kent.com/Pipers-Folkestone.html)

 
Piper`s. Credit Paul Clark (from http://www.dover-kent.com/Pipers-Folkestone.html)

 

Licensees
John Garrod and David Shackle 1987 2000
David Shackle and David Phillips 2000 2001
David Shackle, David Phillips, Thomas Guiver and Marie Spicer 2001 2003
Thomas Guiver, Marie Spicer and Halina Marsh 2003 2004 + Thomas Guiver also Jetty`s

Pinnis, Site Unknown c1717

Licensee
Patience Major Listed 1717

Pilot Boat, Harbour Street c1845 - 1859

Licensees

Thomas Mummery 1840s 1840s
Sarah Bessant 1840s 1840s
John Bateman 1840s 1840s
Jenkin Cullen 1850 1855
William Swain 1855 1858 To Foresters Arms

Folkestone Chronicle 3-1-1857

Wednesday December 31st – Before W. Major, J. Kelcey and G. Kennicott esqrs.

William Henry Swain, licensed victualler, was charged by Sergeant Fleet with keeping his house open at improper hours. The constable went to defendant`s house, the Pilot Boat, about 2 o`clock on Sunday morning last, and found some men standing smoking, and several glasses of beer on the table. They were all Folkestone men, and the landlord was present. Fined 1s and 8s 6d costs.




















Party Bar, Tontine Street 2011 - Present

Licensees
No details available

Mustang Sally`s, Rendezvous Street 2002 - 2003

Licensees
 
Carl Plummer and Stephen Knight 2002 2002
Carl Plummer, Stephen Knight and Caroline Bell 2002 2003
Stephen Knight, Caroline Bell and Wendy Reeves 2003 2003

Mermaid, Beach Street c1717 - c1734

Licensees
 
Jeffrey Hunt Listed 1717
Thomas Godden Mentioned 1734

Mariner (2), The Stade 2000 - Present

The Mariner, May 2012

Mariner, 27-6-2009. Credit Paul Skelton. (from http://www.dover-kent.com/Mariner-Folkestone.html)

 

Licensees
David Morris and Trudy Butler 2000 2001 David Morris Later Valiant Sailor
Trudy Butler and Peter Longdon 2001 2004 +

Mariner (1), South Street Mentioned 1855

C.P. Davis`s index card which I believe has been erroneously filed among his public house collection.

1855 Directory entry

Said to be listed in Kelly`s (Post Office) Directory of1855, the only William Banks I can find for Folkestone is a Master Mariner in South Street. I believe this is an erroneous entry.

Licensee
William Banks Listed 1855

Lord Morris, Guildhall Street 1998 - Present

Lord Morris, February 2013

Lord Morris, 1998. Credit Martin Easdown

 

Licensees
Terence Crux and Wendy McMorran 1998 2001
Terence Crux and Wendy Phodi 2001 2004 +

London Trader, Site Unknown c1717 - 1778

Licensees

Isaac Hawes Listed 1717
John Hall Listed 1741
Ann Kelsey c1765 1767
Mary Godden 1767 1776
Benjamin Bancroft 1776 1778

King`s Head, Site Unknown c1717 - 1782

Licensees
 
Daniel Smithson c1717 c1748
Mary Smithson c1748 1769
John Smithson Listed 1782

King William And Queen Mary, Site Unknown Mentioned 1717

Licensee
Christopher Stredwick Listed 1717 Also Rose Hotel c 1717-41

Kent Arms, Sandgate Road 2001 - ????

Licensees
Helen Barton, Lisa McDuff and Mark Hollingsworth 2001 2004
Robert Warren and Helen Warren 2004 2004 +

Keppel`s Bar, The Leas ???? - Present

 

Licensees
No details available

Kat-Man-Do, South Street c2003 - c2008

 

 

Found on internet. If your photo, please contact so I can give proper credit


Kat Man Do, 2006 (from http://www.dover-kent.com/Kat-Man-Do-Folkestone.html)

 

Licensees
Ashok Babu Shrestha, Nabin Siwa and Prasad Guruna 2003 2004
Ashok Babu Shrestha and Nabin Siwa 2004 2004 +