The Half Moon, London Road.
Parts of the Half Moon are believed to be over 500 years old, the front was added about 1707.
As well as the Half Moon that stands today in London Road, there appears to be evidence of another Half Moon in Coldharbour Lane, sometime around the mid-1800s, according to various censuses and directories of the time. The 1851 census and the Post Office directory both list two separate entries for ‘The Half Moon’ and the ‘Old Half Moon’, as does the Melville’s directory of 1858.
Past Licensees (listed as beerhouse or alehouse keepers, innkeepers, or licenced victuallers):
(the dates are approximate, the information is from various censuses and directories of the time so they may have been in residence for several years either side of the dates given).
(the dates are approximate, the information is from various censuses and directories of the time so they may have been in residence for several years either side of the dates given).
Half Moon:
Samuel Peckham 1707 Rose Johnsone 1732 John Galt 1764 Robert Richardson 1830 Richard Bennett 1851-1858 T. Streeter ? R. Beeney ? Old Half Moon: Matthew Eason 1851-1868 John Boakes 1869-1878 Charles Thorne 1880-1881 J.T. Faircloth 1881 G. Collins 1882-1887 Albert W. Cavie 1891 J.G. Edwards Jnr 1892 Arthur Beany 1892-1895 Frederick Oaten 1895-1905 James Savage 1905-1913 Charles Thomas Thorne 1913-1940 W. Crowdy 1948-1957 1976-1983 Rod & Val Smith (If anybody can fill in any gaps or any of the following missing years, please contact us). Steve & Jeanette (surname not known) 19??-1999 Sharon Milner & Nigel Stokes 1999-2007 Daniel Mew 2007-?? Nikki Harris 20??-20?? Suzanne Gadd 20??-20?? Pierre Schmidt Jill Mackie ????-2017 Kim Clitheroe 2017-present (manager - Jay Shuffle-Botham) |
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