Public Houses of Reigate, Past and Present
(This page is a joint effort by Alan Moore and Richard Symonds )
Below are listed all the known public houses, past and present, in Reigate with pictures and information
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Explanatory notes: Included in the details of some of the pubs below are the results of research by Richard Symonds relating to documents from previous centuries. These contain words unfamiliar to many of us not used to studying such documents. It is hoped that the explanations here will be of help. Polled - this word means that the idividual mentioned had the vote and evidence that he did so has been noted for the year given. When looking at very old documents, bearing in mind that they are before the days of street directories etc, the only way to identify the occupier/tenant/owner of a property is to visit either the voter's lists or Poll Books, or in the case of licensed premises, the Victuallers' Recognisances. In many cases the source documents were the Poll Books and "polled" simply means "voted" - the word polled still lives on today in the words polling-booth and polling-station. Poll Books were introduced in 1696 when Sherriffs were first required to compile records of the poll in county elections. Usually divided by Parish, they list the name of each voter and the candidate(s) for whom he voted. As the franchise did not become universal for men and women until 1928, the Poll Books include only a relatively small portion of the population. Poll Books were effectively abolished by the 1872 Ballot Act. It is a good reference to use if you need to find who the tenant or publican was, as voting was restricted to householders or males owning or tenanting property. Thus lodgers, and family members in a household could not vote, but the individual who actually signed/made the tenancy/purchase agreement, provided that individual was a man, could vote. Terrier
- maps were often produced with fields, buildings and
land, etc. numbered. Accompanying the map would be a
document known as a terrier that would provide information about the
numbered area. Information supplied often gave details of
the owner and the occupier as well as a description of
the land . |
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Admiral Corner of Albert Road North and Nutley Lane
The Admiral in 1975 (Picture Richard Symonds) Information from Richard Symonds During WW1
horses stabled alongside the Admiral were comandeered
by the Army. The stables were altered in the 30s/40s
to be a garage for two St John ambulances but this is
only one of the changes to this pub that George
Clark, licencee for 57 years up to 1945, would have
seen. There was once a tap room, probably with its
own door to the street, where customers could come
for jugs of beer to take home. There was a bar
parlour that was also the licencee's family dining
room where favoured customers could go. There would
have been few female customers would have before
servicewomen went there during ww2 when beer was 5d a
pint and cigarettes were 11d for 20. The Petty Sessional report 1892, lists the Admiral as a fully-licensed house, owned and tied by trade to Bushell & Co., Westerham, brewers. Run by G R Clarke who resides on the premises. The Inn is frequented by cottagers and labourers. I have a short list of proprietors as follows: 1878 Jason Woodman. 1882 George Baker 1891- 1940 George Richard Clarke. 1948 - 1954 Thomas Frederick Sparshott 1956 - 1968 F W Rodwell. Apparently the address was 95 Nutley Lane, but was changed to 190 in 1909, and then to 190a in 1915. Additional information kindly sent in by Brian Cornelius: - The landlord of the Admiral Pub, G R Clarke, lost his son in WW1. L/Cpl Thomas Percy Clarke 9217 1st Btn Leinster regiment K in A, 12th May 1915, aged 24. His name appears on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. G R Clarke also appears to have been a widower at the time as his wife is described as the late Lavinia Emma Clarke (nee Pankhurst). |
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The Admiral in November 2012 |
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Albion Inn 13, London Road
In the lefthand
picture of London Road below (looking south) three
Reigate pubs can be seen. The Bats and Balls public
house is on the far left with the Albion being
located in the building on the right foreground. In
the left distance, on the corner of the High Street
and London Road, is the Red Cross. The righthand
picture shows the Albion where it stood at the
northern corner of London Rd and Upper West Street. References: Neale papers; NCB 19.
Picture Richard Symonds Picture HNHC 
The site of the Albion Pub, on the corner of Upper West Street where it joins London Road, can be seen centre of this 1968 view looking north up London Road. Some of the pub site has been used to widen the round and round off the corner, the road sign probably standing where the bar was. Information from Richard Symonds
1902-4 W H Venn; 1904-30 Sidney
Welley; 1936 Jas.A.Bish; 1940-44 Mrs Maud E.Bish. Left: - The man pictured here with a pig at his feet is local character Alan Ide, who at the beginning of the 20thc used to take the pig to the pub with him. Here he is seen standing outside the Albion. The people in the background ars Mr and Mrs Edgson. Presumably the dog's owner is still inside. (Picture courtesy Ron Marsh.)
Right:
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Anchor High Street Information from Richard Symonds Formerly stood on the site of 60~62, High Street, Reigate. First noted in 1597 and it closed down circa 1750.
Edward Whiteacres co-heirs sold it to James Cocks. Thomas Saunders Junior of Charlwood polled 1698.'
1597 - Wm Limden left it to William, his son. 1653 - Thomas Fisher tenant; owned by William Limden. 1671 - Thomas Buckland tenant, owned by Thomas Linden (presumably Wm Linden's son). The Limden family were butchers, presumably with a trade interest in the victualling side of the inn. References; SC 445/1 f72; 371/8/58; Greater London Record Office DW.PA.7.8. f352. |
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Angel Cockshot Hill Reigate
Left: The Angel pub c1880 ( Picture Alan Moore)
Right: The Angel pub is behind the trees on the right in this c1870s picture of the tollgates and tollhouse on the Doversgreen Road (picture Richard Symonds) |
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The rear of the Angel pub viewed from Cockshot Hill (picture Richard Symonds) Information from
Richard Symonds
The Angel pub in 1977 (picture Richard Symonds) Looking at my schedule
of deeds & documents with respect admissions to
the copyhold, I have the following dates and names:
August 1741, admission of John Parsons; July 1742,
admission of William Belcher and Thomas Ingram; Jan
1762, admission of Thomas Powers; June 1767,
admission of Jacob Houblon and John Wogan;
March 1783, admission of Jarvis Holmes; July 1784,
presentment of the death of Jacob Houblon; 28 Nov
1789, Conveyance from William Bryant to Thomas Cooper
for £450, and the following month, admission of
William Bryant; May 1801, Admission of Henry William
Caffyn; March 1814, admission Edward Clarke, and of
his surrender to Thomas Neale, and also admission of
Mrs Sophia Annie Barfoot.
(pictures Richard Symonds) Eves Census of 1861
lists the property as Number 1342, and describes it
as “Public house and garden owned by Neale &
Mellersh, run bt Jane Pooley.” 
containing 20 perches, formerly in the occupation of William Holliday and then late of Jane Pooley.”
The Petty
Sessional report for 1892 described the Angel as
being owned and tied by trade to Mellersh &
Neale, and Run by William Gould who resides on the
premises. Frequented by cyclists, travellers, and
gentlemen’s servants. (it is interesting to
note
that an entry for the Borough bench records that the
licence of the Angel passed to Mr William Gould in
November 1877). The angel pub viewed from the south in 2005 (Picture Alan Moore) . Email received from Chum Richardson Decenber 2008: My gggrandfather George Allen Aylwin is buried in the Leatherhead Churchyard. Hannah (Smart) ( Aylwin ) his first wife is beside him. Some of the Cooper family is there also. Thomas Cooper (see reference to Thomas Cooper above) married Mary and the only child to live is my gggrandmother Mary Ann Cooper ( Aylwin ) a 1/2 sister to Hanna. Thomas Cooper owned the Black Horse and Reigate Brewery. I have possible for Mary f. Henry Balchin? m. Mary Parriott or Parrot?, = Mary Balchin? married John Charmon? = Hannah Charmon? married William? Smart. Mary married 1.?, 2.?, 3. brewer Thomas Cooper, 4. Rev. clerk Thomas Wigzell, 5. Rev. Charles de Cotlogon. Some other names that came up Bridger, Standen. Henry Balchin may have had more than 1 wife. Mary had sisters Elizabeth, Caroline, Charllotte, ? . |
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1950s painting of the Angel by Sidney Moore |
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(Plan below courtesy Richard Symonds)  |
As well as the toll gates shown at the top of this section on the Angel pub there were gates directly outside the pub across the road from Redhill as shown at the bottom of the plan on the left. In the above picture the white fence on the right also appears on the plan and the Angel pub is just beyond. Traffic would turn left for Horley, Right for Reigate and go straight on to South Park. |
 The toll gates on the road from Redhill were about where the red car is in this picture from 2005 (Picture Alan Moore) . |
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Artichoke High Street
Information from Richard Symonds
1702 - lease for 21 years by Mary Life to Jo Byers.
1710. Sold by Life family to
Sir William Scawen. In Bryants Survey of 1785 it is
shown as no. 161 in the terrier (the document
accompanying the map which gives information about
numbered areas) and is described as; 'Messuage,
garden, barn, orchard, field with appurtenances,
formerly the sign of the ARTICHOKE, abutting west on
high road in Bell Street, south on Lisbon Lane, east
on lands in occupation of ThomasTurner. worth £10
per annum. Formerly in occupation of John Byers ,
after of Richard Norris, now of William Moore and
Thomas Dewdney. Richard Barnes purchased these
premises from Mr Scawen’s Trustees and has
sold same to John Sornmers Cocks with five others for
£5,500. He gave £300 for it and has reserved the
field and got a lease of the tenement for 1000
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Barley Mow Allingham Road, South Park
The two pictures show the Barley Mow in the early 190%s (below) and ) in 1973 (right). (Both pictures courtesy Richard Symonds) 
Information from
Richard Symonds |
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Bats and Balls London Road
Situated on the east side of London Road almost opposite the Albion pub (Picture AJM)
Information from Richard Symonds
(16) London Road, Reigate. Also known as the Cricketers (c1805), this inn was first noted in 1732 and ceased trading on 12 June 1910, and later demolished. There was a large cave under the property where men used to work there early in the 19th century digging silver sand. The landlord sold the sand to the goods waggonners who put up there for the night at 6d a bag and they took it to London and sold it for a shilling. The drivers looked on this as their perks. Up to 1910 this was where beanfeasters used to come (for example Bryant & May’s girls) etc., the landlord used to light up part of the caves with candles, and they paid “tuppence” to go down. To gain access, one went through a door at the back of the bar, and then down a passage towards the Castle grounds.
A deed exists dated 17 December 1759 when the property was still copyhold of the Manor of Reigate, admitting a “John Bristow to a messuage of late Richard Isemongers, all that customary messuage or tenement, barn, stable, buildings, garden, or orchard and court abutting on the King’s Highway leading from the borough of Reygate towards Croydon on the north part, and upon land formerly of John Baker on the south part and now of late in the occupation of Mr Worley to the use and behoof of John Bristowe of Reigate, apothecary.”
In another deed dated 1st Jan 1765, John Muggeridge was admitted, “from Alan Edwards the elder, late tallow chandler, to a parcel of land formerly in the occupation of George Mason, then Elizabeth Mason, and now John Muggeridge, and herebefore surrendered to Allan Edwards by Abraham Smith, distiller.” John Muggeridge died in June 1768 and Ann, his widow was admitted for the remainder of her life.
In Feb 1777 Sir Charles Cocks, baronet, leased the property to George Seale and Ann his wife, and the contract described it as “a customary messuage and croft being part of the Castle Butts.”
Records jump to June 1791 when Wm Muggeridge was admitted upon the surrender of Richard Barnes. His will, dated 19 Sept 1804, describes Wm Muggeridge as a victualler, and the property first referred to as the Bats & Balls, which he left to his son, John, who was duly admitted in April 1806, although, confusingly, the will refers to the Inn as Freehold. (Presumably the land was copyhold and the Inn upon it or adjacent to it was freehold?) John mortagaged the Inn to James Cheeseman of Dorking, brewer, in 1812. Francis Cheeseman took over this mortgage and leased the Inn from John Muggeridge in 1826, and the following year John Muggeridge forfeits the property for non-payment and James Cheeseman is admitted in his stead. By November 1861, Richard Attlee & John Young, brewers had acquired Cheeseman’s brewing interests at Dorking and therefore were in a position to enter into an agreement with the then occupier, Thomas Ratcliffe Hoad, in consideration of 15 shillings, to give up rights to use a loft over the premises formerly used as a malt loft adjoining to the south of the inn formerly used as a brewhouse.”
Eves census 1861describes the Inn as property No. 859 “Bats & Balls PH, 2 cottages & garden, owned by John Young and run by John Sayers & others.”
In August 1879 the licence was transferred to Mr Richard Snelling.
Petty Sessional Report 1892 gives the “Bats & Balls, London Lane. Fully licensed house, owned and tied by trade to John Young of Dorking, brewer, run by W Chalwin who resides on the premises. Frequented by Travellers with vans, carts, etc.”
It is interesting
to note that the inn was always a place
where
suspicious goings on occurred and the police
were
always raiding it. Several examples may be
read in
back-issues of the Local papers. For example
an entry
for March 1878 declared that “Samuel
Winn,
William Talman, George Carter and Alfred
Hazell have
been committed for trial on the charge of
stealing a
sack of coal, the property of their
employers, Messrs
Neale & Mellersh, the well-known
brewers; and Mr
Bailey (on bail), landlord of the Bats &
balls
Inn is charged with receiving the same, well
knowing
it to have been stolen. They will be tried
at the
Surrey Sessions at Newington next
week.” The
following month a follow-up was reported
“ The
three men charged with stealing coal were
convicted
and sentenced to a month’s hard labour
each. The
publican who was charged with feloniously
receiving
the coal, and whose defence was in the able
hands of
Mr Hubert Wood, was acquitted.” By Email - I own an eighteenth century longcase clock, which has an inscription written by my grandfather (Nelson Bathurst of Reigate, son of John Bathurst, cordwainer) some 100 years ago about its origins. He stated that his grandmother, Mrs Hannah Symmonds, was given it by her aunt, Mrs Muggeridge, of the Bats and Balls Inn, Reigate, who I assume owned it from new c.1760-1790. Do you have any evidence that this Inn existed or where its exact location was? Regards N.B., Bucks. N.B. referred to this page and the Bats and Balls above when John and Ann Muggeridge are mentioned. |
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Beehive Doversgreen Road
Picture courtesy HNHC This is how
the Beehive public house in Dovers Green Road was
until 1929. Stephen Burberry owned it at one time and
later Westerham Ales took it over. It would seem that
the Burberry family lived in the house, the evidence
for this coming from a fire report of 1895 which
read, ' March 19th - Bee Hive Beer House,
Dovers Green - two part boarded and brick built
houses, one used as branch Post Office, the other as
a beer house, well alight with roof falling in when
Fire Brigade arrived. Fire was caused by Mrs Burberry
ascending stairs with paraffin lamp after taking
letters to Post Office. She caught her foot in stair
carpet and fell. Paraffin spilt and ignited house.'. It
was run by the Blundell family from 1909 - 1949. They
lived in the pub itself, the white-boarded side. By
then the Burberrys lived in the brick side and ran a
wheelwrights and smithy. In 1949 it was taken over by
Allied Breweries. Comprehensive information
about this pub from Richard Symonds is below
Information about the Beehive from
Richard Symonds The first reference to the actual name Beehive was in a leasehold document 31 Dec 1881, and the inn and cottages nearby were passed to Messrs B C Bushell & co of the Westerham Brewery on 7th March 1882. (when Lashmars Oxted Brewery was taken over by Bushells) for the residue of the term of lease of 60 years from 29 Sept 1847.
The records of the copyhold element of these leases are interesting. Copyhold means that it was part of the Manor of Reigate (Lord of the Manor at this time was Lady Isobel Caroline Somers Cocks Somerset, widow). The record of admissions to the property give the following names:
Sept 1886 Admission of Mrs Mary Anne Davies & Mrs E Astle. A licence to demise was granted to both ladies on 16 April 1895 for a term of 18 years. Mary Anne davies died sometime before18 Sept 1898 when a further admission was granted to her "devisees" un-named; A further admission was granted to William Astle on 25 Feb 1902, who had died within 2 years as another admission was granted to his son George Devon Astle on 5 July 1904, and who the following year on 29 June 1905 was also granted an undivided moity of the Freehold premises (the Inn) at Dovers Green. At the same time he had to surrender the copyhold premises to W G D Astle. Astle leased the copyhold to Bushells in Nov 1907 for 21 years at a rent of £55 per annum.
In 1908 Bushells leased the copyhold dwelling to Mrs Rebecca Burberry of the Lancaster (?) wheelwrights, described as shop, land & prems at Dovers green at a rent of £23 per annum. (The writing is unclear and I may have misread the word Lancaster).
In Nov 1919 G D Astle died and the premises passed into the hands of Miss E H Donaldson, and when all copyholds were dis-enfranchised in 1921 it converted into Freehold estate. On 18 may 1928 she conveyed the freehold of the property to Messrs Bushell Watkins & Smith of the Westerham Brewery, then described as freehold beerhouse, Beehive, cottages, workshops & premises.
....II have a note of some of the proprietors:
1892 - 1905 G T Bassett
1909 - 1944 Benry Thomas Blundell 1951 - 1968 C P Potter.
The Beehive received its full licence and became a Publuc House in 1955, before which it was only a beerhouse.
Email from Iain Pocknell regarding The Beehive Over the past few years I've been tracing my family tree. You may be interested in knowing that my grandmother was born at The Beehive in 1903, her father, Sidney Burberry being the wheelwright in the adjacent building. Last night I found your website with the photos and description of the pub as it was then.... I was also staggered to read the fire report which involved my ancestors - it's really brought the past to life! This was the first time I had seen any photos of my Nan's birthplace! It looks like there were two branches of the Burberry family living in two houses. Stephen, I think, is Sidney's cousin which means that the Mrs Burberry in the fire report would be Ruth Burberry (although this is not confirmed). Sidney died in 1907 leaving his wife and children (4 girls and 1 boy). His son was killed in WWI. I'm wondering whether my great grandmother, Rebecca Burberry took over the lease if it was in her husband's name before? However, I do know that they all moved to live in Eastbourne. From what my grandmother had told me, this was shortly after Sidney's death(?) I do not know much about about the wheelwright business other than what I can piece together from the censuses i.e. two of Sidney's daughters were born in Catford, Kent in the early 1890s. As far as I can tell, there's no Lancashire connection...Rebecca's father being a red potter in Ewell. As Sidney Burberry is the main focus of my interest at the moment, I will piece together some information for your website. I can't give any timescales at the moment as with young children I do this research as and when time allows. I have ordered a copy of his death certificate as he died when he was 42. His grave stone says he dies peacefully which sounds like it might have been an illnes rather than an accident at work etc. I will run the information past my cousins in Canada before I send it to you - partly for accuracy, partly out of courtesy. I'm unsure if you have seen the website on the Burberry family history? There is a very distant link to raincoats! The Burberry Family website is being compiled by Douglas Burbury who lives in Tasmania http://www.vision.net.au/~dburbury/d0002/g0000248.htm#5503 Many
thanks for collating the information on the Beehive. Thank you, Iain, for the information - Richard and Alan |
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Bell Inn , Bell
Street Information
and picture from Richard Symonds This inn has a considerable history, as can be seen from the information below. No less than four premises have
had this name at some time or another in Reigate
alone. The Bull’s Head was called the Bell for a
short time around 1700 and it is often impossible to
disentangle the various locations. Also 51 High
Street was so called up until 1714 when it was
divided into tenements. The two houses opposite each
other in Bell Street (14 & 21 ) appear to
have been inns of this name alternately until the
beginning of the 19th century when the present public
house took over sole use of the name of the
Bell. To make a general history from the information
given would, given the several centuries and the
number of various premises involved, be difficult, so
the documented evidence provided further below is
left to stand alone. (cont below) The above picture (courtesy Richard Symonds) shows the Bell in 1933. when it had two doors. The lefthand door led to the saloon bar, the righthand one to the public bar. This situation lasted well into the 1960s at least. As can be see from the picture on the right (taken by me, Alan Moore, in October 2007) there is now just the one door and presumably (I haven't been in the Bell for years) just one bar (AJM) Continuing information from
Richard Symond
Schedule of deeds and documents referring to the Bell 1670 - Ann Cooper. 1676 - Jno Woodman. 1684 - John Dagnall. 24 Mar 1761 Lease for 1 year, John Lucas to Edmund Pepys. 25 Mar 1761 ReleaseJohn Lucas to Edmund Pepys. 22 Feb 1765 Lease for 1 year, Capt Faulkner to Jno Lucas. 27 May 1848 Conveyance, John Pepys to Edmund Pepys, freehold messuage. 21 Oct 1851 Lease.Edmund Pepys to Thomas Holdsworth, lic.victualr for 50 years. 16 Jun 1860. Earl Somers to Neale & Mellersh for building leases of a Burgage tenement in Bell Street. 2 Jul 1860 Assignment Thomas Holdsworth to Messrs Neale & Mellersh. 23 Apr 1878 Counterpart Lease Edmund Pepys to Mellersh & Neale for 21 years from 25 March 1878. 23 Apr 1878 Lease Edmund Pepys to Mellersh & Neale for 21 years from 25 March 1878 , rent £25 p.a. 28 Nov 1890 Conveyance Edmund Pepys to Mellersh & Neale. 13 Aug 1940 Agreement British Land Co.,and Mellersh & Neale Ltd., relating to the right of light affecting Nos. 23 to 25 Bell Street,and the Bell PH.
Showing the position of the Bell not far from the town centre on the east side of Bell Street. (Picture Alan Moore October 2007)
Additional Information from old records Bryants Survey 1785, Nos
193-195 in terrier, describes the Bell as follows: RS Email from
Sally, June 2013 Enjoying your web site
very
much and it has beome even
more interesting since I
started researching my
family.I just wondered if
the
following information would
be helpful to you.
Looking at the list of
proprietors for The
Bell in Bell Street I
see that in 1810 - 1843
there was a Abraham Elsey.
Prior to that was a
Stephen Elsey-- obviously a
relation but I have not
been able to work that one
out. Abraham was my
4x great grandfather. He was
born in Leigh Surrey in
the winter of 1781 and
baptised in St Bartholomews
Church Leigh on 16th
December 1781. In January
1807 he married Ann
Stammer at Greenwich St
Alphege.
Abraham and Ann had 7
children including
Frances b
1811. At the time of the
1841 census Abraham -
then
age 60 years - is living
at 41 Bell Street
Reigate.
Abraham is described as
a Chaise Driver. No
mention
of him being the
proprietor of The Bell
but I wonder if
that is where he was
living?? By the 1851
census Abraham and
Ann are still living
at the same
address but in the
household is their
daughter
Frances and her
husband Thomas
Holdsworth. Thomas
is
described as
Licensed Victualler
and Abraham as Post
Carriage Driver.
The census
form states that
the Ale House next
door is uninhabited.
I wonder if
that means they did
not live on the
premises??? Thomas
Holdsworth is on
the list of
proprietors
1855-1861.
Abraham died 2
years later in
1853. Frances
died in
May 1860 age 49
years and the
1861 census
Thomas was
still in Bell
Street as a
Victualler. In
June 1862
Thomas
remarried--
just 13
months after
his
first wife
died-- and
by 1871
Thomas and
his new wife
were living
in Park Lane
Reigate and
he was
described
as a retired
Inn Keeper.
Thomas died
in March
1874
aged 60
years. I realise
that
this
info
throws
up more
questions
than
answers
but
perhaps
interesting
to flesh
out the
bones of
some of
the
people
that
lived at
the
Bell!!
Many thanks to Sally for this
information - AJM |
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Black Horse Flanchford Road 
In the days when life was slower (Picture HNHC) Information from Richard Symonds Built circa 1760 by John
Fist, the Black Horse was a Copyhold property held of
Colley Manor. It is situated in West Street at the
junction with Flanchford Road. It was a well-known
house in times gone by. Here it was that the public
spent many a jovial evening after watching the free
entertainments provided for them on Reigate Heath in
the form of horse racing and public hangings on the
gallows near to the Skimmington Castle Inn. This
public house was perhaps one of the original pubs in
the borough. It appears in the original trust deed of
Mellersh & Neal’s debenture Stock dated
1897.
A rural idyll (Picture Richard Symonds) I have a copy of an Act, dated
47 GEO III,(1806/07) Seff 2, cap 122, for Beer arrives on a steam driven wagon (Picture Richard Symonds) The Petty Sessional report 1892
describes it as a “Fully Licensed house owned by
Mellersh & Neale and tied to them for trade. Run
by W Stevens who resides there. Frequented by Hawkers
and labourers. References; 371/2/8/3; Guildford Muniment Room 65/5/51; Ind Coope Archives. Information from Richard Proctor On the
1871 census Susannah Hall was shown as the head at
the Black Horse and her occupation was Licensed
Victualler. She was a widow. Email received from Chum Richardson Decenber 2008: My gggrandfather George Allen Aylwin is buried in the Leatherhead Churchyard. Hannah (Smart) ( Aylwin ) his first wife is beside him. Some of the Cooper family is there also. Thomas Cooper (see reference to Thomas Cooper above) is shown as deceased in 1800 and married Mary and the only child to live is my gggrandmother Mary Ann Cooper ( Aylwin ) a 1/2 sister to Hanna. Thomas Cooper owned the Black Horse and Reigate Brewery. I have possible for Mary f. Henry Balchin? m. Mary Parriott or Parrot?, = Mary Balchin? married John Charmon? = Hannah Charmon? married William? Smart. Mary married 1.?, 2.?, 3. brewer Thomas Cooper, 4. Rev. clerk Thomas Wigzell, 5. Rev. Charles de Cotlogon. Some other names that came up Bridger, Standen. Henry Balchin may have had more than 1 wife. Mary had sisters Elizabeth, Caroline, Charllotte, ? . |
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Four pictures of the Black Horse
taken in 2004 during a period when it was closed for
about a year before extensive alteration 
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Blue Anchor 27, West Street, Reigate.
A 17th Century building, the Blue Anchor is seen here as it was some decades ago. (Picture Richard Symonds) Information from Richard
Symonds Proprietors: c1892-1901 Charles Walder - 1904-1915 George Hawkins - 25 Dec 1923-1936 Mrs Adeline Mary Whitmore (Rent £30 p.a.) - 11 June 1936-1956 Henry Ernest Branfield - 1965-1968 A G Goldsmith - 1968-1973 Bill & Monica Mantle.
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Bottlehouse Formerly situated in Flanchford Road at Santon on the otherside of the Parish.
Information
from Richard Symonds References SC 371/2/3/36 passim; - W.Hooper “Reigate, Its Story through the Ages.’ |
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Bricklayers Arms Formerly situated at No.10, Bell Street, Reigate Information from Richard
Symonds References: SC 445/1/ f 177; - British Library ADD MSS 36232 f5. |
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Britannia Man O’War Formerly situated on a site adjacent to 51 Bell Street
Information from Richard
Symonds References: British Library. ADD MSS 34237. |
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Bulls Head 55 High Street Right - The Bulls Head (far right) seen from the west in the early 190%s (Picture AJM)
(picture Richard Symonds)
List of
Proprietors: describes it as a messuage with orchard, garden and
appurtenances abutting north on the High street,
south onto the Priory wall, east on premises in the
occupation of Joseph Allingham, west on premises in
occupation of George Apps. Worth £5 pa. George Webb
polled 1698; John Moreton 1716.
Lower pictures: - The Bulls Head in 1973 and 1975 (both pictures Richard Symonds) |
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Castle Inn 85 Bell Street
Left- The Castle Inn from
an old postcard (Both
pictures Alan Moore) Information
from Richard Symonds
The property for sale includes a brick and stone built & slated house possessing side entrance and passage leading to the rear. It comprises, on the ground floor, shop, parlour, and kitchen; on the first floor there are four bed-chambers; and there is cellarage in the basement. In the rear may be found, a timber-built and tiled Wash-house, and a Timber-built and tiled building, hitherto occupied as a Slaughter-house, with a Pound or Layer at end. There is also a small yard and a good piece of garden ground. The fixtures in and about the premises belonging to the vendors will be included in the purchase, but the Tenant claims the Trade Fixtures, Copper and other items, the premises will therefore be sold subject to the Tenant’s Interest (if any) in the said fixtures. The property is let to Mr. Henry Paine, a fishmonger on a yearly Tenancy expiring at Midsummer next, at a very inadequate rent of £20 per Annum. The Priory pub closed for refurbishment in the second half of 2011 and never reopened. It is pictured here with the ground floor unit to let in March 2012 |
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Chequers Information from Richard
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Crown Information from
Richard Symonds
Gardner
Bryants
Survey of 1785 shows the premises as no.190 &
191 on its accompanying terrier. 190 was described
as a shop and tenement formerly the CROWN INN,
abutting south on the Priory wall, east on a passage
leading to new erected brewhouse built on part of the
field called Crown Field. Worth £15 per annum.
Formerly in the occupation of Henry Newman and
others, Charles Browne, Joseph Lyfe, William Hatcher,
Robert Evans, Thomas Dodge, James Apted and now
(1785) of Jeffrey Strudewicke. Sold by heirs of
Edward Whiteacre to James Cocks for £400 in 1738. In
1663 it had belonged to Richard Arnold, a butcher, of
East Betchworth. occupation
of Mrs Mary Martin, John Wix, John Cole, Thornas
Dibble, now widow Dibble, as under-tenant to William
Bryant, Jnr. THE CRCWN INN, pn. Late Dibble.
Messuage, garden, greenhouse, stable, and other
outbuildings (and brewhouse in 1749), abutting west
onto a passage leading behind sarne. Worth, when
repaired, £16 per annum. Called the CROWN INN (see
190 for former same). Benjamin Nodes in 1749 sold it
to Philip, 2nd Earl Hardwicke. Benjamin Nodes was a
nephew of Richard Kay, draper.James Martin polled
1698.
Sale
Particulars Property no 205.
gives Mellersh & Neale as owners and kept by
William Bonny Email received from Chum Richardson Decenber 2008: My gggrandfather George Allen Aylwin is buried in the Leatherhead Churchyard. Hannah (Smart) ( Aylwin ) his first wife is beside him. Some of the Cooper family is there also. Thomas Cooper (see reference to Thomas Cooper above) married Mary and the only child to live is my gggrandmother Mary Ann Cooper ( Aylwin ) a 1/2 sister to Hanna. Thomas Cooper owned the Black Horse and Reigate Brewery. I have possible for Mary f. Henry Balchin? m. Mary Parriott or Parrot?, = Mary Balchin? married John Charmon? = Hannah Charmon? married William? Smart. Mary married 1.?, 2.?, 3. brewer Thomas Cooper, 4. Rev. clerk Thomas Wigzell, 5. Rev. Charles de Cotlogon. Some other names that came up Bridger, Standen. Henry Balchin may have had more than 1 wife. Mary had sisters Elizabeth, Caroline, Charllotte, ? . |
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The Crown 1820 |
The Crown from an engraving (both pictures Richard Symonds) |
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The above left photo is labelled: - 'The old Crown Inn, 15-17 High Street, closed 1859. Pictured as shops in 1890. Now the site of Boots and Sainsburys.' The picture above right is of the same shop and building in 1899, with the shop front extended vertically to cover the first floor left and centre windows. This was a building on the south side of the High Street but notes above refer to the old Crown Inn being rebuilt c1655 when its sign was tranferred to the north side of the High Street. If this is that building as rebuilt then it was not the old Crown Inn but its replacement.The closure date of 1859 would refer to the Crown Inn shown in the engravings above on the north side. Reference to an 1898 street directory shows that Henry Biddle Reader (the name over the doors in the lefthand picture and above the new central door in the righthand picture), a family grocer, had the shop. Perhaps that's him in the right hand doorway above. |
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Desert Rat (formerly Lesbourne Hall, now the Venture Inn) 11, Lesbourne Road, Reigate Information
from Richard Symonds The age of
this pub is not known but a Petty Sessions report of
1852 described it as a fully licensed inn, owned and
tied by trade to Messrs Mellersh & Neale of
Reigate, brewers. The then licensee, C Briggs, lived
on the premises. It said that the Inn wass frequented
by local tradesmen and artisans. At this time this
pub was called the Lesbourne Hall but on the 6th
April 1952 there was the unveiling of new sign
“Desert Rat”, renaming it in honour of the
son of the then landlord Leonard Henry Roper, who
perished in the desert during WW2. SCHEDULE OF
DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS SEEN Proprietors: Additional information from
Peter Taylor
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Eagle Hotel 46 Croydon Road
The board to the left of the pub in the lefthand picture is advertising Finch's cycles. The righthand picture shows a beer delivery being made. (Both Pictures coutesy Richard Symonds) Information
from Richard Symonds The Eagle, 46 Croydon Road, Reigate. Built circa 1860,
the Eagle stood on the eastern side of Croydon Road,
Reigate, between the railway bridge and junction with
Doods Road. The 1862 edition of Kelly's
Directory for Surrey lists Arthur John Charles White
as a "Common Brewer" at the Eagle
Brewery, Hotel and Tap. Arthur J C White came to
Reigate from Weybridge in 1859 where for some time
previously he carried out the same trade. Curiously
enough he does not appear in the 1861 Census for
Reigate. AJC White died on 28th Sept 1893, although
he had left the running of the inn (at least by
1884) in the capable hands of his eldest
son Arthur Henry White, who continued on for another
eight years. His 2nd son Horatio had moved to the
Roses Brewery in Redhill by 1887 to carry on
the family craft there. The Petty Sessional Report for 1892 describes the Eagle as a "fully-licensed house owned and tied by trade to The Friary Brewery Co Ltd of Guildford." Curiously enough, it goes on to say that it was "Run by A J White who resides on the premises; the Inn is frequented by gentlemen's servants and labourers." Arthur Henry White eventually sold the freehold of the Inn to Friary Holroyd & Healy's Breweries Ltd of Guildford on 17th June 1896. The brewhouse of the Eagle had fallen into disuse but the Hotel continued on, the bar of which being supplied by Friary. The Eagle closed in 1956, and the licence crossed the road to the Panther PH. The old Eagle premises finished life as a local office for Friary Meux Ltd. In the 1898 Kelly's Directory
the
proprietor is shown as John George May. Between 190%
and 1910, the proprietor's name was Jonathan George
May, but in 1910 there is no record of a landlord.
However, next door, there was a beer-retailer named
William Argent, who became the proprietor of the
Eagle in 1915. his address was 24 Croydon Road, on
the other side of Doods road. Argent remained until
1923. Between 1926 and 1956, William Coomber was the
landlord and the address was 48 Croydon Road. Between
1965 and 1968 the building became the area office of
Friary Meux Ltd, and by then had ceased to be a pub,
the licence as stated above, having been transferred
over the road to the Panther. References:
Neale Papers; Ind Coope Archives.
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At the end of WW1 land was donated to the ex-servicemen of Reigate. In 1920 the first clubhouse was built. A wooden structure it was later rebuilt in brick. There are now (2011) 350 members who pay £15 a year if they have not served in the forces. The committee is headed by president Ken Norris, secretary Derek Chinnery and treasurer Andy Hudson. Once opening hours were longer but now the club opens at 5pm daily. |
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Ex-servicemen line up c1920 facing the plot at a ceremony connected with the proposed clubhouse |
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Five Bells Chart Lane,Reigate
Information
from Richard Symonds This was an
inn situated opposite the parish church and and was a
place where the parish vestry met. The parish church,
after a common English fashion, had its attendant inn
which stood on the opposite side of Chart Lane and
bore the appropriate name of the Five Bells. It was
possibly closed before 1770 and demolished c1775 when
Cherchefelle was built for Robert Scawen.
(Cherchefelle is that large house in Chart Lane that
not so many years ago was used as a police station
but is now flats). Its yard was possibly the Inn
yard. Dr.Hooper, author of Reigate Through the
Ages was of the opinion that the old
Five Bells, which had existed since about 1700 or
possibly earlier was evidently pulled down about
1750—60. He said that part of the lower cellar
walls of the dwelling house erected on the site were
undoubtedly much older than the superstructure and
that one in the cellar at the end of the tunnel was
of old Reigate stone. Part of the existing house,
consisting of the south and east (or roadway)
elevations and rooms, was constructed about 1800, as
an addition to the former building (1750—80).
Some time after that, say, about l880, the name of
the house was changed from the Retreat to
Cherchefelle, during the occupancy of Mr Francis
Frisk (1876—1881). The old inn was evidently
adjoining the road, where the kitchen and dining room
later were. It is of interest that in those days and
until it was closed in 1825 there was a road, known
as Pudding Lane, running eastwards from Chart Lane
about opposite the yard entrance and forming a short
cut to Reigate Road. References: SC 371/2/3-6 passim. - Acc933; - SC 175/14/1. - Minutes of the Vestry 1771-1824. |
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Flower de Luce West Street, Reigate (Exact location unknown)
Information from Richard Symonds An alehouse
during the 15th and 17th centuries its name was a
corruption of Fleur-de-lys. — Martin Tubman was
its tenant in 1614 and in 1623 and 1641 Jo Life was
the owner. References: P49/1/1 SC 371/2/5/1. |
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Gamekeeper (85) Bell Street, Reigate
Information from Richard
Symonds An alehouse
which ceased trading in the 18th century.
The site is now occupied by the Castle public house
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George High St, Reigate
Information
from Richard Symonds Purported to have stood on the site of the old Inmans shop (about Nos 31 to 39) on the south side of the High Street, the George was another of Reigate's most well-known inns. It is mentioned in 1532 as one of the possessions of the Priory, but pre-dates this well back into the early 15th century. It closed down in the middle of the 18th century (circa 1747) as a result of the declining fortunes of the town. It was demolished a few years later. Earliest references I have are: 1409.( 25 June 10 Henry IV) Roger Chaunce in occupation. (Location given as abutting to east of Bryant 203 described below). Note: I believe that this Roger Chaunce was the last of a family of Burgesses in Reigate going back for the previous 100 years. 1532. Owned by Jo Skinner, tenant Wm Brakepole. 1575. Owned by Jo Skinner, sold (12 Jan 17 Elizabeth) to Jo & Rd Thompson. brewers in occupation. Formerly John Hall, once of Roger Chaunce, called the George (location abutting east of Bryant's 203) 1623. Pe Woodstock owner/occupier. 1695. Ben Heaver sold it to Isaac Hartwell, in occupation of Rd Lucas. 1704. In occupation of Rd Kay. Bryants Survey of 1785 lists it as part of a range of 3 properties numbered 200 to 203 on his map. Property No 200 (approx 31 High Street) given as "North to John Curtis. Formerly Thomas Bannister, John Herring, Matthew Dicey, Edward Mantle, Grace Moore, now James Apted and William Apted." with a footnote: "PN. Mrs Beale, late Apted, now Langridge." and described as a "Messuage abutting south on garden, late in occupation of Thomas Sutton, worth 10 shillings per annum. Purchased, it is said, by Sir Joseph Yorke of (from) Adamson; Nicholas Couch polled 1698; Charles Adamson 1716. Formerly part of the George Inn, and conveyed in 1747 by Lawrence Cotton of London, to the Hon Joseph Yorke after it had been purchased of (from) Joanna and Anne Adamson." Property 201 ( part of 35 and all of 33, High Street) was described as a "Messuage formerly part of the George Inn, worth £3 per annum, formerly in the occupation of Edward Wells, glover, Richard Neeves, and now of John Dove. Purchased by John Cocks of (from) Nicholson Grouch for £165, and there is a doubt whether (property)198 was not anciently part thereof. Robert Watson polled 1698; John Wing 1716; John French 1722." Property 202. ( Part of 35, and No 37) Messuage worth 20 shillings per annum. 1695 Benjamin Heaver sold it to John Debnam who later sold it to John Wood who sold it to Sir Robert Furness whose heir Marquis of Rockingham sold it to Sir Joseph Yorke. John Debnam polled 1698; Sir John Furness polled in 1716. Conveyed by Lewis, Earl of Rockingham to Hon Joseph Yorke in 1744. East to John Dove, west late of Thomas Sutton, formerly Mathew Ulcey, John Curtis, now Sutton. Property 203 (39 High Street) Described as a "Messuage, maltinghouse, stable, yard, garden, and field, the messuage being made out of a brewhouse abutting south on the Priory wall, worth £8 per annum. Formerly in the occupation of John Wheeler, John Constable, James Sutton, and late of Thomas Sutton. John Cocks purchased it in 1749 of James Sutton for £420. This is supposed to be the brewhouse of the Old George Inn (see property 200). Jeremiah Jones polled 1710; John Constable 1722. References; PRO SC6. Henry VIII 3462; SC 445/1 f200-203.; SRO 371/8/225; SRO 371/8/229. RS Notes from W. M. Bushby in 1968 place the George at 33-39 High Street and the last part remaining, at 39, was rebuilt in 1960. Under the floor of the back premises was discovered a very old stone-lined well. |
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Grapes,
Bell Street 
Information from Richard Symonds The Grapes was situated at 8-10 Bell Street and is now houses the well respected local business of Messrs Knight's the Drapers. It was originally called the Bunch of Grapes and was built about 1780 by Richard Cheeseman to rival the also newly built White Hart opposite, of which he had also been the tenant. It never attained the same reputation as the latter however. It incorporates an alehouse formerly known as the Bricklayers Arms, and lost its licence in 1910. According to Bryant's Survey of 1785, it was listed as tenement 177 and described as "Messuage, yard, gardens, and appurtenances, called by the sign of the Bunch of Grapes, sold with above and is on lease to Richard Cheeseman from 1781 for 31 years at £4 per annum. William Matthew polled 1698; Thomas Saunder 1710. North to the Swan Inn yard. Formerly Thomas Saunders who sold it in 1759; John saunders, Thomas Moorer, since of Richard Cheeseman, now Henry Crunden." There is a footnote stating that "In 1814, Henry Crunden was given a lease for £14 years." In the 1827
survey, the rates of the Inn were computed to have
been £17 per annum. Borough Bench dated Monday August 18th 1873, stated "The licence of the Grapes Hotel was transferred from Mr E Downing to E Kemp, 106, Sloane Street, Chelsea. An Advertisment also appeared in january 1878 for the Hotel, stating "The Grapes Commercial Hotel, Bell Street, Reigate. Every Accomodation for bicyclists and other travellers. proprietor, Mr W Pitcher." The Petty Sessional records 1892 describes the Inn as "The Bunch of Grapes, Bell Street. Fully Licensed inn, owned By lady Henry Somerset. Lesee, the Friary Holroyd's & Healy's Brewery Co to whom the inn is tied for trade. Licensee Emily Fitcher who resides on the premises. The house is a Commercial and family Hotel." Above - A sketch of the Grapes in 1886 from the 'Bicyling News'. (Picture courtesy Michael Knight)
Proprietors; c 1698 William
Matthews;
References: SC 445/1 f 177; 371/10/30/1-35; Monthly Magazine, Surrey Record & Illustrated Journal for Reigate etc 13th July 1877.
Notes from W.M.Bushby state that Lady Somerset tried to get the Bell public house, which stood opposite the Grapes, closed down in 1895 when its lease ran out, but failed. As she was the head of the temperance movement in England one might think that her motives were connected with that cause she owned the Grapes leasehold and let it to a brewer, not something in the spirit of temperance. Mr Bushby's notes also state that Knights took it over as a shop in 1912. |
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Green Man 65 High Street, Reigate
Information
from Richard Symonds Stood approximately on the site of No 65 High Street where The Pantry, the bakers, formerly traded. Built circa 1721, but closed down circa 1774. According to Bryant's Survey 1785 f227, it was listed as " A messuage, garden, orchard and appurtenances abutting north on the High Street, south on the Priory wall, east on premises in the occupation of John Jackson, worth £10 per annum. Formerly in the occupation of John Jordan, Nicholas Smith, John Saker, Widow Hills, John Bulcocke, and since of James Brooker and now of William Robinson. In 1678 it was described as 3 tenements; In 1695, property 228 was sold by Richardson ro Richard Willis and this messuage to John Skynner who in 1687 sold it to John Tomkyns, now living. Purchased by John Yorke of (from) George Arnold in 1774 for £300 (then described as an Inn called the Green man). John Tompkins polled 1698, 1710, 1713; Bartholomew Hart polled 1716; Sir Evelyn Alston polled 1722."There is a manuscript postscript stating that "with 228 was anciently 3 tenements and would together be now 3 votes if belonging to one proprietor being so long before the 1698 Splitting Act, being with 228 described as 3 feudal tenements." References: Hooper papers Reigate Library; British Library Add Mss 34237; SC 445/1 f227. |
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Greyhound 32 High St, Reigate Information
from Richard Symonds Situated
approx 32 High Street, Reigate (on the east side of
Castle steps). First Mentioned in 1596 but probably
dates from as earlier time. It was converted into
three shops at the end of the 17th century. last used
1750. The earliest reference to a landlord is 1593
when Edw. Carpenter was given. Apparently, George IV in his journeys to Brighton (The Pavillion being his residence there) always came through in his heavy travelling carriage with four spanking horses, blinds drawn, and an escort of lancers following him. The fact that he always stopped to change horses at the Greyhound caused a jealousy at the other inns, especially the Crown. On the last occasion of his passing (veing at that time unpopular through his treatment of his wife, Queen Caroline, and her trial going on at the House of Lords), a small mob assembled at the Crown Corner and hissed and hooted. This gave him great offence; he exclaimed in the words of Shakespeare "A Pox on both your houses", and he never came again this way but used the Sutton Road. References: P49/1/1 SC 445/1 f92. Notes from W.M.Bushby place the Greyhound at 28-32 High Street. He said that in 1968 it was Roberts and a milk shop and elizabethan brickwork could be seen at the back. |
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Hautboy & Fiddle High St, Reigate
Information
from Richard Symonds Situated at about 24 High Street, Reigate. Ceased Trading circa 1750 and demolished in 1786.
Bryant's
Survey of 1785, gives this inn as property No 96, and
describes it as "Messuage, garden, with
appurtenances, was a public house the sign of the
Hautboy & Fiddle. Formerly in the occupation of
Moses Chandler, victualler, but has been many years
empty and is now in a very ruinous state; Worth, if
repaired, £5 per annum. In 1681 conveyed by
Mary Kipping, widow of Staines, Middlesex, to Francis
Hatcher, oatmealman, and Elizabeth his wife for
£60.10s, and sold by George Hatcher, baker, in
1704; John Castleman polled 1710 and 1713; John
Hicooks 1716 and 1722 (Hicooks purchased it of
Castleman in 1718. James Apted succeeded as occupier
by Thomas Reynolds, then James Meek, Cheesemonger,
then Daniel Garraway, grocer, and Abel Garraway,
grocer, was tenant in 1812, and subsequently James
Brewer. It is interesting to note that Music-shops always adhered to the primitive custom of using as their signs representations of the instruments they sold. The Hautboy was one of the most constant music-shop signs. It occurs also as an Inn-sign elsewhere in the County, at Oakham. It was a reed instrument - a kind of prototype of the flute. References: SC 445/1 f96; Land Tax, Reigate Borough 1780-86. |
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Holmesdale Inn Corner Priory Road and Park lane, South Park (address 1 Priory Road).
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nformation
from Richard Symonds When the early
1840’s South Park estate around Priory Road was
being built, a plot of land was earmarked for a
public house to serve the new community and the
original name intended was The Tavern. It was
eventually erected and the conveyance, dated 15th
December 1853 from the builders Vine & Pemberton
to Frederick Mellersh, indeed referred to it as
“piece or parcel of land called the Tavern
plot.” However, Messrs Meale & Mellersh had
other ideas and promptly called it the Holmesdale
Inn. Eves 1861 map shows it as property No 1506 and
describes it as “Public House & garden,
owned by Neale & Mellersh, run by George
Walter.” The pub is seen above beyond the hedge in its Mellersh and Neale days .(Picture Alan Moore)
The Holmesdale was demolished in the 190%s. It is pictured (left) in 1993 and the site is shown (right) in 1998 (Both pictures
Alan Moore)
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Labour in Vain Park Lane, Reigate
Information from Richard
Symonds Listed in Bryant's Survey 1785 as property No 243, and described as "Messuage and appurtenances called the Labour in Vain, formerly licensed victuallers premises, worth £2.10s per annum. Formerly in the occupation of Christopher Stacey, William Keeble, and Ralph Holdsworth, late of Richard Cooke, and James Vine, now of Mrs Howick. This and the next (adjacent property) were left on lease about 1775 for 61 years to James Vine. As one site, this lease is now the property of Mrs Anne Jones. Have together never been considered more than one vote. Was part of the ancient estate granted to the First Lord Somers. Persons that have polled for both as one: Abraham Stanning 1698; Patrick Cuthbertson 1710. Pulled down 1756. In 1817, was in the occupation of Samuet Webb, thatcher." References: SC 445/1 f243; British Library Add Mss 36232; Cambridge Record Office 588/A7. |
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Market Hotel 2, High Street, Reigate
These pictures show the Market in the 1920s/30s (Both pictures Richard Symonds) 
Information from Richard
Symonds
(picture Richard Symonds)
The Tythe Map 1843 gives it as
property 766 “owned by Earl Somers, House &
garden occupied by John Lucas.” However, I
suggest the property to be confused with No 764
“owned by Earl Somers, House, outbuildings &
garden of 14 poles, occupied by Richard Yerworth
.” Freehouse for trade and
frequented by tradesmen and shop assistants.” It is interesting to note that George Adams also owned the bonded stores & warehouse immediately opposite the Inn just across Tunnel road. George Adams ran both businesses for a short while during the 1st decade of the 20th century, although the main family interest had been for several decades previously in the Tunnel Vaults and Stores.
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Nutley Hall 8 Nutley Lane 
The Nutley Hall (Picture Richard Symonds) Information
from Richard Symonds
Alfred George Ryder, “residing in a house known
by the sign of the Nutley Hall in Reigate” to
carry on the trade of “retailer of beer, cider
or perry, sprits, foreign wine, and tobacco in the
said premises being all adjoining or contiguous to
each other and situate in one place, and held
together for the same trade, such house and premises
being rented at £20 per annum”. The cost of the
licence, for one year, being 12 pounds, 7 shillings
and nine pence farthing. The Nashes 1975
(Picture Richard Symonds)
From
the Surrey Mirror of 24th September 1899 A LICENSING CASE DISMISSED Hazel Steadman, of the Nutley Hall public house, Reigate, was summoned for permitting drunkenness on November 13th . - Mr. Dennis of Croydon, appeared to defend. - Evidence was given by Inspector Jeffrey, who, in company with P.C.Howlett, visited the Nutley Hall at 9.30 p.m. on November 13th. They found eight men in the bar drinking from pots of beer. The Landlady and her son were behind the bar. Three of the men were slightly under the influence of drink, but not sufficiently so to justify a complaint. At 10.15 p.m., in consequence of a disturbance at the house, Inspectory Jeffrey paid another visit in company with P.C. Hannett. The three men were then quite drunk. The Landlady and her son and daughter were then behind the bar. The condition of the three men was pointed out , and they were turned off the premises. The police could not arrest them for simple drunkenness, or they would have been arrested; they were strangers or they would have been summoned. The Inspector called the attention of the landlord to the matter, but he abruptly turned away and made no reply. - P.S.Hannett gave evidence as to the second visit. - Mr.Dennis, in addressing the Bench, said that at 9.30 on the evening in question and old man tutored the house, and was served with small quantities of rum. Immediately afterwards and man and a women entered and assaulted the old man, while the woman used bad language. The police were acquainted, and, after and interval, arrived. Before that three men came into the house. They had no money between them, but made an attempt at collecting, with the result that they were given 1d. A navvy who was in the house offered them a drink from a pot and they drank. They left and returned again, and had not been in the house 10 minutes when the Inspector came. One went to sleep, and no doubt the constable was mistaken. - The landlord gave evidence, and swore that the men in question were sober, and had been refused drink by his daughter. - Wm. Peters, Glover's Fields, said that the three men in question were sober, but were not served with drink, and were ordered out after their first visit. They were sober when they came in the second time. The men walked steadily enough. - Bertha Steadman said that the three men were sober. They had not been served with drink. - Re-called, Inspector Jeffrey said he saw the three men in question drinking, and one the asked him to have a drink. - Owing to the conflicting nature of evidence the case was dismissed. (Article kindly supplied by www.thenutleylaneproject.co.uk) Email from Pete York July 2008 - I have been
doing some research on my family History. My grandma,
Lily Pitt, was born in Reigate in 1893. Her
grandfather was David Pitt- born c1827.
According to the 1871 survey aged 44 he is recorded
as the Licenced vitualler of Nutley Hall. I
searched Nutley Hall on the Internet and your
resource came up. I read with interest the list of
publicans of Nutley Hall and notice my ancestors name
does not appear. Hope this info is of use to you. Thank you very much for the information; the name of David Pitt has been added to the list above. AJM and RS
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c1861. John Bailey; c1865
Alfred George Ryder; c1871 David Pitt: 1878-1882
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The Panther Croydon Road
I have seen a conveyance
dated 1st July 1869 transferring the Panther from Mr
C H Masters to Friary & Holroyd’s Brewery Co
Ltd. Therefore, it must have received its licence
sometime before 1869. It was a beers hop only, tied for trade to
Friary, Holroyd & Healy’s Brewery of
Guildford (later to become Friary Meux Ltd). The
Petty Sessional Report for 1892 gave the publican as Mr E Duncan who resided on the premises and the clientele tended to be tradesmen and artisans. It remained a beerhouse until 1959 when it received its full licence from the closure of the Eagle opposite. The tenant at that time was Philip Arthur Scutt.
Above - The Panther in
1973 Photo courtesy Richard Symonds
Photo courtesy Richard Symonds
Ian Robertson. bar manager of the Pather, kindly supplied the following information: - Iris, the Landlady of the Railway, Daphne, the Landlady of the Yew Tree and Bonny Jones, the Landlady of the Panther went on holiday together several times and were known in their pubs as the 'merry widows'. At
the time of writing, Iris still lives in Reigate in Norbury Road. The 1973 photo was taken the year Bonny and her retired policeman husband took over the Panther. You can see in the 1973 photo that the house immediately to the left of the pub has been demolished to make way for an extension to the pub and the new pub garden. You can just make out the porch to the entrance in the new extension and a second porch, which has been cut into the wall in between the second window and the two doors, and was in fact a small entrance to enable the landlord to sell off sales from behind the bar. The two doors and second window have been filled in since 1965, as the bar now occupies the space along that wall. Information received 27.9.07, thanks very much Ian The Panther in the 1920s when still a beerhouse (See also The Railway
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Pear Tree Nutley Lane, Reigate Information
from Richard Symonds - The Pear Tree was a beerhouse in Nutley Lane that was closed down in 1910, the last landlord being Thomas Edward Milton. I have very little on record about this establishment other than a reference in the 1892 Petty Sessional Report wherein it is described as a “Beerhouse with on and off licences granted prior to 1869, owned and tied by trade to George Moore & Co, Leatherhead, brewers. The licensee, G. Parsons resides on the premises. This is a common lodging house for tramps.” From
the Surrey Mirror dated 7th February 1899. A Man Suffocated - A Woman Seriously Burnt A shocking
occurrence took place on Saturday at Reigate,
resulting in the death of a man named William Howell,
a bricklayer, fifty-four years of age, and serious
burns to a woman named Margaret Howell. It appears
that the man and woman had been staying at the Pear
Tree lodging house, Nutley-lane, and retired
to bed about ten o’clock. A labourer named
Underhill, going to bed about eleven, noticed a
strong smell of burning and saw smoke coming from
Howell's room. Assistance was at once fetched and the
door, which was latched outside, was burst open. The
man was brought out alive, but died soon after and
the woman .. was removed to the Infirmary. In reply to
further questions from the Deputy Coroner, witness
said that they all had to be in bed at 11 o'clock on
Saturday night, and no smoking was allowed in the
house. Deceased was not smoking when he went to bed. (Article kindly supplied by www.thenutleylaneproject.co.uk ) |
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Plough (or King’s
Corner)(2) Church Street, Reigate This pub was first
mentioned in 1602 and was another inn that closed
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Prince of Wales Holmesdale Road
Information from Richard Symonds - Owned by Westerham Brewery and then the Ind Coope chain
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Prince of Wales Nutley Lane 
Information from Richard Symonds The 1892 petty sessional report listed the Prince of Wales as a beerhouse, licensed prior to 1869, owned by William Carruthers of Reigate and run as a freehouse by J Muddle who resided on the premises. The pub was frequented by artisans and labourers. Carruthers sold the property to Mellersh & Neale 24th march 1894 (converance), who promptly mortgaged it to their usual bankers F A Nash et al. However, the mortgage was redeemed within 18 months. Known tenants were Wm Muddle 190%-1930 (who presumably got the tenancy from J Muddle, probably father to son) and 1930-46 Wm Cox. The quarterly tenancy rent as beerhouse in 1938 was £35 per annum. Wickens, the man who ran buses between Reigate and Redhill, had the property next door; his board is just visible in the left hand picture. F Above left - Frontal view of the pub .( (Picture Richard Symonds) F Above right - View down Nutley Lane, pub on right (Picture AJM) From the Surrey Mirror of Friday, September the 22nd 1899: Before the
Mayor (Councillor F.E. Barnes), Alderman F. Budgen,
Messrs. W. H. Nash, and S. Barrow. (Article kindly supplied by www.thenutleylaneproject.co.uk) |
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Public Hall Inn High Street Information from Richard Symonds The next building to Morrison's Solicitors offices (now ASH) in Reigate High Street. In 1888 F,Coker is listed as the landlord. He was also a confectioner. |
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Queen’s Arms 4a High Street, ReigateInformation from Richard Symonds First
mentioned in 1598 when occupied by Richard Best, and
also formerly known as the White Horse. Last used as
an inn c.1647, and finally converted into a house by
1780. It stood on the site that used to be Eames
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Railway Hotel
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Red Cross Hotel
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The Red Cross c1904 (Picture Richard Symonds) |
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The Red Cross three quarter
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Front view. Note the Heritage plaque (pictured right) on the left corner . Its wording is given below. (picture Alan Moore ) |
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More about the Farthing Tokens mentioned above 
On Sunday March 21st 2010 one of the Red
Cross tokens was unearthed in a field near Dorking by
a metel detector enthusiast. During and just after
the Civil War it was quite common for businesses to
issue their own farthing tokens because of an acute
shortage of the farthing in normal currency. Issue of
the state farthing had been banned by Parliament in
1944 because of a perceved surfeit. The farthing had
been issued under contract by King Charles 1st. He
was executed in 1649 after the second Civil War and
some traders took matters into their own hands to
create an alternative coin to alleviate the shortage
of small change. The tokens were never official,
however, and after the restoration of the monarchy
with Charles ll the supply of farthings recommenced
across the country in 1872. Information and picture comes from from the Surrey Mirror article of April 1st 2010 which contained additional information from Mr Tim Everson, an expert on farthings and 17c traders' tokens. |
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Red Rose An inn mentioned in 1446 |
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Red Lion West Street |
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from Richard Symonds An inn by this name dated from medieval times but there was another inn that also used this name as well as just the Lion. The former inn was converted to tenements in 1671 while the latter traded into the 18th cemtury. |
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When West Street was widened in the early part of the 20th century most of the old Red Lyon was demolished but for the south wall adjoining the present butcher’s shop. Then in 1923 further alterations exposed some old oak posts with Tudor arches (see picture left), these having been part of the south wall of the old Inn. This photo was taken at the time. Later in 1956 the beams were uncovered again (picture below) and subsequently preserved in situ and left exposed. This Old Inn was where Walsingham Heathfield, brewer and innkeeper, lay under suspicion during the Commonwealth when inns were closed or controlled by Cromwell's Major-Generals as Royalist centres of disaffection, A field which lay at the rear called Red Lyon Close included part of the present cricket ground. Heathfield purchased the property in l671 just before his death, by which date the house had been divided into three tenements. By 1729 it had ceased to be an inn. This property was numbered 243-250 on Bryant's Survey. (Pictures and caption Richard Symonds) |
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The beams of the Red Lyon can be seen in the shop on the corner of Park Lane and West Street. The picture on the left was taken from the shop's Park Lane window, with West Street visible through the opposite window. The picture on the right was taken at the same time through the West Street window. The shop was undergoing renovation at the time.
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Reigate Hill Hotel |
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The Reigate Hill Hotel in October 1970. In the left picture the pub sign is that of the Yew Tree. (Three pictures Richard Symonds, one picture Alan Moore) |
The sign for the Reigate Hill Hotel is on the side of Reigate Hill before the entrance to the Hotel. As one drives up the hill, however, it is the Tew Tree pub that is in view on the bend. |
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Rifle Volunteer 88 Reigate Hill Closed c1907 |
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The Rifle Volunteer building still standing in 2008 (Alan Moore) |
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Robin Hood 46 Holmesdale Road
Information from Richard Symonds
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Roe Deer - See The Panther |
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Rose & Crown , 42-44 High Street
Information
from Richard Symonds In Bryant's Survey of 1785 the Rose and Crown was described as having a garden and a brewhouse. It was conveyed to Robert Tooth, a butcher, in 1697 and sold in 1750 by Robert Tooth to Philip, the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke for £140. Other proprietors inclded 1816-1826 Richard Bartholemew; 1839 James Wells; 1855-1861 Edward Wells; 1878 Henry Joyes; 1882 John Barratt, In 1892 it was owned by Lady Henry Somerset and was leased and tied by trade to Mellersh and Neale. The licencee from 1891-1895 was H.Pulling.
The picture on the left dates from the late 1800s. The two building on the right stand on the north side of the High Street either side of the path into the Castle Grounds; the larger building and the one next to it now being the site of Boots Chemists. On the far left, with the street lamp outside and a board on its roof, is believed to be the Rose and Crown. (picture AJM) |
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Seven Dials Bell Street
Information from Richard Symonds - Closed by 1727
Notes from W.M.Bushby state that the Seven Dials was a large inn at 39-41 Bell Street. William Keasley had it in 1704 and his son sold it in January 1719 for £140. By 1729 it had been divided into three tenements. |
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Ship Bell Street
Information from Richard Symonds - First noted in 1652 it had been converted to a house by 1785
Notes from W.M.Bushby state that the Ship stood where Bancroft Road now joins Bell Street. Keasley's the bakers had the building from about 1790. |
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Skimmington Castle Reigate Heath(Early picture of the pub courtesy Richard Symonds)
Information
from Richard Symonds The origin of
the name of the Skimmington Castle pub is perplexing.
Apparently the area where it stands was, in the
1800s, known as Skimmington Down, a name said to
derive from a custom of ‘Riding the
Skimmington’, another term of which the meaning
and origin has been lost. Early reference to the
premises was in 1861/2 when the general store on the
site sold beer and became an inn, or beershop, run by
William Perkins. Sometime before 1892 it was acquired
by William Dagnall. William Bonny acquired it after
1892 and ran it until 1905 when it became the
property of Cutforth Bros., who were local brewers,
and who had supplied beer to the premises.
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Mr Andy Fisher and his wife Anne retired in as landlords of the Skim in 1994. They took over forty years earlier in 1954. They were succeeded by Mr Guy Davies and his wife Rena who said that there would be little change with perhaps a bit of tidying up and the introduction of food in the evenings.
Andy and Anne Fisher just before their retirement |
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The sudden and unexpected closure of the Skimmington Castle was announced in the Surrey Mirror of 25th September 2008 'Thirsty ramblers were stunned to discover one of their favourite pubs had shut down without warning at the weekend,' the article read. It reported owners Punch Taverns as saying that the inn had been repossessed but were tight lipped aboutwhat led to that circumstance. A spokesman for the company said that its priority was to get the Smimmington Castle open for trade again as soon as possible. The Mirror was unable to get any information directly from the pub. In the meantime we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Since this was published the pub has re-opened and business continues. The manager told me that he now runs the Skim for a lady who owns it plus another pub elsewhere. AJM summer 2009 |
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Swan Hotel High Street Information
from Richard Symonds The most important inn in reigate before the rebuilding of the White Hart. It is said that the election of the Prior of Reigate Priory took place here in 1452. During the 17c it was owned by the Castleman family, one of whom was stabbed to death by a coronet in the dragoons in 1695. |
The Swan Hotel from a painting by Samuel Howitt 1756-1822. (Picture Richard Symonds) |
The Swan Hotel is shown here closed and for sale in the 1930s (Picture Richard Symonds) |
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A painting of the centre of Reigate, this time with a horseless carriage parked outside the Swan (Picture Richard Symonds) |
 A view of Reigate Market Place c1915 when the Swan Hotel was still open (Picture Richard Symonds) |
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 This photo, presumably of a painting, is not of Reigate as it shows the Swan Hotel on the north side of the Market Place. It looks as if it could be Reigate, with the old chapel and what could be Church Street stretching into the distance behind, but is probably of a Herefordshire Market town. |
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A close-up of the Swan 1930s
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Three Horseshoes (1) Ironsbottom It is shown here in 1899
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Three Horseshoes (2)
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also The Crown Information from Richard Symonds The Three Horseshoes stood on the site of the old Lloyds bank which would place it at about No 4 High Street. First recorded 1595 , and last used circa 1647 when the premises bearing that sign were conveyed to Thomas Blatt of Fengates, tanner. Whenever a pub takes the name of the Three Horseshoes, it is an indicator that a blacksmith or farrier was not far away. Why three shoes and not four? Because the horse would stand on three when he was being shod. Sydney Smith said "the Smiths never had any arms and have invariably sealed their letters with their thumbs". This sign, however, represents the arms of the Smiths, that is, of the London Company of Farriers. It also resembled the coat of arms of the Ferrers family, Earls of Derby in the 14th century. The Inn was later called the Crown (see my notes on the Crown). References: SC 445/1 f107. 371/6/127/1-12. RS |
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Three Pigeons London RoadInformation from Richard Symonds - The Three Pigeons stood in London Road
and was a beershop of uncertain history. My copy of
the Petty Sessional Report 1892 gives it as a
beershop, licensed prior to 1869, owned & tied by
trade to Mr Reffell of Gomshall, brewer, and run by a
Mr Alfred Owers who resided on the premises. The inn
was frequented by Gentlemen's servants and artisans.
According to William Bushby, a well known local
historian in past times, there were extensive caves
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Warren Arms 16 Warren Road Information from Richard Symonds - Closed c1910 and later became a slaughter house then a shop. |
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White Hart
Church Street
The White Hart is seen here in the 1960s tucked between two larger buildings on the south (left) side of Church Street. (picture Alan Moore) Information from Richard Symonds - Between 1582 and
1611 it was kept by John Wood, and later by William
Pistor In 2007 the White Hart closed and became the Strada Italian restaurant (Picture Alan Moore) |
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White Hart Commercial Hotel Bell Street Information
from Richard Symonds The White Hart Hotel was built in 1774 on site of two shops and a corn store and demolished in 1933, its contents having been sold by at auction by Watkin and Watkin on May 19th of that year. The Reigate Amateur Film Society, then in its first stage of formation, and also in 1933, made a film called ‘Come to Reigate’, in which the White Hart Hotel featured as one of the older parts of the town. George III, it is said, was known to keep a bedroom reserved there, and Queen Victoria stopped there briefly on her way to Brighton soon after her accession. On another occasion she stopped there for lunch with the Prince Consort and the baby Prince of Wales, later King Edward V11. The historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth lived there before he moved to Glovers Field, where he died in 1882. He wrote ' Old Court' at the Hotel. The White Hart's history includes an incident in which an army officer ran through one of the hotel's landlords with a sword after an argument about a bad coin. The officer was tried, condemned and hanged. On Sept 18th 1838 a meeting of the inhabitants was held at the Hotel to discuss the provision of gas for the town, following which a gas company was later formed. It was the centre of the coach trade in Reigate from 1756 until the advent of the railway in the mid-1800s. The Prince of Wales, who was later George IV often styed there on his way to Brighton. Around 1823 it was owned by James Relf. |
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In 1907 Mr A.G.Vanderbilt came to England with 27 horses and won the International Horse Show at his very first attempt. In 1908 he brought more horses to this country from the USA and started running coaches to recreate ‘the glory and the glamour’ of this mode of transport through the Surrey and Sussex countryside.On the first trial run of a stagecoach from London to Brighton a stop was made at the White Hart at Reigate for lunch and a great many people turned out to see this revival of the old coaching days. Fresh horses were attached to ‘Meteor’, the name of the coach used and Mr Vanderbilt himself was the driver. ‘Meteor’ was being used only on this initial run, the coach to be used on subsequent regular runs being ‘Venture’.He gave up coaching in 1914 when war was declared and returned to the USA but decided to come back to England to take up Red Cross work. He booked a ticket on the Lusitania , a British liner known to be a target for German submarines, and in spite of warnings refused to cancel. The ship was torpedoed and sunk and Vanderbilt, along with many others, including a significant number of fellow Americans, lost his life. AJM |
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White Horse (1) See the Angel |
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White Horse (2)Albert
Road South However I grew up in a house that used to be The White Horse in South Albert Road. A strange anomalie being the two roads running parallel to each other were South Albert Road and Albert Road North, where the Admiral sits on the corner of Nutley name. No one could ever explain the difference in the way the roads were named. The pub was originally a coaching house believed to have been built in the 18th century. At some stage in the 20th century it ceased being an inn and was split into two houses. These became numbers 35 and 37 South Albert Road. It was built of what my father called Reigate stone. It was knocked down about 10-12 years ago and two modern houses built on the site. My own family were living
at no 37 during the 1902 census. That side of the
family being called Booker. Some time in the 1950s my
father swapped with a family called the Lewers who lived at no 35, which is where I grew up from 1957, and became houses. The old stable
and harness block was still intact unttil the houses
were demolished. The attic was one long one shared by
both houses. In number 37 the bells for calling staff
were still in place and my brother an I used to get
in trouble for going in the attic and ringing them. I
remember just inside the front door of no 37 there
was a small hatch to what used to be the bar, where
you could buy bottles when it still was an inn.
Unfortunately I do not have any pictures of the
place, but my mother may have some taken in the
1950-60s if you are interested. Email from Derek
Bull This is purely so as not to confuse the postman and the street indexers. Both roads were initially called Albert Road and all the 12 matching cottages (identical to ours in both roads built in 1862) were all called Albert Cottages. Naming the roads put the streets in different parts of the indexes to avoid confusion. With a rather forward looking approach, the Borough Council at the turn of the century, approved a numbering scheme leaving sufficient gaps for new properties to be inserted without the need for renumbering. This has worked out almost exactly. I think there was only a need to suffix an 'A' on No21 (if my memory serves me right). What is more confusing is that South Albert Road ends where your Pub was and becomes Evesham Road North! Then a bit further Evesham Close! This still confuses my postman. Still he is Lithuanian! Regards ,Derek. |
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Yew Tree (1) Reigate Hill  The old Yew Tree pub on Reigate Hill had another pub, the Rifle Volunteer, directly opposite. (Picture Richard Symonds) |
Built (or possibly rebuilt) in 1840, the original pub stood very close to the toll gate and toll house on Reigate Hill. This picture dates from c1880 (picture Richard Symonds) |
The old yew Tree Inn c190% (picture Nicholas McFarlane-Watts ) |
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the Yew Tree with the Rifle Volunteer visible on the
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Yew Tree (2) Reigate Hill
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The Yew Tree when completed with the old buildings cleared away ( picture Richard Symonds) |
Another picture of the Yew Tree as newly rebuilt ( picture Richard Symonds)
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The Yew Tree in October 2007. Note that the timberwork on the front was not present when new. (Picture Alan Moore) |
Email from Ruth Al-Sadie
Hi I have some family connections with the Yew Tree Inn and the Angel Inn. My great, great aunt, Sarah Louisa Elliott, was a barmaid/general domestic servant at the Yew Tree Inn between 1891 and 1911. The proprietors of the Inn between those dates were a James and Ellen Green. Sarah's father Thomas Elliott (my great, great, great grandfather) was a collector of tolls at the gates by the Yew Tree (called London Lane gates) in the second half of the 1840s. Thomas was also a collector of tolls at the gates beside the Angel Inn (called Woodhatch tollgates) in the first half of 1840s. Hope this info is of use to your site. Ruth
supplied a copy of the 1891 census confirming the
details (enlargement of the entry for the Yew Tree
below).
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Before we leave the subject entirely, the above pub and its location is unidentified. The only clue is what would appear to be 'Neale & Co' either side of the door. |
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