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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 1629 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Fleece. 14 The Parade. |
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Summary
Formerly an inn known as The Fleece which closed in 1929.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1496 5773 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- INN (Post Medieval to Modern - 1692 AD? to 1929 AD)
- SHOP (Modern to Unknown - 1929 AD)
Full description
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This inn appears on the licensing list of 1692 and the Billeting list for soldiers in the following year, awarded the inn 10 soldiers. The Canterbury Farmers' Club met at THE FLEECE for some years until 1880. Many of the local buildings, including those to either side of the Inn were destroyed in the 1942 bombing, the Fleece itself survived. The Fleece, sometimes known as The Golden Fleece, closed in 1929 becoming a Lyons Tea Shop.
Hasted writes that Charles II stayed here in 1659. In 1666 the Wollen Drapers Coy had a 'Feast at Fleese'.
Wilmot, E., 1992, Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29747.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1992. Eighty Lost Inns of Canterbury. |
