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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 NE 1159
Type of record:Monument
Name:Leopard's Head. 64 Military Road.

Summary

An inn which was previously destroyed in the Second World War air raids, and was reopened in August 1959.


Grid Reference:TR 1547 5822
Map Sheet:TR15NE
Parish:CANTERBURY, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • INN (Now, Post Medieval to Unknown - 1850 AD?)

Full description

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A Tomson & Wooton/Whitbread inn.

The Leopards Head was another of the the pubs to be destroyed during the air raids of the Second World War. It was rebuilt and opened again in August 1959.

In 1850, before this inn was destroyed, it had been called Donkeys Chump. In 1865 it was listed in a Directory as Leopard Inn and in 1889 its was the Leopards Head.


Wilmot, E., 1988, Inns of Canterbury (Monograph). SKE29737.

Sources and further reading

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---Monograph: Wilmot, E.. 1988. Inns of Canterbury.