Halling, The Five Bells

Halling High Street, the Five Bells, 1908. This was the Court Lodge for the Bishop of Rochester's Manor of Halling. It was replaced in the twentieth century by a modern building. The gas lamp reminds us that Halling had gas lighting introduced in the 1880s. In 1882, the publican of the Five Bells pub in Halling was listed as Ricahrd Luchford