The 1828 turnpike road map of the village shows Mr Boghurst ... as theowner of the (Pied) Bull (inn), and George Mandy as the occupier. In the1841 census George Mandy, aged 55, Publican, lived in the Bull with hiswife Mary, two daughters Eliza and Louisa, an ostler, a maid and twohorsekeepers.

In 1845 James Phillips ... was landlord at the Bull.

Mandy is also described in Perry's Directory as 'Auctioneer andAppraisor'. The vicar's churchgoing book of the time says that the Mandyfamily are 'tolerably regular' at church, but we know that Mandy wasnot the most regular of husbands, because he was the admitted father ofan illegitimate child by one of the Hearn daughters, who lived in thecottages opposite the Bull, a sister of Joseph Hearn, the postmaster andfather of Marianne Farningham.

Pigot's London and Provincial Directory of 1828-29, notes George Mandyat the Bull in Farningham under Pubs and Brewers of Kent(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/pubsdir2.html)

Pigot's National & Commercial Directory of 1832/33/34 also notes Georgeat the Pied Bull

[The following are extracts from Pigots Directory of 1840. Seehttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shebra/new_page_3.htm]

"Between one and two miles from Eynesford, in the same hundred as thatvillage, on the main road from London to Maidstone, is Farningham(anciently Fremingham), village and parish. The Darent passes throughthe valley, close to the village; and some of the inhabitants areemployed in the corn and paper mills on that river. The church dedicatedto St Peter and St Paul, is spacious, erected principally in the earlyEnglish style of architecture, with a handsome flint tower at itswestern end; it contains some monumental brasses and other interestingantique memorials - also an octagonal stone font emblematically carved,the work of a remote age, The living is a vicarage in the patronage ofthe archbishop of Canterbury. Farningham once had a market on Tuesdayand a fair for four days; the former has long been discontinued - thelatter is unimportant, and limited to 15th October. Population of theparish in 1831, 701.

Farningham village in Kent lies in the valley of the River Darent, closeto the A20, seven miles from Sevenoaks and 17 miles from London. St.Peter and St. Paul's Church lies in the heart of the village in HighStreet and dates back to 1240.

Community services include several shops: a butchers shop,Post OfficeBarclays Bank,antique shops offering a wide range of goods andfurniture, three hairdressers and four public houses. The Pied Bull wasa coaching inn on the main route from Dover to London. The LionHotel,which Charles Dickens is reputed to have visited, was converted toa 'Harvester Inn' in 1985. The Chequers is a traditional public houseoffering a wide selection of real ale. All public houses serve food andthere is also an Indian restaurant in the High Street.

The Village Hall is well used and hosts many societies including theVillage Hall Management Committee, The Womens Institute, Guitar Club,Horticultural Society,Drama Group and fitness classes. The ParishCouncil also holds its monthly meetings in the Village Hall. The VillageHall has ample parking is available for hire for weddings, parties, andfundraising events for up to 100 people. Also situated in the HighStreet is an active Social Club for villagers.

The High Street has many interesting and historic houses. Adjacent tothe bridge over the River Darent with its parallel cattle grid, is theManor House, once home to Captain Bligh of the 'Bounty'. To the south ofthis is the Mill Estate with its imposing Mill House.

Over the bridge is Market Meadow where the annual Church Fete is held inJune as well as the Scouts' fete and the Annual Market Meadow FamilyPicnic which is free to all residents.

About three miles south from Eynesford is the small village of Shoreham,situated to the road to Seven Oaks, from which it is distant about fourmiles and a half north. The church dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, isan edifice of considerable antiquity and contains several handsomemonuments; the benefice is a discharged vicarage, in the gift of thedean and chapter of Westminster. Population of the parish, 1015.

POST OFFICE
Farningham, Jane CLEMENT, Postmistress. Letters from London &c. arrive(by foot post from Dartford), every morning at nine, and are despatchedevery afternoon at four.

COACHES
To London, a coach from the Bull Inn, Farningham, every Monday,Wednesday, Friday & Saturday morning at half past eight; goes throughFoots Cray and Eltham. Coaches, Van and Carriers to and from London,Maidstone &c. pass through Farningham daily.

INNS & PUBLIC HOUSES
...
Bricklayers Arms, Samuel WALLACE
Bull Inn, George MANDY
Chequers, Abraham BILLING
...

SHOPKEEPERS & TRADERS
Atwood William, grocer & draper and agent to the Norwich Union fireoffice
...
Hearn Richard, shoemaker, Eynesford
Hearn William, shoemaker, Eynesford
Hearne Richard, wheelwright
Mandy Geo. auctioneer & appraiser
...

History of The Pied Bull
The Pied Bull was originally called the Bull when it was build in 1612the first owner was Matihias Rage who owned the public house until 1638when he sold it for the sum of £180. The establishment was described inthe 17th century as "A hospicum with a barn and garden adjacent" Sightedon the London to Maidstone road in its peak the pub had as many a sixcoaches a day passing by (1780-1810) many to and from the Channel portsof Dover and Folkestone. A look out boy used to sit on the roof towatch for coaches coming over Farningham Hill. This history isundoubtedly the foundation of the stories of ghostly sounds of a coachand horses being heard here on occasion. Thankfully, the coach andhorses have long gone, and the ghosts aren't heard often, and the mainroute to Maidstone is now along the M20. There is a 500 year lease onthe water rights in the grounds taken out in 1710.

Very traditional in its styling, the pub is a prominent feature of thevillage's High Street and has to one side a pretty beer garden. Inside,the interior is comfortable and well furnished, with plenty of seatingstone floors, thick carpets and a restaurant that will seat up to fortypeople. In motorcycling circles the pub is well known for the annualBoxing Day Run held there. The pub is also within earshot of Brand HatchRace Circuit and not too far from Johnson's Cafe (a old rocker meetingplace in the 1950's and 60's). ^{2 3}

The 1841 Census gives George's age as 55, however ages in that censuswere rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5, so for example, 58 wouldbe rounded down to 55.

The name Chislehurst is derived from the Anglo-Saxon
words ceosal and hyrsk meaning gravel wood

EYNSFORD
(Extracted from Pigots Directory of 1840)

Eynesford or Aynsford, is a village and parish in the lathe ofSutton-at-Hone and hundred of Axton, Dartford & Wilmington - 18 miles SEfrom London, 19 NW from Maidstone, and 6 SE from Foots Cray; pleasantlysituated on the banks of the Darent, the stream of which propels themachinery of mills for grinding corn and for the manufacture of paper;these are the only branches of trade, beside those necessary for theaccommodation of a country village. At the north end of the village arethe ruins of Aynsford castle; the walls nearly four feet thick; theircircuit is irregular, and embraces an area of nearly an acre of ground.A visit to the church, dedicated to St Martin, cannot fail to gratifythe antiquary, being a perfect specimen of the earliest Normanarchitecture; it is built in form of a cross, with two large aisles; andat the west end is a spire steeple underneath which is a very curiouscircular doorway, of Saxon or early Norman construction. In this churchare several ancients monuments, most of which have suffered either bythe operation of time or the wanton and thoughtless intruder. Thebenefice is a vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the see ofCanterbury; there is also a sinecure rectory attached; the archbishopappoints to the rectory, and the rector presents to the vicarage. Thebaptists have a chapel; and at the hamlet of Crockinhill is a schoolfounded by Thomas PALMER in 1809, free for the children of the parish ofEynesford, which, with Crockinhill hamlet, contained in 1831, apopulation of 1277 persons.

• Married: 11 APR 1810 in Chislehurst, Kent, England ⁷

1. Eliza MANDY b: AFT 11 APR 1810
2. Louisa MANDY b: AFT 1811 in Farningham, Kent, England
3. George MANDY b: 03 JAN 1811 in Foots Cray, Kent, England c: 17 FEB 1811 in Foots Cray, Kent, England
4. Jane MANDY b: 22 MAY 1812 in Kingsdown, Kent, England c: 28 JUN 1812 in Kingsdown, Kent, England
5. Mary Ann MANDY b: ABT 1819
6. Eleanor MANDY b: 31 OCT 1819
7. Elizabeth MANDY b: 15 JUN 1821 in Farningham, Kent, England
8. Isabella MANDY b: 14 OCT 1822 in Farningham, Kent, England
9. Daniel MANDY b: 02 JUL 1824 in Farningham, Kent, England
10. Hannah MANDY b: 01 JAN 1827 in Farningham, Kent, England

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