King's Farthing, Jevington Road
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King's Farthing, Jevington Road
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 24 Jan 2009
King's Farthing, formerly known as Thorpe Cottage, is the cottage on the right with the Eight Bells pub further up the village street on the left. Both were built in the 18th century and both were heavily implicated in the smuggling trade that was rife in the village under a local innkeeper called James Pettit also known as Jevington Jigg, an inveterate smuggler and horse thief who changed side and became an exciseman before stealing one horse too many and being transported to Botany Bay in 1799. Both were connected to each other via a tunnel with the trapdoor in King's Farthing only being sealed up in 1956.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.793797
Longitude
0.216324