Map Point 6 Right. There are four pubs in Wrotham and this is the George & Dragon. You can read the complete history of this building below. (not yet complete)

The inn known by the name and sign of the George and Dragon was built in the 21st year of Charles II, in 1681, though this original structure, now mainly confined to the rear of the building, was altered and enlarged in the reign of George III, in 1795,with the construction of a new facade and an additional upper storey.

When first built the property was two separate dwelling houses, belonging with other properties and lands in Wrotham estate of one Giles Hylton esq. of the town of Maidstone in this County of Kent, who held the mortgages on properties and lands in that town, in this parish and the parishes of Ightam and Otford. He possessed of these properties with tenants in occupation until his death in 1711 whereafter they passed with the remainder of his estate to his son Peter of Ightam, who possessed them until the year 1718, when in that year he disposed of certain lands and properties from his fathers estate, in the parishes of Wrotham and Otford, including these two dwellings. At this date the freehold was purchased by one Robert Terry esq. of Sevenoaks.

In occupation here, in one dwelling, at this date, called No. 5, was one Thomas Capstone, land steward to the estate of Terry and residing in what then was No. 6 the street, was Richard Wells, auctioneer, his wife Martha and seven children. By 1723, Thomas Capstone, still resided here, but is now described as a bailiff, and in No. 6 was one Esau Martyne, furniture maker and upholsterer his wife Margaret and four children. By 1735, neither of these families are recorded in the parish of Wrotham.

At this date the property was in the hands of the executors of the Terry estate. He having died in 1728 of no male heirs the property had passed to his nephew Thomas Terry of Newington near Sittingbourne, who in 1739 appears to have transferred the deeds of these two dwellings and others with Lands to one Michael Koaden, M. D. of London. By the 1760's he still possessed of them, with tenants occupying both dwellings. In 1768, there dwelled in No. 5 the street, one Thomas Thorpe, tallow maker and brewer. In that same year he applied for and was granted a licence.....ayment for certain ales and ciders, the quality of which...that he should at all times uphold.....to be determined by a qualified.....the dignity and lawfulness of that..... other than that of a registered beer....beer seller or tapster.

Thomas Thorpe, left the house in 1793, at which date one Tobias Fuller, was granted a full licence and upon doing so, registered the house under the title of the "George and Dragon". By 1810, the street had become the High Street and the numbers of the inn and the adjoining dwelling Nos. 4 & 5. The inn at this date was owned by Thomas Kit, brewer of Dartford, later to become the Kit Steam Brewery.

Toby Fuller died in 1843, whereupon his son Reuben accepted the tenancy. He remained at the inn until 1865, when in that year one Henry Grist took over the licence. Grist was a carrier to the parish of Wrotham, which meant he undertook the task of delivering on certain given hours such items, as books newspapers, parcels even furnature, to other inns on a selected route, in order that the receivers of these parcels or items could meet him and collect them. He remained at the "George and Dragon" until his retirement in 1880, whereupon he was succeeded by one William Harryman. He stayed until 1890, when one William Ovenden took over.

In 1898, he left and was replaced by John Thomas Faircloth, he in 1903 by James Budgeon, he in 1909 by George Elphick, he in 1917 by William Ashdown, he in 1922 by James Henry Jackson, he in 1930 by Robert J. Roddis, and he in 1936 by Albert G. Jones, who held the tenancy for the duration of the war years, following which the adjoining dwelling was altered to form part of the inn.