A man of many talents as a farmer, carting proprietor and publican at the Warde Arms, Townsend kept his horses, carts and carriages in ‘Commodious Stables and Coach-Houses adjoining the railway station’. It was a business that saw him through to his end which was a timely demise, as the motor car was beginning to ...
Reference: WH0962
From the obituary for John Townsend, February 1917 “…He commenced his walk in life when a young man, coming to Westerham and taking charge of the stud of the late Mr Kitchin, at Dunsdale. Always extremely fond of animals he found a work congenial to his nature. With a natural aptitude for the management of horses, ...
Reference: WH0963