A Little History 

The Oak on the Green is located on one of the prettiest village Greens in England, at Bearsted (some 3 miles from Maidstone town).

The pub itself can be traced back to 1665 in an agreement between Daniel Birkman a distiller, a Thomas Buffield and Christopher Longley a gentleman of Bearsted. Mr Longley was paid £200 in for;

'All that messuage or tenement not known by the signe of the Oake Inn, one stable, two gardens, one orchard, one piece or parcel of land belonging containing estimated 2 acres'.

A further history is a on display in the 'Olde Smoking room' at the Oak.

Local word of mouth maintains that historically parts of the Oak (now the kitchens) were once a holding Gaol for the local courtroom. 

Some famous inhabitants:

Baroness Orczy (1865-1947), creator of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Alfred Percy ("Tich") Freeman (1888-1965), Kent leg spin bowler and the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season. He lived at a house called Dunbowlin.........