Looking back through numerous archives we can find fourteen locations in the village that operated as pubs. Today, there is only one of these original fourteen left open. The following pages document the history of some of those pubs, the landlords, families and goings on. We can’t eavesdrop on the gossip of the time, nor ask questions about the interiors or the beer that they served. But, we hope, that we have captured a sense of the place and the people that ran the pubs.
Click on the links below to read the story of each pub
- Introduction
- The Engine and Tender – Wood End
- The White Swan – High Street
- The White Horse – Block Hill
- The Wheatsheaf – Wheatsheaf Crossroads
- The Three Horseshoes – Wood End
- The George – Colne Road
- The Saracens Head – Wood End
- The Royal Oak – East Street/Block Hill
- The Rose and Crown – Colne Road
- The Prince of Wales – Rectory Road
- The Horse and Groom (AKA The Railway Inn) – The Heath
- The Hammer and Anvil – Wood End
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With thanks to Phillipa Hope and Roger Jerham along with the current owners of the properties