Take Notice
© Sarah Dawson (view gallery)
A picture of the Bell Inn taken in Staplehurst in the snow on Monday - it's the sign on the opposite side of the road that always catches my eye, it says:
TAKE NOTICE
that if any obstruction or inconvenience be occasioned to Foot Passengers by the loitering of Persons on the Pavement leading to the Church, or any annoyance whatever be offered to those who are going to or from Church, the Parish Officers are instructed to Summon the Offenders before a Magistrate that - they may be punished as the Law directs. Image cannot be loaded
Wansford
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)
Haycock Hotel , Wansford . The date of the original inn on this site is uncertain but a date stone found in the garden places the present building at 1632. It has changed hands many times, reputedly once over a game of cards, and it has been used as a racing stable, a farm, a hunting lodge and even during the first world war as an ammunition factory. Since the hotel dates back to the 16th century, it makes sense that a number of guests at the hotel have reported various ghostly goings-on, including sightings of figures in public areas, especially in the oldest part of the hotel. Guests at the hotel have also reported feeling someone in the room with them . Mary, Queen of Scots stayed at the hotel en-route to her execution at Fotheringhay castle.(this, though, may relate to an earlier incarnation of The Haycock rather than the building one sees today). It has been said by many individuals that Mary is regularly seen at the Haycock hotel as well as other establishments that she stayed in before her execution. Image cannot be loaded
Beware the Vicar of Altarnun
© Vince Hawthorn (view gallery)
The drink is not playing tricks on you and neither are the many ghosts at Jamaica Inn messing with your head, this is just a tableaux in the bar area recreating a scene from the book Image cannot be loaded
The Beetle and Wedge hotel
© Allan Rostron (view gallery)
The hotel is on the banks of the Thames at Moulsford in Berkshire. I took the picture from the Oxfordshire side of the river, where I lived. This stretch of the river was the setting for Jerome K. Jerome's tale Image cannot be loaded
Crowland
© Zbigniew Siwik (view gallery)
Built in 1736 Abbey Hotel . Crowland is a very attractive village at the border of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire , famous for its magnificent church, which forms part of the ruins of Croyland Abbey. Image cannot be loaded
A wet day in Ambleside
© Dave John (view gallery)
A little damp this afternoon in Ambleside and
this was the best solution we could come up with...a few beverages in the Golden Rule.....a great establishment Image cannot be loaded
Newton-in-Bowland Pub, Lancashire
© David Swann (view gallery)
Newton is a small Lancashire village in the beautiful area called the Forest of Bowland. The Parkers Arms is the village pub and is named after the local Parker family of Browsholme Hall. For many generations the Parkers have served the Lords of Bowland as Bowbearers of the Forest of Bowland. Image cannot be loaded
The Mill
© Victor Naumenko (view gallery)
The Mill pub is situated in an idyllic 18th century Avon riverside building, built on a site owned by the Bishop of Old Sarum, which appears in the Domesday Book. Old Sarum is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury and is mentioned in some of the earliest records in the country. Until recently the pub was known as The Bishop's Mill, having been rebuilt by the founder of Salisbury, Bishop Richard Poore. Image cannot be loaded
Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire
© Paul Hilton (view gallery)
The Fleur de Lys pub at Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire became the Devington Arms in Midsomer Murders' Master Class episode and also as the Capt. Jack Farrell pub in The Ballad of Midsomer County. Image cannot be loaded
The Crooked House
© Karen Lee (view gallery)
On the edge of the Himley Estate lies the The Glynne Arms (more popularly known as the Crooked House or The Siden House). It is a house that has suffered badly from mining subsidence. It lies on what was the divide between Sir Stephen Glynne's land and that of the Earl of Dudley.
Glynne removed too much of the coal that lies underneath with the obvious result. As the result of an optical illusion, without even taking a drink, beer bottles can really be seen to roll up the table!
Some years ago, the pub was shifting and sinking but buttressing prevented further damage but left it tilted some 15 degrees out of true. Doors, floors and windows all sit at odd angles to one another, causing patrons difficulty upon entering the pub and walking to the bar.
The sloping floor creates an eerie illusory sensation, making drinkers feel drunk before they have had a drink.
The drinks are served in plastic beakers as they have had so many breakages due to customers staggering and dropping the glasses.
It's the strangest feeling, a cross between the funhouse and hall of mirrors, the brain can't cope with the odd angles, it's the drunkest I have ever felt without having a drink! Image cannot be loaded
The Pilchard Inn
© Martin Humphreys (view gallery)
Dated from 1336 The Inn on the shore of Burgh Island, Bigbury On Sea, is believed to of been guest lodgings for the monastery which once stood where the famous hotel now stands.
A small band of fisherman took over the lodgings after the dissolution of the monastery & this is how the Inn got it's name.The sea tractor is used to get people trapped by the in coming tide back across to the mainland. Sept 2014 Image cannot be loaded
Stour Valley Autumn
© Graham Rains (view gallery)
Child Okeford, Village Cross and Pub..
One of a series of images, taken on an early autumn circular walk, featuring The North Dorset Trailway, the villages of Shillingstone, Child Okeford and Hanford. October 2013. Image cannot be loaded
The Punchbowl and Ladle
© Vince Hawthorn (view gallery)
A very quaint and traditional Inn in a very rural setting. We did not visit this time but have had a meal on a previous trip. Penelewey is a village one passes through if travelling from Truro and heading for the King Harry Ferry. Image cannot be loaded
Morning Star Inn
© David Reynolds (view gallery)
High view over the former Morning Star Inn and cottages high above Ebbw Vale around 1960. My mother was born at 3 Morning Star cottage (last on right) in 1916 - one of 6 children. Image cannot be loaded
Hardy's Dorset
© Graham Rains (view gallery)
Evershot is a small picturesque village midway between Beaminster and Cerne Abbas on the River Frome. It is one of the highest villages in the county at 700 feet above sea level. The Acorn Inn features in the works of Thomas Hardy. Image cannot be loaded
Milborne Port, Somerset.
© Graham Rains (view gallery)
A shaded arch and courtyard, adjacent to The Queens Head, a 500 year old traditional village inn. One of a series of images, featuring Milborne Port, Somerset. Image cannot be loaded
The Kings Arms, Hawkshead
© Dave John (view gallery)
Exactly what the title says...The Kings Arms in Hawkshead. Always has a good range of beers and also an excellent looking menu. Not eaten in there yet, but definitely on the 'to do' list for a future visit. Image cannot be loaded
The Fleur de Lys pub in Main Road, East Hagbourne
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
Lying between Didcot and the Berkshire Downs is the medium sized village of East Hagbourne. The village is linked to Didcot by New Road, a straight road lined with rather uninteresting 20th century houses so different from the remainder of the village. Apart from New Road East Hagbourne is an extremely attractive village with many old houses with character. Main Road, with its variety of fine old cottages, red-bricked Georgian, black and white thatched and a few Victorian in style, winds through the centre of East Hagbourne from St. Andrew's Church to the remains of a medieval preaching cross known as Lower Cross and the war memorial. Image cannot be loaded
Pandora Inn- Mylor Bridge
© Vince Hawthorn (view gallery)
This is a thatched inn dating from the 13th century and has survived flooding and in March 2011 a major fire. The inn was completely renovated and reopened in March 2012. As well as the usual assorted tables inside and in the dining area upstairs , there are tables outside at the waters edge- and then there is the floating pontoon. At right angles to the inn and projecting out into Carrick Roads just about where it becomes Restronguet Creek the pontoon has at least a dozen tables to have a nosh or a slurp in truley amazing suroundings( just try and time your visit for around high tide for best effect ) . You could even arrive by boat as there are mooring along the pontoon for boats- ( can you be done for drunk in charge of a boat? ). There is even a book called Pandora Inn based in the area , it is an espionage story based between the 1930s and the 1980s. On top of all that I have said so far, if you look over on the left hand side of the picture you can see a gold post box set in the wall- this is in honour of Ben Ainslie and his Gold Medal in one of sailing classes of the 2012 Olympics. I noted and was pleased to note that the plaque informing one of this honour is written in text and in braille. Image cannot be loaded
A Slideshow of Pubs And Inns
