That Friday feeling
Its a beautiful summers evening here. I think that I might just pop in here for a sharpener on the way home
There is little evidence of prehistoric settlement but the village was mentioned by name in 940 and a village grew up around the church and manor house, already standing by 1086. The village was comparatively small. Its assessment for taxation in 1334 was among the lower totals of the area but it subsequently expanded. There were 86 poll-tax payers in 1377, and by the 16th century it was apparently the largest village in the parish. Settlement seems to have remained around the lower part of ‘the street’ in the 17th century, but cottages were built on the slightly higher, better drained, land around the Green in the 18th century. A public house called the Swan stood at the south corner from 1746 at the latest
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Aaaaargh. Hope you drop a lighted ciggie in your crotch and have to put it out with your beer.
And I say that in its most positive sense.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | June 20, 2009 1:19 AM
Very pleasant and that would predate, at it's "latest", the appearance of saloons in my neck of the woods by 130 years. With any luck, they're still using candles and whale oil lamps, as the absence of electricity would also suppose the absence of a television, too.
Posted by: Hughjimbissel | June 20, 2009 4:40 PM
Nice thought Kim, but smoking is banned in pubs round here...
Posted by: PeteR | June 20, 2009 4:43 PM
Wont be banned outside...yet
Posted by: chris Edwards | June 20, 2009 6:20 PM
That's if Nu-Lab don't ban pubs first!!!
Posted by: PeteR | June 21, 2009 10:45 AM
The rate they're going bust there'll be none left to ban...
Posted by: Bruce | June 22, 2009 11:15 AM