BACKGROUND The Oyster Inn is situated in the small village of Butley, 7 miles from Woodbridge, Suffolk, and was the focal point for this rural community, having been licensed since 1617, until it sadly closed in 2012. The pub remained closed for almost 5 years…
Dinton is a village, civil parish and former manor in Wiltshire, England, in the Nadder valley about 8 miles (13 km) west of Salisbury. The civil parish encompasses the small village of Baverstock, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Dinton village and the population was 696 in the 2011 census. The railway remains open as…
Clovenfords is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, four miles west of the town Galashiels. The village sits on undulating grasslands and surrounding rolling hills and the 2011 census gave it a population count of 562 people. Clovenfords village was established around the mid-18th century as a point…
Tom and Axelle Haywood, the licensees at the Union Inn, have run the pub for seven years, and have become very much a part of the local community in Denbury. When the local shopkeeper/postmaster made the village aware of his impending retirement, Tom and Axelle…
The Fleece Inn is located in rural Lancashire, some 6 miles south of Lancaster and 20 miles north of Preston, on the edge of the Trough of Bowland - an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Fleece Inn was purchased by the Worthington family, with…
The Dog Inn closed its doors in late 2014 and was put up for sale by auction in March 2015. The village came together in spring 2015 after a highly motivated group of villagers had the idea of buying and taking over the pub. They…
Stamfordham is a popular and thriving village of some 1,100 residents, which is approx.15 miles from Hexham and 10 miles from Ponteland. The village church is 13th Century, but the area around the village has its roots much further back in history. The village and…
Tholthorpe is an attractive village of some 300 residents, approximately 12 miles from York. It has a rich history including a mention in the Doomsday Book and is thought to have been a Viking settlement. There was also an RAF airfield at Tholthorpe which was…
