The Woolpack
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The Woolpack
Image: © Sean Davis Taken: 7 Jul 2007
Next to the junction of Mill Green Road and Fryerning Lane is the Woolpack pub. It closed in 2012 and was converted to a residential property. This version of the pub served the village for 200 years. According to "Ingatestone and the Essex Great Road with Fryerning" published 1913 (page 331): “The present Woolpack, Mr. Stewart says, was called the Maypole. It is reputed to be an ancient alehouse, dating back, according to some, “as long as beer has been drunk, according to others, to 1100… The Maypole was a very likely name for an inn in that position, adjoining the little green where the Whit-Wednesday fair is still held, and where the May Day celebrations would have certainly have taken place…”
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Image Location
Latitude
51.676894
Longitude
0.370646