The Farriers Arms is due to go
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The Farriers Arms is due to go
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 3 Apr 2023
This pub on the junction of the main road has been occupied for over 200 years. It first became known as a smithy in the early 1800s, with the resident working at one of three tenements leased by the Duchess Dowager of Beaufort. As time went on it was bought by another family who carried on the ironworking, but also offered beer by 1867. Over more time the smithy work stopped and the victuals became the prime source of income; the buildings became a garage - adjoining the pub, but which has been demolished for road-widening in the 1970s. Still the Farriers Arms carried on but, eventually closed in October 2010. It has lain disused and derelict ever since and was a target for demolition.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.478684
Longitude
-2.533164