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Salop Street, BRIDGNORTH, WV16 4QU

And I thought all Budgens stores were closed in the UK in 2017... turned out I was wrong all along. This Budgens store at Bridgnorth is somehow still open, and replaced a Spar store in the mid 2010's.

Pub in Salop Street, viewed from the corner of Pound Street. The name sign depicts a white talbot, a large breed of hound with long hanging ears and heavy jaws. Now extinct, talbots were used for tracking and hunting.

A popular pub in the High Town area of Bridgnorth, it has two bars, one of which hosts live music every Friday and Sunday evening. The pub is one of three owned by Odley Inns Limited in Shropshire. It was at one time a coaching inn, but apparently in 1831 it was used as a wet-fish shop. The 1871 census shows a Talbott Inn (spelt with a double "t" at the end), in Salop Street, which presumably is this building. The innkeeper was a Richard Evans. Since this pub was previously photographed for GeoGraph, it has been repainted, at ground floor level, with the external woodwork green, instead of yellow. Image Image

The building is believed to be early 19th century, and is Grade II listed. The name is rather strange as there are two Talbot hounds depicted. According to a GeoGraph member, the connection between a Talbot hound and a bell arises from the tale of a french lord, de Talbot, who was a great hunting man. He bred his own type of hound, a large heavy dog, often with a spotted coat. It was not the done thing to hunt on the Sabbath, but de Talbot spotted a stag, and sent his hounds after it as the church bell tolled for the service. When de Talbot caught the stag, its antlers turned to a cross. de Talbot fell to his knees and vowed to become a priest. He eventually became a bishop and on his death was made a saint. Alternatively, the name may have been given if two next door pubs were amalgamated, as there was a Tabott (not Talbot) Inn in Salop Street in 1871. The stucco panel shown here has an unusual moulded relief of a bell, with a dog on both sides. Image Image

It used to be a Banks's house, but is now a free house. The sign shows one Tabot hound, but the front wall has two. Image Image

This OS cut mark can be found on No25 Salop Street. It marks a point 69.586m above mean sea level.

An OS cutmark in the bricks of no 25 Salop Street, which is coincidentally now the offices of a firm of consulting Structural Engineers and Surveyors. So they should certainly know what it is... Originally levelled at 69.586m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.