The Bull

CLOSE		The Bull Inn This photograph shows the inn before modernisation. The fencing, windows, shutters and roof line were like this for many years. The building started life as a farmhouse, and there is date evidence that it may have been built in 1598. In 1825 beer was served from a barrel through a wall opening, and in 1835 it became an inn. By 1851 it was thriving with eight bedrooms, stabling for horses, barns, orchards, paddock, and gardens providing everything for the weary traveler needing respite from the turnpike. It was run by a tenant landlord Thomas Bromwich and owned by Thomas Higgs. Within about ten years the Higgs family had taken over running the inn, with Maria Higgs in charge. The Inn was an important social center for village life and was used for inquests, as a meeting place for associations, for wedding receptions and as an emergency hospital.

The Bull Inn

This photograph shows the inn before modernisation. The fencing, windows, shutters and roof line were like this for many years. The building started life as a farmhouse, and there is date evidence that it may have been built in 1598.

In 1825 beer was served from a barrel through a wall opening, and in 1835 it became an inn. By 1851 it was thriving with eight bedrooms, stabling for horses, barns, orchards, paddock, and gardens providing everything for the weary traveler needing respite from the turnpike. It was run by a tenant landlord Thomas Bromwich and owned by Thomas Higgs. Within about ten years the Higgs family had taken over running the inn, with Maria Higgs in charge.

The Inn was an important social center for village life and was used for inquests, as a meeting place for associations, for wedding receptions and as an emergency hospital.