The Crown Inn stood on the corner of Rockingham Road and School Lane as far back as the 1840s until it was demolished in the 1960s. The Crown didn’t have a spirits license and only sold beer.
The 1953 photograph above shows Mrs Kisby, wife of the village schoolmaster, waiting for a bus! The third photograph shows the Crown (on the right in front of the pub sign), with the original Spread Eagle in the background. The building between the Spread Eagle and The Crown is the old Manor House (Manor Farm), which stood on the site of the Spread Eagle car park until the 1960s.
Landlords
1841 – Thomas Dean (1841 Census, Hill Street)
1870s – James Simpson (source: 1870s Kelly’s Directory and 1876 Harrod & Co directory)
1901–1914: Alfred and Louisa Buswell (source: 1901 Census and 1903–1914 Kelly’s Directories)
