{ "town": "boroughbridge", "title": "Boroughbridge", "area": "Boroughbridge, Langthorpe, Milby and Kirby Hill", "researched": "2026-10-28", "kinds": { "C": "Confirmed: an official record or a published primary source says this", "A": "Approximate: the source gives a period, not an exact date", "R": "Local recollection: from a resident's memories or collected notes", "U": "Unverified: a claim we have not been able to check yet", "X": "Sources disagree", "G": "Gap: we have not found this yet" }, "places": { "boroughbridge": { "name": "Boroughbridge", "parish": "Aldborough (Boroughbridge became a separate civil parish in 1866)", "riding": "West Riding", "src": [ "wiki_bb" ] }, "langthorpe": { "name": "Langthorpe", "parish": "Kirby Hill (Kirkby-on-the-Moor)", "riding": "North Riding", "src": [ "vch_kirby" ] }, "kirby-hill": { "name": "Kirby Hill", "parish": "Kirby Hill (Kirkby-on-the-Moor)", "riding": "North Riding", "src": [ "vch_kirby", "wiki_kirby" ] }, "milby": { "name": "Milby", "parish": "Humburton with Milby township, divided between Aldborough and Kirby Hill parishes", "riding": "North Riding", "src": [ "wiki_milby", "vch_kirby" ] } }, "sources": { "btc_history": { "t": "The History of Boroughbridge", "by": "Boroughbridge Town Council", "url": "https://www.boroughbridge.org.uk/History_42987.aspx" }, "btc_porter": { "t": "Memories and collected information by Mr Bernard Porter (Feb 2010, compiled by Mike Jones)", "by": "Boroughbridge Town Council memories archive", "url": "https://www.boroughbridge.org.uk/_UserFiles/Files/About%20BTC/Memories/Mr%20Bernard%20Potter%20Memories.pdf" }, "btc_pubs": { "t": "Pubs and Hostelries (memories archive document)", "by": "Boroughbridge Town Council", "url": "https://www.boroughbridge.org.uk/_UserFiles/Files/About%20BTC/Memories/Pubs%20and%20Hosteleries.pdf", "todo": "Not yet reviewed: the document could not be read during this round of research" }, "btc_memories": { "t": "Memories archive", "by": "Boroughbridge Town Council", "url": "https://www.boroughbridge.org.uk/Memories_42988.aspx" }, "he_crown": { "t": "Crown Hotel, list entry 1150086", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1150086" }, "he_blackbull": { "t": "The Black Bull, list entry 1315499", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1315499" }, "he_greyhounds": { "t": "Post Office and Former Annexe to Three Greyhounds Hotel, list entry 1150090", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1150090" }, "he_horseshoes": { "t": "The Three Horse Shoes Public House, list entry 1245941", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1245941" }, "he_riverside": { "t": "Riverside Court (formerly listed as The Blinking Owl Public House), list entry 1150087", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1150087" }, "he_yorkrose": { "t": "Stonefield House (formerly listed as Yorkshire Rose Public House), list entry 1150070", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1150070" }, "he_milestone": { "t": "Milestone approximately 10 metres south of Blue Bell public house, list entry 1315306", "by": "Historic England", "url": "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1315306" }, "camra_place": { "t": "Pubs in Boroughbridge", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/place/boroughbridge-2049" }, "camra_crown": { "t": "Crown Hotel, Boroughbridge", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/crown-hotel-boroughbridge-181419" }, "camra_blackbull": { "t": "Black Bull Inn, Boroughbridge", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/black-bull-inn-boroughbridge-181415" }, "camra_tap": { "t": "Tap on the Tutt (formerly Three Horse Shoes), Boroughbridge", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/tap-on-the-tutt-boroughbridge-181427" }, "camra_bluebell": { "t": "Blue Bell Inn, Kirby Hill", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/blue-bell-inn-boroughbridge-181417" }, "camra_fox": { "t": "Fox & Hounds Inn, Langthorpe", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/fox-hounds-inn-boroughbridge-181421" }, "camra_anchor": { "t": "Anchor Inn, Langthorpe", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/anchor-inn-boroughbridge-181411" }, "camra_grantham": { "t": "Grantham Arms, Milby", "by": "CAMRA WhatPub", "url": "https://camra.org.uk/pubs/grantham-arms-boroughbridge-181423" }, "crown_pdf": { "t": "The Crown: a history", "by": "Coaching Inn Group / Crown Hotel", "url": "https://www.crownhotelboroughbridge.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/CIG_Crown_History_web.pdf", "todo": "Not yet reviewed: the document could not be read during this round of research" }, "baines1823": { "t": "Baines's Directory 1823: Kirby Hill parish (Kirby Hill and Langthorpe), transcription", "by": "GENUKI", "url": "https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/KirbyHill/KirbyHill23Dry" }, "genuki_bb": { "t": "Boroughbridge: geographical and historical information (edited from 19th-century sources)", "by": "GENUKI", "url": "https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Aldborough/BoroughbridgeHistory" }, "book1991": { "t": "Here's to Boroughbridge: a history of its hostelries (1991)", "by": "WorldCat record", "url": "https://www.worldcat.org/title/heres-to-boroughbridge-a-history-of-its-hostelries/oclc/40174752", "todo": "Not yet consulted: probably the most important printed source; try a library copy" }, "wiki_bb": { "t": "Boroughbridge", "by": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughbridge" }, "wiki_station": { "t": "Boroughbridge railway station", "by": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boroughbridge_railway_station" }, "wiki_milby": { "t": "Milby, North Yorkshire", "by": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milby,_North_Yorkshire" }, "wiki_kirby": { "t": "Kirby-on-the-Moor", "by": "Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby-on-the-Moor" }, "vch_kirby": { "t": "Parishes: Kirkby Hill or Kirkby on the Moor (Victoria County History, North Riding)", "by": "British History Online", "url": "https://www.british-history.ac.uk/node/55939" }, "osm": { "t": "OpenStreetMap (map data and present-day pub locations)", "by": "OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL", "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" } }, "context": [ { "y": 1569, "t": "The Council of the North meets at the manor house that is now the Crown Hotel", "k": "U", "src": [ "btc_history" ] }, { "y": 1847, "t": "Boroughbridge's first railway station opens (17 June)", "k": "C", "src": [ "wiki_station" ] }, { "y": 1853, "t": "Stagecoaches have gone, and the town has lost seven of its 22 inns", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] }, { "y": 1875, "t": "A second station opens (1 April)", "k": "C", "src": [ "wiki_station" ] }, { "y": 1945, "t": "The A1 bridge over the Ure collapses; the army puts up a Bailey bridge", "k": "C", "src": [ "wiki_bb" ] }, { "y": 1950, "t": "The station closes to passengers (25 September)", "k": "C", "src": [ "wiki_station" ] }, { "y": 1963, "t": "The town is bypassed and loses its Great North Road traffic", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] }, { "y": 1964, "t": "The station closes completely", "k": "C", "src": [ "wiki_station" ] }, { "y": 2005, "t": "Eight pubs or hotels are still trading in the town", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] } ], "pubs": [ { "slug": "crown-hotel", "name": "Crown Hotel", "profile": true, "aliases": [ "The Crown" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Bridge Street / Horsefair", "type": "coaching inn", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.09621, -1.39574 ], "llsrc": [ "osm", "he_crown" ], "first": { "y": 1775, "approx": true, "label": "Later 18th century: Historic England calls it an important coaching inn" }, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Trading as a hotel today" }, "summary": "The great coaching inn of the Great North Road, built on the site of the Tancred family's manor house.", "facts": [ { "h": "Listed", "t": "Grade II, first listed 8 March 1952 (list entry 1150086).", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_crown" ] }, { "h": "Origins", "t": "It stands on the site of the Tancred family's manor house. A stone gable on the Fishergate side, with a four-centred fireplace and a blocked window, survives from that house.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_crown" ] }, { "h": "Coaching era", "t": "Historic England describes it as \"an important coaching inn in the later C18\". The building has an 18th-century appearance: two storeys and six bays on Bridge Street, and fifteen first-floor sashes on Fishergate.", "k": "A", "src": [ "he_crown" ] }, { "h": "How old?", "t": "CAMRA calls it a 17th-century coaching inn; Historic England puts its coaching importance in the later 18th century. The two may not conflict (an older building, busiest later), but we have not seen a dated document for either.", "k": "X", "src": [ "camra_crown", "he_crown" ] }, { "h": "Stabling", "t": "\"The Crown alone had stabling for 100 horses.\"", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] }, { "h": "Council of the North", "t": "The town council's history says the Boroughbridge manor house (now the Crown) was the meeting place of the Council of the North in 1569. We have not yet traced this to a primary record.", "k": "U", "src": [ "btc_history" ] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "A hotel with 37 rooms, a restaurant and a bar with two handpulls of local ale. CAMRA records refurbishment after the Redcat Pub Company bought it in 2022, and the freehold as held by the Coaching Inn Group.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_crown" ] } ], "stories": [ { "t": "The town council's history notes that daily coaches ran from Leeds to Boroughbridge and from Leeds to Newcastle, with named coaches such as the North Star (for Carlisle and Edinburgh) and the Defence (for Durham). Which inns they called at is a question for the directories.", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] } ], "nowUse": { "t": "Hotel, restaurant and bar", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_crown" ] }, "gaps": [ "Earliest licence or newspaper mention", "Names of coaching-era innkeepers", "The hotel's own history booklet (listed in sources) still to be reviewed" ] }, { "slug": "black-bull", "name": "Black Bull", "profile": true, "aliases": [ "Black Bull Inn" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "St James Square (6 St James Square)", "type": "inn", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.09418, -1.39578 ], "llsrc": [ "osm", "he_blackbull" ], "first": { "y": 1984, "label": "Described as a public house when it was listed in 1984: the earliest firm date we hold so far" }, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Trading today" }, "unknownBefore": true, "summary": "A low, rendered inn in the corner of the square, with a probable 17th-century core.", "facts": [ { "h": "Listed", "t": "Grade II, listed 19 December 1984 (list entry 1315499). It is listed partly for its group value in the square.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_blackbull" ] }, { "h": "The building", "t": "\"Probable C17 origin\", much altered in the 18th century and later. Inside are a chamfered ceiling beam and a chamfered fireplace beam; the gables on the south side have Victorian bargeboards.", "k": "A", "src": [ "he_blackbull" ] }, { "h": "How old?", "t": "CAMRA's listing calls it a 13th-century building, which Historic England's description does not support (it gives a probable 17th-century origin). Treat the 13th-century date as unproven.", "k": "X", "src": [ "camra_blackbull", "he_blackbull" ] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "Open, with a small snug, a bar with open fires, beer served through a small hatch, and 10 guest rooms.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_blackbull" ] } ], "stories": [ { "t": "The pub is \"purported to have a resident ghost\", according to its CAMRA entry.", "k": "U", "src": [ "camra_blackbull" ] } ], "nowUse": { "t": "Pub with rooms", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_blackbull" ] }, "gaps": [ "Any record of it as an inn before the 20th century", "Licensees before the 2010s" ] }, { "slug": "three-greyhounds", "name": "Three Greyhounds", "profile": true, "aliases": [ "Three Greyhounds Hotel", "Three Grey Hounds" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Horsefair", "type": "coaching inn", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "approx", "ll": [ 54.0964, -1.3966 ], "llsrc": [ "he_greyhounds" ], "locNote": "The pin marks the listed former annexe (the Post Office building). The town council says the Greyhounds stood next to the post office on Horsefair.", "first": { "y": 1800, "approx": true, "label": "19th century: named as one of the town's two principal inns" }, "last": { "y": 1899, "approx": true, "label": "Closing date not yet found" }, "summary": "One of the two principal inns of 19th-century Boroughbridge, beside the post office on Horsefair.", "facts": [ { "h": "Principal inn", "t": "A gazetteer edited from 19th-century sources names the \"Principal Inns, Crown, and Three Greyhounds\". We have not yet pinned this to a dated directory.", "k": "A", "src": [ "genuki_bb" ] }, { "h": "Where it stood", "t": "\"The Three Greyhounds (next to the post office on Horsefair) originally the home of the Mauleverer family\".", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] }, { "h": "The annexe", "t": "The Post Office and former annexe to the Three Greyhounds Hotel is listed Grade II (list entry 1150090, listed 25 August 1976). It has an early 19th-century appearance and may contain earlier fabric. When it was listed the Post Office used the right wing and the rest was disused.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_greyhounds" ] }, { "h": "Remembered", "t": "Bernard Porter's memories list \"The Three Grey Hounds\" among the town's hostelries.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ], "stories": [], "nowUse": { "t": "Not yet confirmed for the hotel itself; the annexe was in Post Office use when listed", "k": "G", "src": [ "he_greyhounds" ] }, "gaps": [ "When the hotel closed", "Whether the main hotel building survives, and what it is now", "Innkeepers and coaching connections", "Historic photographs" ] }, { "slug": "three-horse-shoes", "name": "Three Horse Shoes", "profile": true, "aliases": [ "Three Horse Shoes Hotel", "Three Horseshoes", "Tap on the Tutt" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Bridge Street (Bridgegate)", "type": "public house", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.09679, -1.39594 ], "llsrc": [ "osm", "he_horseshoes" ], "first": { "y": 1822, "label": "Earliest landlord in Bernard Porter's collected records: Samuel Morrel, 1822" }, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Still a pub, now called Tap on the Tutt" }, "summary": "A Great North Road roadhouse rebuilt around 1930, whose inter-war interior is one of the best surviving in the country.", "facts": [ { "h": "Landlords", "t": "Records collected by Bernard Porter list Samuel Morrel (1822) and John Morrel (1828) as 19th-century landlords.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Rebuilt", "t": "The present building dates from c.1930. It was designed by Sydney Blenkhorn of Knaresborough for Hepworth & Co. Ltd, brewers of Ripon, with a rear extension of c.1950.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_horseshoes" ] }, { "h": "Extension", "t": "\"The Hotel was extended in 1932 to how it is today.\"", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Listed", "t": "Grade II, listed 3 July 2001 (list entry 1245941): \"an increasingly-rare inter-War public house interior\", with oak counters, fire surrounds and stained glass. CAMRA asked for it to be listed in 2000.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_horseshoes", "camra_tap" ] }, { "h": "National Inventory", "t": "The interior is on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors, rated three stars.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_tap" ] }, { "h": "The family years", "t": "Bernard Porter's family held the pub for five generations, from 1902 to 2004. Mrs Lillie Severs held the licence from September 1933 to 1936, and Horace from 1936 to 1956. CAMRA says the long-time family owners sold in 2003, so the two sources give different end years.", "k": "X", "src": [ "btc_porter", "camra_tap" ] }, { "h": "Wartime", "t": "\"In World War 11 the army took over the back half of the hotel for about four years.\"", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Close call", "t": "After the 2003 sale it narrowly avoided being turned into a Chinese restaurant.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_tap" ] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "Trading as Tap on the Tutt. CAMRA reports it temporarily closed from 18 October 2026 for refurbishment, expecting to reopen by 24 November 2026.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_tap" ] } ], "stories": [], "nowUse": { "t": "Pub (Tap on the Tutt)", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_tap" ] }, "gaps": [ "The date of the change of name to Tap on the Tutt", "What the pre-1930 building looked like", "Licensees between 1828 and 1902" ] }, { "slug": "four-alls", "name": "Four Alls", "profile": true, "aliases": [ "4 Alls" ], "place": "milby", "street": "Milby", "type": "inn", "status": "closed", "building": "survives", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "Milby's lost inn, whose sign carried the old rhyme of the four Alls. Now a private house.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"In Milby we have the Grantham Arms … and the 4 Alls now a private house.\"", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "The building", "t": "Bernard Porter's memories say the building is now a private house. We have not confirmed which house, so it is not pinned on the map.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ], "stories": [ { "t": "Bernard Porter's notes give the verse behind the name: \"King — I rule for All. Priest — I pray for All. Soldier — I fight for All. Everyman — I pay for All.\" That was a common pub sign: four figures, each with his line.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ], "nowUse": { "t": "Private house (which house not yet confirmed)", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, "gaps": [ "Exact location", "When it opened and closed", "Licensees", "Any photograph of the sign" ] }, { "slug": "old-red-lion", "name": "Old Red Lion", "profile": true, "aliases": [ "Red Lion" ], "place": "langthorpe", "street": "Langthorpe", "type": "inn", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": { "y": 1823, "label": "A Red Lion at Langthorpe, kept by John Wincup, appears in Baines's 1823 directory (possibly the same house)" }, "last": { "y": 1823, "label": "Closing date not yet found" }, "summary": "A Langthorpe pub remembered by name. Possibly the Red Lion kept by John Wincup in 1823.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "Bernard Porter's memories list \"the Old Red Lion\" among Langthorpe's past pubs.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "1823", "t": "Baines's directory lists \"Wincup John, victualler: Red Lion\" at Langthorpe.", "k": "C", "src": [ "baines1823" ] }, { "h": "Same pub?", "t": "It is likely, but not proven, that the 1823 Red Lion and the remembered Old Red Lion are the same house.", "k": "U", "src": [ "baines1823", "btc_porter" ] } ], "stories": [], "nowUse": { "t": "Not yet known", "k": "G", "src": [] }, "gaps": [ "Location", "When it closed", "Whether the building survives" ] }, { "slug": "railway-tavern", "name": "Railway Tavern", "profile": true, "aliases": [], "place": "langthorpe", "street": "Langthorpe", "type": "tavern", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "A Langthorpe pub named for the railway. Its dates and site are still to be found.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "Bernard Porter's memories name \"The Railway Tavern\" among Langthorpe's pubs.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "The railway", "t": "Boroughbridge's first station opened on 17 June 1847 and a second on 1 April 1875; passenger services ended on 25 September 1950 and the station closed completely in 1964. The tavern's link to either station is not yet documented.", "k": "C", "src": [ "wiki_station" ] } ], "stories": [], "nowUse": { "t": "Not yet known", "k": "G", "src": [] }, "gaps": [ "Location (which side of the river, and near which station)", "Opening and closing dates", "Licensees", "Whether the building survives" ] }, { "slug": "wellesley-arms", "name": "Wellesley Arms", "profile": true, "aliases": [], "place": "kirby-hill", "street": "Kirby Hill (reported)", "type": "inn", "status": "unknown", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "On our starting list, but not yet found in any source we have checked.", "facts": [ { "h": "Not yet found", "t": "We have found no record of a Wellesley Arms at Kirby Hill so far. It does not appear in Baines's 1823 directory, the town council's history or memories, or CAMRA's listings.", "k": "G", "src": [ "baines1823", "btc_porter", "camra_place" ] }, { "h": "Kirby Hill in 1823", "t": "The inns recorded at Kirby Hill in 1823 were the White Horse (Matthew Hanby, victualler) and the Blue Bell (Grace Pickering, common brewer, maltster and victualler).", "k": "C", "src": [ "baines1823" ] } ], "stories": [], "nowUse": { "t": "Not known", "k": "G", "src": [] }, "gaps": [ "Any documentary evidence that it existed", "If it did: location, dates, and any later name" ] }, { "slug": "blinking-owl", "name": "Blinking Owl", "aliases": [ "Riverside Court" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Bridge Street, by the river", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.0969, -1.3953 ], "llsrc": [ "he_riverside" ], "first": { "y": 1985, "label": "A licensed restaurant in 1985 (Bernard Porter)" }, "last": { "y": 1985, "label": "Closing date not yet found" }, "summary": "An early-to-mid 19th-century former pub opposite the Three Horse Shoes, overlooking the river. Now Riverside Court.", "facts": [ { "h": "Listed", "t": "Riverside Court, listed Grade II on 19 December 1984 (list entry 1150087) and formerly listed as The Blinking Owl Public House: an early-to-mid 19th-century former public house.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_riverside" ] }, { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"Opposite the Three Horse Shoes Hotel stood the Blinking Owl (now a care home), overlooking the river.\" It was a licensed restaurant in 1985.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Warehouse?", "t": "The town council mentions an inn by the bridge, once a warehouse, that became homes for the elderly. This is probably the same building, but we have not confirmed it.", "k": "U", "src": [ "btc_history" ] } ] }, { "slug": "yorkshire-rose", "name": "Yorkshire Rose", "aliases": [ "Stonefield House" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Church Lane", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.094, -1.3943 ], "llsrc": [ "he_yorkrose" ], "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "An early 18th-century former pub on Church Lane, now Stonefield House.", "facts": [ { "h": "Listed", "t": "Listed Grade II on 19 December 1984 as Yorkshire Rose Public House (list entry 1150070). It was renamed Stonefield House, Church Lane, in a 2025 amendment to the list. Historic England describes it as a \"Former public house. Early C18.\"", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_yorkrose" ] } ] }, { "slug": "blue-bell", "name": "Blue Bell Inn", "aliases": [ "Bluebell" ], "place": "kirby-hill", "street": "Leeming Lane", "type": "inn", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.10953, -1.40714 ], "llsrc": [ "osm", "he_milestone" ], "first": { "y": 1823, "label": "Grace Pickering, common brewer, maltster and victualler (Baines 1823)" }, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Trading today" }, "summary": "A roadside inn on the old Great North Road north of the town. It brewed its own beer in 1823.", "facts": [ { "h": "1823", "t": "\"Pickering Grace, common brewer, maltster & victualler: Blue Bell\".", "k": "C", "src": [ "baines1823" ] }, { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"Up at Kirby Hill stands the Bluebell, which is 200 years old.\" Bernard Porter adds that its cellars held two cells \"designated to hold villains\".", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Milestone", "t": "A listed early 19th-century milestone stands about 10 metres south of the pub on Leeming Lane.", "k": "C", "src": [ "he_milestone" ] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "A roadside pub with rooms, on what was once the A1. CAMRA lists it as an Asset of Community Value.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_bluebell" ] } ] }, { "slug": "white-horse", "name": "White Horse", "aliases": [], "place": "kirby-hill", "street": "Kirby Hill", "type": "inn", "status": "unknown", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": { "y": 1823, "label": "Matthew Hanby, victualler (Baines 1823)" }, "last": { "y": 1823, "label": "Later history not yet found" }, "summary": "Kirby Hill's other inn in 1823.", "facts": [ { "h": "1823", "t": "\"Hanby Matthew, victualler: White Horse\".", "k": "C", "src": [ "baines1823" ] } ] }, { "slug": "fox-and-hounds", "name": "Fox & Hounds", "aliases": [ "Fox and Hounds" ], "place": "langthorpe", "street": "Skelton Road", "type": "inn", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.09969, -1.40666 ], "llsrc": [ "osm" ], "first": { "y": 1823, "label": "Richard Farmery, victualler (Baines 1823)" }, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Trading today" }, "summary": "In Langthorpe's directory entry in 1823 and still pouring today. The years between are not yet documented.", "facts": [ { "h": "1823", "t": "\"Farmery Richard, vict Fox & Hounds\".", "k": "C", "src": [ "baines1823" ] }, { "h": "Same house?", "t": "Today's Fox & Hounds may not stand on the 1823 site; that is not yet confirmed.", "k": "G", "src": [] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "Open; independently run.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_fox" ] } ] }, { "slug": "anchor-inn", "name": "Anchor Inn", "aliases": [ "Free Masons", "Oddfellows", "Steam Mill" ], "place": "langthorpe", "street": "Leeming Lane", "type": "public house", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.0989, -1.39859 ], "llsrc": [ "osm" ], "first": null, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Trading today" }, "summary": "A pub of many names: the Free Masons, then the Oddfellows, then the Steam Mill, and later the Anchor.", "facts": [ { "h": "Names", "t": "\"The Free Masons that became Oddfellows then renamed Steam Mill, which later became the Anchor.\"", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Brewery", "t": "Bernard Porter also remembers Warwick's (\"Waricks\") brewery in Langthorpe.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "Listed by CAMRA under Red Oak Taverns.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_anchor" ] } ] }, { "slug": "grantham-arms", "name": "Grantham Arms", "aliases": [], "place": "milby", "street": "Milby", "type": "public house", "status": "trading", "building": "survives", "loc": "exact", "ll": [ 54.09896, -1.39672 ], "llsrc": [ "osm" ], "first": null, "last": { "present": true, "label": "Trading today" }, "summary": "Named after Lord Grantham of Newby Hall.", "facts": [ { "h": "Name", "t": "\"The Grantham Arms named after Lord Grantham of Newby Hall\".", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] }, { "h": "Today", "t": "Open; independently run. It is the sister pub of Tap on the Tutt.", "k": "C", "src": [ "camra_grantham", "camra_tap" ] } ] }, { "slug": "rose-manor", "name": "Rose Manor Hotel", "aliases": [ "The Three Arrows", "Arrowfield" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Not yet confirmed", "type": "hotel", "status": "unknown", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": { "y": 2005, "label": "Trading in 2005 (town council)" }, "last": { "y": 2005, "label": "Current status not yet checked" }, "summary": "Once Arrowfield, a private house, then The Three Arrows, then the Rose Manor.", "facts": [ { "h": "Names", "t": "\"The Rose Manor (previously The Three Arrows and originally Arrowfield, a private house)\": one of the pubs and hotels trading in 2005. The council's history also mentions the hotel's Harclay Bar, named in memory of a figure from the Battle of Boroughbridge (1322).", "k": "C", "src": [ "btc_history" ] } ] }, { "slug": "temperance-hotel", "name": "Temperance Hotel", "aliases": [], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Next to the Crown Hotel car park entrance", "type": "temperance hotel", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "A hotel without the drink, upstairs over a café and sweet shop.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"The building next to the Crown Hotel car park entrance was 'The Temperance Hotel' upstairs, whilst down stairs there was a double frontage 'Café' and 'Sweet Shop'.\"", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ] }, { "slug": "black-swan", "name": "Black Swan", "aliases": [], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "By today's Spar", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "Meeting place of the Oddfellows.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"The Oddfellows who met at the Black Swan which used to be by what is now the 'Spar'.\"", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ] }, { "slug": "queens-head", "name": "Queens Head", "aliases": [ "Queen's Head" ], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "By Hall Square", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "Where the Foresters met.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"The Forresters who met at the Queens Head by Hall Square\".", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ] }, { "slug": "windmill", "name": "Windmill", "aliases": [], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Not yet known", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "Where the Druids met.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "\"The Druids met at the Windmill\".", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ] }, { "slug": "royal-oak", "name": "Royal Oak", "aliases": [], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Not yet known", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "A name on Bernard Porter's list. Nothing more yet.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "Listed among the town's hostelries, \"many of these establishments have long gone or have changed names\".", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ] }, { "slug": "green-tree", "name": "Green Tree", "aliases": [], "place": "boroughbridge", "street": "Not yet known", "type": "public house", "status": "closed", "building": "unknown", "loc": "unknown", "first": null, "last": null, "summary": "Another name on Bernard Porter's list.", "facts": [ { "h": "Remembered", "t": "Listed among the town's hostelries by Bernard Porter.", "k": "R", "src": [ "btc_porter" ] } ] } ], "nextStops": [ "Aldborough", "Roecliffe", "Minskip" ] }