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Brief History of the former ‘Beer House’ the Queen’s Head

Posted on September 1, 2024August 30, 2024 by Heather Etteridge

The former Beer House and Queen’s Head Public HousePhotograph taken 2019 Historic England describes the Grade II Listed Building ‘The Old Queen’s Head’ as a late 17th century timber framed building. With a thatched gabled roof, the building is constructed on a flint plinth with a rendered wattle and daub infill. Built during the reign…

‘Harvest Frolic’ at the Queen’s Head

Posted on September 1, 2020October 8, 2023 by Heather Etteridge

Illustration by Christine Fuller On the last Friday of September, 1894, and in celebration of the end of the Harvest, about fifty people sat down to a ‘repast of good old English fare‘ provided by the landlord of the Queens Head Inn, Charles Allen. The guests were seated at tables which had been set out…

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