The newly opened Dog and Doublet 1906

Building commenced in 1905 & was licenced to open six day`s by order of the 5th Earl of Harrowby. The six day licence was due to his Lordship calling in from Sunday church service to see how the building works were progressing only to find the builders drinking alcohol in the ajacent Dog & Doublet (old Pack Horse Inn) which was still trading while the new pub was being built. His Lordship vowed never to open the pub on Sunday`s & it remained a six day licence until 1990. The rent for the new pub was £50 per annum with function room & stables. The signage (originally on the road side) was moved back & attached to the building in the 1920s. The present date stone above the arch (1906) was added 1970 by request of the 6th Earl of Harrowby. S

Simon Shelley