• 1954 Simpson’s taken over by Greene King & Sons Ltd
• 1847 to 1880 Members of the Hill family licensees
• 1931 to late 1940’s John Riddock licensee
Surprisingly the White Horse is not a listed building has a large plot of
land which is destined to be swallowed by the expansion plans for Arlesey.
Greene King still own the pub.
Exiting the White Horse we look to the right on the opposite side of the
house is a large fronted house which was the Rose and Crown.
• 1865 opened as a public house
• 1876 owned by Wells & Co of Biggleswade
• 1890 purchased by William Pickering of Baldock
• 1895 sold it to Charles Wells
• 1894 Nathan Fisk was licensee
• 1916 Son Arthur Fisk took over as licensee
• 1920’s William Webb licensee
• 1930 Charles Wells knocks down the existing house and rebuilds a new
one set further back from the road
• 1940 Mrs Emily Webb licensee
• 1945 or later – a wine licence was obtained
• 1994 closed
It has now been converted into a private house. Land at the back of the
property was sold and part of a small estate – Rose Cottages were
built on this.
1980.
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Travelling further down the High Street we pass the Village Hall complex on
the left, past the W.I. Hall. As we approach the end of Cricketers Road we
see an old thatched property with yellow painted walls – The Three Tuns.
• 1845 building officially listed and opened as a public house by William
Lucas brewer of Hitchin
• 1920 Lucas purchased by Phoenix Brewery Luton
• 1931 Thomas King licensee
• 1935 Wine licence obtained. Became fully licensed later
• 1940 Fred Tolman licensee
• 1954 Phoenix changed to Flowers Breweries Ltd
• 1961 Name changed to Whitbread & Co Ltd
The ‘Tuns’ closed around 2008 and has been converted back into a house.
Land behind has been used for building some new houses.
Almost opposite was ‘The Cricketers’ off licence
• 1852 opened as an off licence
• 1876 owned by John Whittaker of Henlow Brewery
• 1903 purchased by Henry Hildred and Joseph Chanter became licensee
• 1920 closed
There seems to be no trace of the building, but the entrance to the later
development of Cricketers Road marks the site.
Still trekking south we get to no. 3 Davis’s Row which was the Stag
• 1868 owned by Joseph Davis. William Albone was licensee until 1898
• 1898 George Wheatley licensee
• 1903 Charles Wells purchased and first rented the Stag .
• 1925 pub was referred by the licensing Justices
• 1926 closed
It is now a private residence.
Back into the High Street and walking south, just past the corner is a
development of flats on the left – Crown Lodge. This is the site of the
The Crown which was demolished in 1985
• 1863 James Manning owner and licensee. Manning was also a wholesale
and retail coal merchant
• 1886 The owner died. Pub purchased by Jarvis & Co brewers of Bedford
• 1898 William Rowe licensee followed by Hannah Rowe and Harold Rowe
until around 1940
• 1917 Jarvis & Co bought by Charles Wells Ltd
• 1985 closed
The pub had its own football club and was host to Arlesey Town Band. The
site is now occupied by the development of flats.
Returning to the High Street we look almost directly opposite and the Raj
Villa Indian restaurant occupies the building that was the Star.
• 1870 Opened by Wells & Co of Biggleswade
• 1898 described as ‘A brick and slated house containing taproom, parlour,
scullery cellar and four bedrooms, yard with barn, WC etc.’
• 1899 Wells & Co became Wells & Winch Ltd. Thomas Thornally was the first
licensee and his widow Mary Thornally took over after his death until 1958
Well that’s the first 10 pubs on our Arlesey pub crawl. We will feature ten more
in Part 2 in the next issue.
View looking north in the High Street on the far left of the picture is the Star (now the Raj Villa) on the
right of the picture is the Crown (closed in 1985 and demolished to make way for a development of
flats – Crown Lodge). Image supplied by Terry’s the Barbers. Source unknown.
part 2 next month
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