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A very old picture, and some history
When Peter Nicholson took over as landlord in 1988, he was not at first aware that this was the public house which had been run by by his great-grandparents in the 1870s. His grandfather, Luke Greaves, was born in the inn in 1876. His great-grandfather, Joseph Greaves, who was a farmer as well as a landlord, had been born into the licensing trade at Spofforth, near Wetherby, where his family ran an inn 1n 1822. Through marriage, there were other connections with pubs. Two other ancestors, Luke Athea and Grace Pickering, were at the Blue Bell, Kirby Hill in the 1850s. Luke Athea was born at Aldborouh where another Athea, probably his elder brother, ran a butcher's shop and a beerhouse. In the first half of the 19th century the Fox and Hounds was run by the Farmery family - Richard in the 1820s (he was also a coal merchant) and then Charlotte until after 1861. The family could have brewed their own beer because Francis Farmery was listed as a brewer in 1840. There is a well outside the back door. An inventory of the effects of the inn, when it changed hands in 1914, makes fascinating reading. The contents were valued at 84 pounds, 13 shillings and seven pence. Six iron spittoons were among the objects listed in the bar, while the contents of the vegetable garden even included three rhubarb roots. Stocks for sale included Wee Willy Whiskie and 66 Woodbine cigarettes. Woodbines were often sold singly, or in packets of five. The above picture of the Fox and Hounds was taken in 1914, with the clear name of the new landlord, John Fowles. The above information has been extracted from the book written by William Booth called "Here's to Boroughbridge - A History of its Hostelries", published in 1991. |
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