History

Closed – Closed in 1970. Now a private house. This pub will have been built in the late 1850’s by the South Yorkshire Railway to replace the pub ( The Ship) which was demolished to make way for the railway. It appears that the current building is not the original as the following was reported … Read more

Closed – Currently derelict pending redevelopment for conversion to flats. The land on which the pub is built was allotted to Thomas Crane in the enclosures of 1822     It appears that the house was opened as a beer house around 1863. by James Crane when it was  known as Ealand House. A report … Read more

Closed – A Bungalow called Darby Place is built on this location. The 1738 Manorial Plan and survey shows a maltkiln almost on the site of the Darby & Joan. This would imply that the site had been used for brewing from at least then. The sales particulars in 1861 specifically mention a brewhouse. However … Read more

Closed – 1970? This pub was located opposite the White Hart and was used as a midwifery centre but is now empty. It appears that this was originally called the Duke of Wellington. Owners 1872 John Glew, Crowle (Register of licences) ???? Thomas Clark, Crowle (Register of licences) ???? Thomas Tune’s Executors, Crowle (Register of licences) 1892 Fox … Read more

Originally built in 1870 by a limited company of various merchants and other investors known as the Assembly Rooms Company Limited. Upstairs was a function room and downstairs was used as a market hall. The building has had a number of uses including as a Cinema, Ballroom, Crowle Institute, and after the war as a … Read more

Closed – 1999 Converted into offices History Nathaniel Brunyee was responsible for rebuilding the Cross Keys Hotel in 1832. His son Samuel Cornelius Brunyee was a wealthy farmer who lived at Sand Hall and, according to the 1881 census, farmed 1100 acres. He inherited the Cross Keys Hotel when his father died. He, himself, died … Read more

Owners 1872 William Marsden Darley, Thorne (Park Lane, Bath) (Register of licences) ???? Charles Marsden Darley, Thorne 1892 Charles Marsden Darley, Thorne ???? William Darley, Thorne Licensees – as listed in the Register of Licences granted in the Western Division Hundred of Manley in the parts of Lindsey in the County of Lincoln [1872 to circa 1940] … Read more

Claims to be the oldest inn in the Isle of Axholme. The building is listed and is thought to date back to the 16th or 17th century, though was remodelled in the late 17th or early 18th century. Timbers exposed during building work in 1980 suggested that the present building incorporates 2 adjoining timber-framed houses. … Read more

Ale Houses Act of 1551 Prior to 1828 Pubs were licensed under the Ale Houses Act of 1551; An Act for Keepers of Ale-houses to be bound by Recognisances. It was passed to control the “abuses and disorders as are had and used in common ale-houses”, and laid the foundation of modern licensing law. No-one … Read more