This extract from Slater's Directory lists the inns and public houses of the area.
Travelling around the area in 1858
was still done by horse-drawn transport, so inns and hotels were needed
for overnight stops.
A posting house (like the Dragon Inn, seen below)
was an inn where coaches made scheduled
stops and travellers could stay.
The
whole area was dotted with small public houses - even some small villages
had several. Working men often had such hard
and miserable lives in Victorian times that many of them escaped
to the pub when they could.
