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.

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