Maesbury, Shropshire

Maesbury Pubs

For very detailed accounts of everthing below see:
A Little Bit of Shropshire: The Village of Maesbury, 1800-1930 by F. A. Mason,
published by Gee & Son, Denbigh, November 2000, ISBN 07074 0350 2.

The Original Ball - origin unknown but there was at least one landlord before 1788. More about the Ball area A pedigree beyond doubt - Shropshire Star, April 2004	click for bigger image
Navigation Inn - built about the same time that the canal went through Maesbury in 1798, it may have originally doubled up as a warehouse, but it was licensed to sell alcohol from the start. There is some suggestion that an earlier pub may have been on the same site. - Navigation Inn - Brent & Mark's site, 2005 - The Navigation Inn and Warehouse Restaurant - Eric & Beb's site (2001-2004), updated early 2004 - Navigation Restaurant Review - Shropshire Star, 2003 - AA listing - from the AA website, appears to be from Eric & Beb's time
Horseshoe Inn, just south of the bridge in Maesbury Marsh - origin unkown. There was originally a door facing the road where the blank wall is now. The pub closed down in 1922 and became a private residence called 'Bernard House'.
The New Inn, on the main road south of Ball Lane - was a pub from at least 1885, possibly earlier, and ceased trading in the 1920s. Now a private house called 'Newlands'.