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Lovely town centre with a lot going on

Amazing independent running shop. Definitely stop by! The cafe is upstairs and is a great spot

Running shop with a fantastic cafe upstairs - enter through the back of the running shop

Now a pub, but formerly an Alms House for widows, converted from cottages in 1676. This building has extremely strange and uneven lines, looking slightly twisted. Note the mounting steps for horse riders built alongside it at the front.

A nice pub that does its own ales, but a little on the pricey side

"My pocket money goes towards buying secondhand books. I love the dry, musty smell of old books, the feel of the silky paper between my fingers. In any case, the book collection in my room is growing, and I find nothing makes a home feel more homely. Sometimes I feel a sense of elation just holding a book in my hands." (Deborah Crombie in "The Lost Poem")

Built c i 640, as two cottages, this was once an ale house, but by the mid-i 300s. it was the village shop and post office, with the District Bank in residence every Thursday. Run by Mr & Mrs Samuel Brereton it was the major supplier of goods in the village. but after the death of both her parents, Miss Amelia Brereton took over. She fell out with the Luxmore-Brookes over politics and bunit, what is. now, The Old Post Office and moved the business there in 1915.

The first village school was located in the church and taken by the minister, until the first schoolmaster was employed, named Thomas Wilson, who was buried in 1652. Eventually, in 1785, a two roomed school was built, mainly financed by donations. Henry Brooke, son of Thomas, who had purchased the Minshull estate in 1790, left provision in his will for a new school to be built in 1871. The photographs show headmaster Robert Kitchen and his wife with the school children. The old school was converted into the schoolmaster's house and still stands today, but it is now a private home called 'Sunnybank'. In 1903, Henry's nephew and successor, Charles Luxmoore, was of the opinion that it would be in the interest of the parish if the County Council purchased the school from him. He was disposed to take a reasonable price, probably one third of what it would cost the County Council to erect a new one. If they did not agree to purchase he was willing to let the school to the Education Authority at the nominal rent of £15 per annum. However, on 30th June 1905 Charles sold the school to the County Council for £450 this included all the outbuildings and land amounting to 2 roods and 11 perches. The school was finally closed on 22nd July, 1982 and is now a private home and pottery.