Just past The Hole of Horcum on the A169 is this now unremarkable pub with a remarkable history. It's also got a cottage attached.
History
Built in 1648, this Ale house has quite a chequered past. Used, due to its location, as a smugglers pub. It was constantly raided by customs and excise officers that were never able to catch the miscreants until one night after a raid, one of the officers hid in a barn, and once the smuggling malarkey had restarted went back to the pub to arrest said miscreants. Unfortunately for him he was wacked over the head with a bar stool/table leg and killed. His body was buried, in the pub under the fireplace and legend has it that the landlord vowed that the fire should never be allowed to go out, so that the body would never be discovered. The fire burned until the pub closed in 2007. Now despite being bought in 2008 it is a derelict shell. The ghost of the customs officer reaping his revenge!!!!!!!
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History
Built in 1648, this Ale house has quite a chequered past. Used, due to its location, as a smugglers pub. It was constantly raided by customs and excise officers that were never able to catch the miscreants until one night after a raid, one of the officers hid in a barn, and once the smuggling malarkey had restarted went back to the pub to arrest said miscreants. Unfortunately for him he was wacked over the head with a bar stool/table leg and killed. His body was buried, in the pub under the fireplace and legend has it that the landlord vowed that the fire should never be allowed to go out, so that the body would never be discovered. The fire burned until the pub closed in 2007. Now despite being bought in 2008 it is a derelict shell. The ghost of the customs officer reaping his revenge!!!!!!!
DSC_0556 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0554 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0552 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0548 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0546 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0545 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0544 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0526 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0527 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0528 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0533 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0534 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0538 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0542 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
DSC_0541 by markrichardson397, on Flickr
