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Somerton Hare & Hounds
Somerton Hare & Hounds
also traded as Kicking Donkey
South East, 52.13572,0.6492
closed 1950
Lower Somerton
grid reference TL 814 519
The Hare & Hounds is shown as an un-named beerhouse on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. It's identified by name in the Listed Buildings Register.
Gallery
Historical interest
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1888: George Foreman ((Beer retailer & shopkeeper, pub not named))
1891: George Foreman ((beer house - pub not named) (& carrier))
1891: George Foreman ((Public House & Shop Keeper (formerly detached part of Hartest), pub not named, Head/Married/49y/born Hartest))
1900: Mrs Eliza Foreman ((Beer retailer & shopkeeper, pub not named))
1901: Eliza Foreman ((Beer House & General Shop Keeper, Beer House, Lower St. (formerly detached part of Hartest), pub not named, Head/Widow/61y/born Hartest))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.