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Rickinghall Superior Cross
South East, 52.3111,1.00894
closed 1960
last owner/operator: Bullard's
Allwood Green
grid reference TM 052 723
It's shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
This is shown at this location as the Cross Beerhouse on the 1886 and 1904 OS maps.
It closed about 1960 (possibly 1959), when the license was allowed to lapse. It's now residential and called "Crossways".
Gallery
Bell 2.1 miles
Greyhound 2.2 miles
Trowel & Hammer 3.2 miles
Railway Tavern 3.3 miles
Blue Boar 3.3 milesHistorical interest
The 1886 map shows a smithy on the same land parcel as the pub and some of the landlord information has been included based partly on this fact, as noted below.
Only one pub is listed at Allwood Green from 1900.
In 1937 the pub is listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that was retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Closure date from Hartismere licensing records.
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
