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Bentley Case is Altered

Bentley Case is Altered

South West, 51.99113,1.06963

Cask Ale is sold here.

Capel Rd, IP9 2DW

grid reference TM 108 369

bar / diner, opened 1777

owner/operator: Bentley Community Pub Limited / local community

Contact:telephone(01473) 805575telephonewebsiteWebsiteFacebookFacebook

Owned and run by the local community, this pub has a single bar serving two drinking areas, one with a wood burning stove, and a pretty beer garden with plenty of seating, some under cover. Various music evenings, including a monthly Open Mic Night are hosted along with a quiz night which is held on the last Saturday of the month. Traditional pub games are played including darts, cards and dominoes. Local artists' work is on display.

Nearby (on some of the pub land) a new build local community shop is being run as a separate entity to provide basic groceries for the village.

The pub holds the Cask Marque Award for serving great quality real ale and has a toilet accessible to disabled customers.

AS THIS IS COMMUNITY RUN PUB AND DEPENDS UPON VOLUNTEERS IT MAY BE AN IDEA TO PHONE AND CHECK OPENING TIMES FIRST.

In the days when the pub was just called "the Case", it was run by a woman who let her customers pay when they wanted to, or even not at all. But when she married, the house policy was tightened up, so it was said that, "The Case is altered".Local legend purporting to explain the unusual name
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Footnote

The phrase "Case is Altered" was first used by an Elizabethan lawyer, Edmund Plowden and referred to new evidence in a legal case. Later Ben Johnson - an Elizabethan playright - also used it as a name for a comedy (written before 1599).

(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)

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