This pub was established by 1426 on the north side of Long Street and was rebuilt on the south side in 1800. It is now closed and the premises are used as a solicitor’s offices – named “Castle House”. **
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Castle Inn/Tavern, Long Street, Sherborne - in August 2009
Kindly provided by Stephen Harris
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1667/Richard Pounsfoot/../../../named on a pub token of 1667, kept at
Sherborne Museum **
1823/Geo. Humphreys/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1841/William Tompkins / 35 / Inn Keeper & Printer/../../../1841 census **
1841/Ann Tompkins / 36 /1841 census
1841/William Tompkins / 7 /1841 census
1841/??? Tompkins / 3 weeks /1841 census
1843/Tompkins/../../../Licence application, held at Dorset History Centre **
1844/William Tompkins/../../../Pigot’s Directory **
1851/Wm. Tompkins/../../../Hunt’s Directory **
1852/William Tomkins/../../../Slater’s Directory **
1895/Mrs Eliza Brown/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
1915/Tom Bowley/../../../Kelly’s Directory **
** Provided By Stephen Harris
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