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Forresters, Guildford


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18 Cooper Road, Guildford, GU1 3LY (View on Google Map)

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Victorian street corner local which closed in 2011.Known for many years as the Pig & Tater, before revering to the Foresters in its final years. Planning permission was granted in October 2012 for the conversion and part redevelopment of the pub into flats and housing.

Historic Interest

The Pig and Tater. formerly the Forester Beerhouse, then The Foresters Inn, subsequently the Foresters Arms. In 1869, Dr.Sells sold a plot of land on the corner of Cline Road and Cooper Road to John and James Patrick where they built a beerhouse and shop known as The Forester. It is interesting, in the light of subsequent stories about the origin of the name Pig and Tater, that Dr. Sell's conveyance explicitly laid down that there were to be no piggeries on the site. In 1873 John Patrick sold the Forester to Frederick Webb of the Broadford Brewery, Shalford, and he probably enlarged it and rechristened it The Foresters Inn. The Broadford Brewery was sold to Cobham United Breweries in 1913 and this brewery was, in turn, acquired by Messrs. Watney Combe Reid and Company Ltd., in 1923. The innsign was changed in 1976 in response to the local tradition that the working class inhabitants of Charlottevilie talked of nothing but the pigs and potatoes that they produced on their allotments.

Information for this venue is provided by the Surrey/Hants Borders Branch of CAMRA
Previous Names
Pig & Tater
Local Authority
Guildford District (B)
Last updated
16/12/2021
Last surveyed
Leasehold owner
unknown
Freehold owner
unknown
Pub ID
SHB/216
Asset of Community Value

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