This Pub is Permanently Closed
Closed in 2010 and stood derelict until 2017 when it was converted to a Costa Coffee
Historic Interest
This was a beer house in the 1770’s. It would seem that this beer house may have been a place of ill repute. Like many others it had a reputation as a haunt of criminals and prostitutes: some pubs even became brothels. In 1853 there was a petition against granting the Bird in Hand a spirit licence. By 1865 the premises were purchased by John Waterer, the owner of the nursery (now Notcutts) across the road. I guess that Mr Waterer wanted his employees to buy beer from him rather than from the Foresters Arms? The current building (which has been empty since 2009) was built between the two world wars, when it was set-back from its original position. (News & Ale 123)
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