There has been a pub at this location since the 1700’s. Originally called the Old Golden Ball the public house was renamed The George IV in 1830’s in honour of the King.In the 1911 census the landlord was listed as a 51 year old...

The Castle Inn was on Market Street for over one-hundred and fifty years before closing in 1963. The location has become home to the local Oxfam shop. The Tudor make over on the front of the building occurred sometime after 1900. Postcards...

Oxfam is based in the mock tudor building on Market Street. The charity shop has been selling donated items in the city since opening in the former Castle Inn in the 1970’s.

For almost four hundred years a public house in one form or another had stood in the corner of the market square. The Malt Shovel was the last and with it’s closure in 1971 it brought to and end an amazing piece of history.

Boots the chemist has been at this location for over one hundred years. The building itself is a mock tudor