Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Belmont (Lancashire): Passing the Black Dog Pub


 Just before looking at St. Peter's church, I passed the impressive-looking Black Dog pub.


 Which like the church, lies at the heart of Belmont village:

 

Rather foolishly, I wasted the opportunity to have a pint inside the Black Dog, but I was in a bit of a rush, wanting to get up Winter Hill.

Have just read that the pub building:


Dates back to the 1700s, first serving as a village courthouse, then as a farmhouse, before becoming a pub in 1825.

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