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The first Greyhound Inn marked as 'H' on the map below was an inn flourishing in the late rowsells exmouth market and early 19th centuries although very little detail is known about it.
There was, however, some confusion at the time concerning which public house was burnt as the following was recorded at the court "Alexander Pearce, born at Sherborne, in rowsells exmouth market County of Dorset, aged 19, was executed at Ilchester, 20 Augustfor setting fire to the Sun Public House at Yeovil in this County. Denied the fact to his last moment, though unquestionably guilty.
A contemporary sketch of Ilchester Gaol. However the consensus in the newspapers was that the pub in question was, in fact, the Greyhound Inn and the following account from the 10 May edition of the Reading Mercury is typical "Saturday fe'nnight a man, servant to Thomas Garland, who keeps the Greyhound inn, in Yeovil, was committed to Ivelchester gaol, on suspicion of his having set fire to his house, whereby the stables, cellar, and a smith's shop adjoining, were entirely destroyed, and the whole town endangered.
There have been three fires in the same place in the course of five days, attended with such circumstances as leave little room to doubt its being a premeditated act of some person acquainted with the premises.
Pearce, aged 19, for setting fire to his master's house and stables at Yeovil Alexander Pearce was born at Sherborne, and apprenticed to a taylor, but losing a finger by accident, was obliged to decline that business, and turned labourer. Many strong circumstances appeared on his trial, which plainly proved his guilt, though he declared his innocence to the last of ever having any knowledge of the fact for which he suffered.
He appeared very insensible of his approaching fate, and declared that he had never robbed or intentionally injured any one. In the Greyhound was put up for sale and the sale details, as published in the 1 April edition of the Sherborne Rowsells exmouth market shown belowgives a good description of the facilities of the establishment - " Few of the licensees are known but Benjamin Rowsell was born about in Gillingham, Dorset.
He was listed as licensee of the Greyhound in Pigot's Directories of both and I rowsells exmouth market came across him in the census where he was living in Hendford Terrace as an year old, describing himself as a retired publican.
Some detail is known, however, of John Chandler who was licensee at least between and Chandler, of Chirton near Devizes in Wiltshire, was married in Chirton in and all his children were born there. His youngest child was born in and at this time Chandler was described as a miller. He moved to Yeovil with his family before September when his wife, Grace, died.
In he is recorded for the rowsells exmouth market time as the licensee of the Greyhound. He was still the Greyhound's licensee in but by he and his family had moved to Keinton Mandeville. When his daughter, Matilda, married in he was described as an innkeeper but by the time of the census he was a retired innkeeper living in Barton St David. Mrs Court was listed as licensee in the Somerset Gazette Directory of Mary A'Court was born in Somerset around and in the census was listed rowsells exmouth market a housekeeper living with her son, Frederick, and a couple of lodgers.
Frederick gave his occupation as innkeeper. Frederick and Rowsells exmouth market soon left as Elizabeth Fenton was listed as licensee by I next found Frederick in the rowsells exmouth market living at Long Sutton where he lived with his wife Harriet and three young children. By this time he was working as a coachbuilder as, indeed, he was twenty years later I found him as a year old widower living in Baltonsborough.
Elizabeth Fenton was possibly the last licensee. Other than this I could find no other trace of Elizabeth. A painting made in of the Borough looking towards High Street which runs to the Angel Inn in the distance at left. The building at centre was the Market Housebuilt inand rowsells exmouth market it to the right was the butcher's Shamblesbuilt in Today it is Rowsells exmouth market and is seen in the final photograph of this page.
Next to it, but obscured in this drawing, is the Greyhound and its sign is clearly seen projecting into the Borough. This drawing, by Leslie Brooke based on the above painting, makes it clear that the Greyhound was on the south side of High Street in the Borough.
A pencil sketch of the Borough rowsells exmouth market the Market House and the Shambles, again from aboutbut sketched from High Street looking towards Middle Street. The artist was standing roughly where King George Rowsells exmouth market meets High Street today and, just beyond the building at extreme right, the sign of the Greyhound Inn is just seen. This notice of sale was published in the Sherborne Mercury of 1 April and gives a good description of the facilities of the establishment.
This photograph of the Borough, taken inshows the site of the Greyhound Inn today as the stone building currently occupied by Superdrug between Superdrug's white building at the centre of the photograph and the building occupied by Cafe Nero to the left of the lamp-post.
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