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« Eynsham parish includes the separate hamlet of Barnard Gate, just north of the A40. There's a paved cycle path between the two villages if you fancy a pub crawl: 1.5miles. Choose from: BOOT INN; EVENLODE; JOLLY SPORTSMAN; NEWLANDS INN; QUEEN'S HEAD; RED LION; STAR INN; SWAN HOTEL; TALBOT INN; WHITE HART.
Click HERE for 3 "lost" pubs; more HERE. There were 14 drinking establishments in 1851 - one for every 70 adults! See also MAPS; MEETING PLACES; CENTRAL SHOPS.
The BOOT
Restaurant and bar; outside seating/eating area; car park
Address: Barnard Gate OX29 6XE
Tel: 01865 881231
Web: Click here for info
Landlord Craig Foster
EVENLODE
Restaurant and bar; large garden; car park
Address: A40 west-bound/Old Witney Road
OX29 4PS
Tel: 01865 881215
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JOLLY SPORTSMAN
Bar (no food); car park
Address: Lombard Street OX29 4HT
Tel: 01865 881427
Linda and Brian Webb
NEWLANDS INN
Restaurant and bar; outside seating/eating area
Address: 45-47 Newland Street OX29 4LD
Tel: 01865 881486
Paul & Lisa Ganderton
QUEEN'S HEAD
Garden. Also run outside bars
Address: 17 Queen Street OX29 4HH
Tel: 01865 881229
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Pete Jones & Jackie Williams
RED LION
Garden and play area; car park; function room. 4 rooms, all en-suite. Greene King
Called the Angel until 1750, this is the oldest known pub in Eynsham. In the 18th century it was known for its cockfights and auctions. Eynsham always had many inns & taverns, due mainly to the village's position as a staging post on the route west from London to Gloucester, Wales and even on to Ireland. The earliest recorded inn is a different Red Lion, in 1587.
Barry Watts
STAR INN
Complete refit August 2007: restaurant, large garden and car park
Address: 43 Witney Road OX29 4PL
Tel: 01865 881287
Email: info@ourstar.co.uk
Web: Click here for info
Oliver & Vanessa Sampson
SWAN HOTEL
Restaurant and beer garden; car park. 5 rooms, all en-suite.
Address: 21 Acre End Street OX29 4PE
Tel: 01865 881225
Email: jean@eynshamswan.co.uk
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Jean Woodmass
TALBOT INN
Outside seating; car park. Deck overlooking Wharf Stream. 2 rooms (10 from summer 2008)
Address: Oxford Road OX29 4BT
Tel: 01865 881348
Email: talbotinn@gmail.com
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Landlord Trevor Johnson
WHITE HART
Garden; 3 rooms. Jazz every other Thursday at 8pm. Greene King.
Venue for: Probus Club 2nd Tuesday of month 1pm; Eynsham Morris Tuesday (winter) 9pm; Royal British Legion: Women's Section (Function Room) 3rd Tuesday of month March-July, September-December 7.30pm
Address: 31 Newland Street OX29 4LB
Tel: 01865 880711
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Russell Trotman & Jacky Thomas
White Hart - History
Site of New Land Court House. The tenants elected their own court officers - including someone to collect the rents for the abbey, someone to collect fines and other money owed to the court, and a beer-taster. The court could fix its own penalties up to a maximum fine of 10 shillings. It was converted to an inn in 1750 and licensed as The Haunch of Venison in 1785. It became a coaching inn in 1828 with stabling for 36 horses. The pub continued to host the Newland Court until the 20th century.
Eynsham Online
is an Eynsham Parish Council initiative
Email: eynsham-online@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.eynsham.org.uk