Swan Inn Brierley (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Monday, October 26, 2009, 06:36 (5582 days ago) @ ricka99

The Swan Inn is a whitewashed rendered building on the north side of the road.
There is a reference to a Quarrymans Arms at Brierley in 1853 which
‘was the meeting place of a Friendly Society.’ The pub got its name from a quarry
but custom also came from miners employed in the nearby collieries.

The White Swan is mentioned in Brierley a few years later located in a
‘former cottage by the road’. Whether or not this was at the same property as
the Quarrymans Arms is not clear, but by 1879 the premises had become
known as the Swan Inn.

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/88499
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1518640

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