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These premises have
been a public house since at least 1755 when two houses 'outside
Bysters Gate' were described as the Fox and Duck alehouse.
The pub was known as the Hop Pole Inn by 1785 and in 1777
William Gough moved from the Elephant and Castle to replace
Mr James Hayes as the licensee. For a few years beginning
in the 1990s the pub had an Irish theme and was known as O'Neills
but in June 2005 it reverted to the name by which it has been
known to Herefordians for over two hundred and twenty years.
The recent excavation found the floor of the pub stables.
These were converted in 1903 from a row of cottages known
as Hop Pole Place. There was also a pit containing 19th century
mineral water bottles, mainly from the Stretton Hills company.
An
earlier feature was a large pit containing medieval pottery.
This will have been a cess-pit behind the medieval street-front
houses
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The
Hop Pole, Hereford - The King's
Fee is to the left and the Litten
Tree to the right |
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The
area before the excavation began. The Victorian steam mills
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The
view from the site towards Commercial
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Clearing
the site after the JCB has taken off the car park surface.
Here the top of a 19th century pit is being uncovered. |
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This
a pit contained 19th century mineral water bottles, mainly
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The
floor of the pub stables. These were converted in 1903 from
a row of cottages known as Hop Pole Place. |
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Reporting
Unpublished
report - The Hop Pole, Commercial Road, Hereford:
archaeological evaluation
- Dan Lewis and P J Pikes, 2006.
A copy of this report is
held in the reference section of Hereford City Library.
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This report is
available at the Archaeological Data Service site
To view or download
the report
click here
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