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Mason's Arms

Mason's Arms


Mason's Arms


'The Masons Arms will lose its charms,
The Raven it will fly,
We'll turn the Greyhound upside down,
And drink the Nags Head dry'.

Undergoing edit

A Chronology of Sources


1735 map
 It is likely that the building circled is Mason's cottage,
and given it's name it was probably occupied by workers
in the quarry which lay immediately to the rear of the plot.


Tithe Map 1840 plot 210



Tithe Map 1840 plot

Owned and occupied by William Fleet


Confirmed by the 1841 Census - William Fleet, mason



Bagshaws directory of 1850

William Fleet, beerhouse and mason


1851 Census - William Fleet, beerhouse and mason


1861 Census - William Fleet, beerhouse and mason

William Fleet headstone, St Chad's churchyard

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1881 Census - Ralph Fowles - Publican

Ann Fowles (nee Ince) was the daughter of William Ince,
who was a neighbour and Stone Mason of Farndon

1891 Census - Publican, Horse Carter


Map of 1897, Mason's Arms circled



Map of 1897, Mason's Arms close-up



1901 Census - Ralph Fowles




1911 Census - The Fowles family

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1911 Census - Ralph Fowles jnr and family now in Caldecott

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The Mason's Arms
 Nellie Hughes pictured outside with her daughter (________ Williamson) c.1938

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The 1939 Census - George Holmes - butcher


Mason's Arms - April 2007


Mason's Arms - Modern map


Mason's Arms - Modern map


Mason's Arms - 2021





Researched and compiled by Mike Royden

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