The Three Tuns, Abington

75 High Street, Three Tuns, Abington

History of the Three Tuns

Listed Building:

Public house. C17 with C19 alterations.

Games of skittles would have been played in a skittle alley down the side of the building.

1687

John Casbolt, farmer and landlord of the Three Tuns died. His goods were valued at £56. The beer in the cellar was worth £8. His horse and saddle 32s. In 1692 his spinster daughter Betsey Casbolt died and her goods were valued at £115.

1847 – 1860s

Landlord Robert Missen was licensed to brew ale. Such beer would have been collected for local farm workers.

1875 – 1900s

Charles and James Missen

1916

Frank William Hunt

1922-37

The Three Tuns was a temperance hotel run by the People’s Refreshment House Association Ltd.