Evidence in the court roll, inventories, and parish register indicates that there has been a pub on the site of the ‘Balmoral’ since (at least) 1675, and its history can be traced to present times. The other well-known hostelry in the village was the ‘The Black Bull’ that was established in the eighteenth century, and continued in use for around a hundred years. What is less well known is that for a short spell in the middle of the nineteenth century there was a third pub, a beershop, in Swales Garth. This booklet traces their history.