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The Rutland Arms

High Street

By David Middleton

Photo: Illustrative image for the 'The Rutland Arms' page

Photo:Changing Signs at The Rutland, 5th July 2007

A large and imposing 19th century building with fine white corner brick work detail and four string courses at lintel and sill levels to the front elevation.

Its roof retains the distinctive Bottesford Blue tiles.

Known to have had a large function room on the first floor. The entrance was on the front where the middle ground floor window is. The boot scraper and replaced brickwork are visible in the photograph. This was altered when the property was renovated in the 1980's before the adding of the restaurant was built on the eastern elevation in the 1990's.

A Shipstones of Nottingham pub for many years.

Perhaps built to cater for the burgeoning trade, including tourism, after the opening of the Nottingham and Grantham Railway on July 18, 1860. (See Allen's Illustrated Guide to Nottingham by J. Potter Briscoe, 1888). Or was it 15th July 1850? (See Bingham Heritage web site)

(NB: This needs further enquiry to follow up - for example in Michael Honeybone's 1989 "Book of Bottesford" - both in terms of tourism and railways - See also the History of Bottesford South Station)

Licensees of note -

George Goodson Jnr

Jack and Peggy Gamble

Ken & Pam Green

All the major Nottingham breweries had pubs in Bottesford.

Shipstones - The Rutland Arms

Home Ales - Bull Inn

Hardy and Hanson - Red Lion

This gallery was added by David Middleton on 11/01/2007.

Comments about this page

Landlords in the order that I remember but there may be some gaps:-
Mr & Mrs Goodson (Parents of John now in Queen St)
Jack & Peggy Gambol (Charlie Chagstone was the "dentist" to Arthur Marsden and only had 3 fingers on his right hand(?) but could still hold a pair of pliers!
Ken & ? Green were in when the door was moved loosing "Peggy'y snug.
? & ? Kerry - moved to Croxton Kerial
Tony & ? ? had the restaurant built on the site of the old gents toilet!
?
Paul & Kerry Binch present

By Ian Kitchener
On 20/04/2007

Samuel Sherwin was landlord in 1881, I'm researching this family so it was nice to see a picture of the pub.

By frances
On 07/09/2007

I believe that my ggg-grandfather was publican of the Rutland Arms, according to the 1851 census. Can anyone verify this please, or supply additional information about this pub.

By christine little
On 15/09/2009

Would it be possible to let us know the name of your ggg grandfather mentioned in the 1851 Census and the link to the Rutland. The two named publicans we have been able to identify in the 1851 Census on the High Street are John Reynolds (Born Belton 1786) and Mark Ragsdale (Born Sutton, 1809).

By David Middleton
On 15/09/2009