The Tuckers Grave Inn, Faulkland

The pub is named after Edward Tucker who hanged himself at nearby Charlton Farm in 1747 not in the pub! He would have been buried in unconsecrated ground at a remote crossroads as was the custom for suicides. The field opposite is named after him so it is probably the site of his last resting place. There is no evidence that he was was a former Landlord of the pub. In fact nothing is known about him at all.

The main central section of Tucker's Grave Inn was built in the mid-1600s and the pub was already known by its current name by the early 1800s. There's a bit about its history in a folder in the 'Rose Room'.

Enough of that, it is a unique and unspoilt traditional pub with a unique atmosphere, fine beer and cider, a great Landlord and Landlady and a surprising variety of friendly 'regulars' from all walks of life - like a pub should be!

4 May 2008 17:37

The Tuckers Grave Inn, Faulkland

Recently 'Clu' produced a chestnut roasting pan and we roasted chestnuts on the open fire and passed them around the pub. You couldn't do this in some awful modern, 'themed', fizzy beer and lager selling, pub! Happily 'thegeesta' (afraid to use his name?) wasn't there!

14 Dec 2006 13:51