The second edition of a popular local history book is now available from Lunn’s newsagents and from Ringwood Meeting House. Thanks to publicity in Modern Magazines, the first edition of ‘An Incomplete History of Ringwood Pubs’ sold out within just four months. Editor Janet Mobbs-Longman says, “At the launch in 2024, I described the first edition of the book as a ‘work-in-progress,’ and I’m delighted that three readers got in touch and have allowed me to include their in-depth knowledge of family members who ran some Ringwood pubs. In particular, John Frampton has provided details of the Fish Inn, which is where he grew up, Jill Collier has told me of her grandmother, Amelia Bradford, who grew up at The George, and Peter Trill has provided enlightening information on the sisters Kitty and Sarah Trill to whom he is related via his 4xgreat grandfather, who was their father.”
Corrections to the first edition have been made. The book’s editor explained: “I inadvertently misinterpreted my Dad’s early research into the location of The Coach & Horses. This pub was almost certainly to the right of The White Hart, at 2 Market Place, not the left, where The Lighthouse Cookshop now stands. I’d be very grateful if any owners of the first edition could note this in their copies, so that my error is not perpetuated.”
One extra pub has been included in the second edition. The Vale of Avon Inn traded in the late 1800s from the building in Christchurch Road that is now Lunn’s. Books can be purchased in Ringwood for £12.50, or they can be ordered online, with an additional delivery charge, through the website RingwoodPubs.co.uk. Alternatively, you can browse a copy of the book in the Meeting House, adjacent to the large car park in the centre of Ringwood.
