In October 2007, we, Matt & Ellie Furzeman, become landlords of The White Lion, following in the footsteps of a long line of successful landlords. The pub's most famous Landlord is Robert Mawdesley known as Owd Bob, who ran the pub for 45 years from 1931 to 1976. A military man having being in the Queens Guard, he and his wife Gwen ran the pub strictly as an alehouse ~ no wine or spirits, & the beer came in jugs straight from the cellar. His infamous time here means that many still refer to the place as ‘Owd Bobs’.

On Owd Bobs retirement the pub was extended into the adjoining cottages, now the restaurant. It is here we adopted the ghost of an old lady that died in the cottages, and many have seen objects fly off the window sills and the temperature suddenly change dramatically! After how many real ales this happens is a different question!

Over the following years the pub had a name change from the White Lion to the Tudor Inn and went on to build up a great reputation as a friendly, family run, traditional pub. If the walls of this pub could talk there would be some amazing stories to tell! When we took over the reigns in 2007 we refurbished the pub to how you see it today and changed the name back to The White Lion. It’s great to think of all the changes that have occurred throughout the last hundred years, yet the pub remains the same, a local community pub.