Our History

Our traditional 16th Century pub and Polgooth (meaning goose pond in Cornish) are steeped in history.  By the eighteenth century the village had the richest mine in the United Kingdom and was celebrated as the greatest tin mine in the world.  The Inn was used as the Pay House, and this was rumoured to have nearly caused a revolt by the miners’ wives as their husbands were spending their wages on beer and sandwiches before returning home.

History tells us that the bar was shared by chickens, ducks and even the odd horse, with many locals still remembering having to wipe their feet on the way out of the pub.  Although sounding a little gruesome, they all loved the place. Check out this film from 1967 with David Rowe the landlord at the time with some rather strange customers.