Deddington Map Group

Aynho on the hill
Clifton in the clay
Dirty, drunken Deddington
And Hempton high way

Is there any truth in this old rhyme? Here are just some of the drinking and eating places that have come and gone.

Where an actual or probable location is known, we have marked this map (PDF), the pubs being numbered 1 to 30.

  1. 1 BEAR
  2. 2 BELL
  3. 3 BISHOP'S INN (now the Mount)
  4. 4 BLACK SWAN
  5. 5 BUTCHER'S ARMS
  6. 6 CROWN, CLIFTON (now Sedgehill)
  7. 7 CROWN, DEDDINGTON (now Geggs Hook)
  8. 8 EL MEXICANA (now May Fu Two)
  9. 9 EXHIBITION INN (now Three Horseshoes, private house)
  10. 10 FLYING HORSE (became the Volunteer)
  11. 11 GORSE GREEN BEER HOUSES (possibly the Mount)
  12. 12 HOLE IN THE WALL (now the Mount)
  13. 13 HOTEL RUSSELL (now Russell House)
  14. 14 KEMPSTER'S ALE HOUSE (became Tucker's, then Country Store, now Dexter's)
  15. 15 KING'S ARMS (now Deddington Arms)
  16. 16 LEADENPORCH BEER HOUSE (now Leadenporch House)
  17. 17 MARKET HOUSE TEA ROOMS (became Tiffany's)
  18. 18 NEW INN (possibly on SW corner of High Street)
  19. 19 PILGRIM'S REST
  20. 20 PLOUGH INN, DEDDINGTON (now Plough House)
  21. 21 PLOUGH INN, HEMPTON (was at the crossroads)
  22. 22 PRIORY ICE CREAM PARLOUR (became El Mexicana)
  23. 23 QUEEN'S ARMS (became King's Arms)
  24. 24 RED LION - 17th century (possibly on North side of Horsefair)
  25. 25 RED LION - 19th century
  26. 26 SHIP (was in Horsefair)
  27. 27 SWAN, CLIFTON (now St James' Farm)
  28. 28 THREE HORSESHOES (became Exhibition Inn)
  29. 29 TIFFANY'S (became Dexter's, now Police Office)
  30. 30 VOLUNTEER (became Hotel Russell)

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