Barley Mow, Milford

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Date:1905 - 1909 (c.)

Description:The Barley Mow public house viewed from Brocton Road, across Main Road, Milford. A woman and children pose for the photographer. Closer to the Barley Mow are cyclists, a horse and rider and a carriage and pair.

The Barley Mow on Milford Common was built by Sir George Chetwynd of Brocton Hall in 1780 to cater for the passing stage coaches and their passengers. It was acquired by the Levett's of Milford Hall in a land-exchange in 1849. The landlord at the time of the 1911 census was George Dickinson.

A colour-tinted postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem and posted from Stafford in 1909 to Colwall, near Malvern.

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Image courtesy of: The Edward Anderson Postcard Collection

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