The Sovereign Inn in Shepley...

...goes back over 160 years to the reign of King George IV when a local entrepreneur, Seth Senior built a brewery on the site in 1829. Legend has it the business was started with a borrowed sovereign and many believe that in commemoration of its origins, a gold coin is still buried somewhere on the premises...


We passed this morning after Pilates ( we couldn't drop in as it wasn't open ) and it seemed to fit the bill for "old"!


Roy ran the Field Studies Centre "Cliffe House" just down the road, which was based in Seth Seniors huge old house. Lots of the original features were kept, and the kids loved it!