Beersellers

In 1861 the house opposite the entrance to Park Lane, now called Mansard Cottage, was occupied by George Jefferies, a ‘beerhouse keeper’ or 'beerseller'. A beerhouse was somewhere smaller than a public house or an inn, and where the villagers bought their beer, usually brewed on site. In the 1800s even children drank beer; it was very weak, and it was often healthier than the water.