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The Leopard is now converted into a private house called Leopard Cottage. It appears to have been managed from 1809 by the Northover Family. Although in 1839 in the Poor Law Rate it was called the Masons Arms. By the 1870s licensing was being run by the petty sessions in Bridport. After problems with the family running it, the house was owned by Job Legg of Bridport, he eventually reported that he had got rid of the family and he no longer wished to renew the license about 1884. Furthermore the Inn became notorious with ‘poachers and rascals’ and this led to Legg’s reluctance to renew the license.

Source: Olli Hibbs

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