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Picture source: Bob Bates

The Nags Head was situated at 42 High Street. This pub is now used as a Japanese restaurant.

Source: Matt Paul

The original building dated back to the 1740s when George Burcy, who had been landlord of the nearby Red Lion pub, became the first landlord of this pub. It was destroyed during a WW2 air raid, the pub then operated out of a temporary shack until the present building opened in November 1957 with A Watson as landlord. The pub was owned by Coopers Brewery prior to WW2 but was owned by Watneys Brewery when it reopened in 1957. In 1991 its name was changed to Fiddlers after it reopened following a refurbishment, however with the decline of the High Street pub trade it closed in the mid 2000’s and was converted into the Zen Japanese Restaurant.

Bob Bates (November 2013)

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