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The Mapplewells Inn was
first recorded as an unnamed beerhouse occupied by James Walton in 1864. It
was set roughly 175 yards back from the main road between Sutton and
Alfreton, at the end of Mapplewells Lane. (today called Mapplewells Road) It
was commonly referred to as the "Mapp".
In 1869, Isaiah Proctor was granted a certificate under the Beerhouse act of
1869 for the beerhouse at Mapplewells. Although not on a main road, it
overlooked the site of the New Hucknall Colliery, (sunk c1876) and footpaths
from the Colliery passed the house, no doubt capturing the trade of miners
walking to and from Sutton.
In May 1880 the property was put up for auction, and was acquired by
Mansfield Brewery at a cost of £700. In 1881 the building was briefly
recorded as the "Fullwood Public House" but in June 1882, an inquest was
held at the Mapplewells Inn on the death of George Cooper at the New
Hucknall Colliery.
The Mansfield Brewery sent a letter to the council’s Gas Committee in 1913,
asking if gas pipes could be laid to the Mapplewells Inn. The cost of laying
the pipe was £14, and the council asked the Brewery to pay half the cost.
In 1915 the local Horticultural Society held a members show at the
“Mapplewells Inn, Fullwood.”
The old pub was replaced by a new building on 21st December 1962, which was
sited on the main Alfreton Road, slightly closer to Sutton. The Smith family
transferred their licence to the new pub.
In a newspaper report at the time, the original Mapplewells Inn was
described as "beginning to look like something from the worst days of the
industrial revolution, and was totally inadequate for present day
conditions".
After the old pub closed, it was for some time used as a fruit and vegetable
shop. Around 2000, the building was being used by an Upholstery company. In
November 2017 the local press reported plans to demolish the old building,
which was by then derelict, in December of that year.
https://www.chad.co.uk/news/derelict-sutton-pub-could-be-knocked-down-1069214
The site is now being reclaimed by nature. |
