The Rattlebone Inn Explained

The Rattlebone Inn is a public house in Sherston, Wiltshire, England. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since December 1986. The inn is named for Rattlebone, who fought for Edmund Ironside against King Cnut at the battle of Sherston in 1016.A major fire occurred at the pub in March 2014.[1] The pub is popular with members of the nearby Beaufort Hunt.[2]

The pub has three boules pitches, and hosts turnip tossing competitions.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sherston's Rattlebone Inn damaged in overnight blaze. 18 March 2014. BBC News. 7 January 2022.
  2. Book: Mills, Caroline. Slow Cotswolds : Including Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford. Bradt Travel Guides. 2011. 978-1-84162-344-3. 701113424. 220.