The Old Globe Tavern

Earliest mention: 11th May 1838
Closed: 10th Oct 1913

The Globe Inn or Old Globe Tavern once stood on Main Street opposite Hall Farm.  At some stage the building was referred to as the Twist House, a reference to its earlier use as a weaver’s house, which is why there was a set of fairly large windows on the second storey where the knitting frames would have been.

The earliest reference to the Globe is a report (in the Lincolnshire Chronicle of 11th May 1838) of an inquest on Thomas WITHERS ("lately of Fenton") being held at the Globe, Coddington on 9th May 1838 - no landlord is mentioned.  

The BOOTHs and FOOTITTs

John and Eliza BOOTH are the first people in our records keeping this beerhouse and shop.  John must have died early because in 1857 his widow, Eliza, remarried and in the 1861 Census, Eliza and Gervas FOOTITT are keeping the pub and have started to raise a family.  In addition, Gervas is farming within the village to the extent by 1862 his land is advertised for sale as part of an Estate auction.

After this, something tragic must have happened, either because of health or some misfortune.  But on the 1871 census Gervas was described as an 'imbecile'.  The impact of this is unknown but his death is recorded on 23rd Nov 1873 (age 44) and he is buried in Coddington Churchyard.  At that time, the beer licence was transferred and Mrs [Mary] FOOTITT continued to keep the pub until her second son, William BOOTH took over (by 1879).  

William BOOTH then kept the pub until at least 1900, marrying and raising a family of his own.

Papers held in Nottingham archives, confirm the Globe was an Inn before 1869 and that it closed on the 10^th October 1913.  There is a large file of Petty Sessions papers relating to its closure, some of which are reproduced here.  The papers are a result of The Licensing (Consolidation) Act 1910 in which licensed premises were reviewed as to whether they were surplus to requirements.

The Report of the Renewal Authority dated 31^st March 1913 states:

“This house is situate in the parish of Coddington, a village of 480 population.  Gross Assessment £15, Rateable Value £13-10s-0d.  There are two fully licensed premises – The Plough, 88 yards distant, The Red Lion 134 yards from this beerhouse.  There is ample accommodation for the requirements of the village if this house is done away with and it is considered that it is the one that should go because it is a beerhouse and a poorer class of house than the others, nor is the accommodation so good”.

Part of the procedure to close the Globe involved advertising the proposal in the local papers and on 25^th July 1913 a notice in the Newark Herald stated that “the Compensation Authority decided at their principal meeting on 16^th July 1913 to refuse the renewal of the license for The Globe.” 

Mr TALLENTS, the solicitor for Benjamin GREEN the licensee wrote to Shire Hall asking “to close the house on 10^th October on the expiration of the current license since he had taken another house [the Plough Inn] in the village and does not wish to have the expense of two licenses.” 

A further document from the solicitors to Shire Hall dated 31^st October details that the house closed on 10^th October.  It had had a Beerhouse license since before 1869, was insured by the County Fire Company for £300 which was paid by the freehold owner Captain JS THORPE [who lived at Coddington Hall] and that the licensee since 6^th August 1916 was Benjamin Green whose rent was £15-0-0 paid half yearly.

   By the time of the 1918 Estate Sale, the former Globe Inn formed part of Lot 49: six brick & tile cottages with gardens and outbuildings (nos 66- 71 Main Street).  The properties were sold to a Mr BROWN for £450.  The tenants at that time were: Colonel Harold THORPE, Thomas BRYAN, Frederick INGRAM [in the old Inn property], John KELHAM, Arthur BRYAN and others (Mr BROWN of Wollaton bought a total of 22 cottages and 12 acres of woodland for £3,375 in the Estate Sale).

   The 1957 Directory specified the following people at the Lot 49 addresses: 66 - Reginald LEADER; 67 - Robert W RAWLINSON; 68 - Sarah BLACKETT and Florence E INGRAM; 69 - Mabel A DRAYCOTT; 70 - John MASTIN; 71 - John T KELHAM.  In 1961 Mr RAWLINSON had moved and neither Sarah BLACKETT nor Florence INGRAM was listed.

Landlords of The Old Globe

The former inn was included in the 1918 Estate Sale, when it was sold as part of Lot 49. 

The building is still shown on an aerial photo in 1966 and on the 25” OS map in 1968 indicating that was demolished sometime between 1966 and 1989.  By 1966 the Morgan's Close estate had been built behind the Main Street cottages.