Miner's Arms - I.A.Recordings

		- Feature: Miner's Arms
	Industrial Archaeology

	Background Inns are plentiful in every mining area in Britain. The larger and more prosperous the mines were, the more frequent and grand were the public houses. In some cases the public houses would belong to the mine owners and would be where they paid the miners - encouraging them to "drink" their wages! Public houses were often named after local land-owners or nearby trades or industries. In mining districts "The Miners Arms" was a common name.
On the South Shrophire ore field there were at least 3 public houses called "Miners Arms" Minsterley The inn on the right stands at a road junction beside a bridge over the Hope brook in Minsterley. Until the mines of the area closed it was known as the Miner's Arms. Now it is called The Bridge Hotel. NGR SJ 375 050
	The Bog The house on the left near Bog lead mine was also called The Miner's Arms and remained a pub long after the mine closed, until the 1960's, when it became a private dwelling, and more recently a holiday cottage. NGR SO 357 977
	Priest Weston Only the "Old Miners Arms" at Priest Weston (right) survives as a public house today - serving some excellent real ales. Although the pubs new sign (left) is more representative of a coal mining district rather than the metal mining area in which it is situated. NGR SO 293 972
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