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.
The Miner's Arms at Minsterley stands at a road junction (now a traffic island) beside a bridge over the Hope brook. When the mines in the area closed it changed it's name to "The Bridge Hotel".
However, it closed in 2013 and has been converted into a dwelling.
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The public house near the Bog lead mine was also called The Miner's Arms and remained a pub long after the mine closed.
In the 1960's, it was converted into a private dwelling, and more recently it has become a holiday cottage.
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Only the "Old Miners Arms" at Priest Weston survives as a public house today - serving some excellent real ales. Although the pubs new sign is more representative of a coal mining district rather than the metal mining area in which it is situated.
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