King George IV, Marsh Road
Formerly The George. Earliest known date of business 1742. First known use of name 1751 (named after George II). Rebuilt on same site 1889. Renamed 1997 to Frothfinder and Firkin. Renamed to "King George IV" 2002.
The Hand in Hand, High Street
The present pub opened in 1978. Before that there was one of the same name at the site of 46-48 High Street, beginning in the 1850s as a small beershop, and closing as a proper pub in 1909.
The Letchford Arms, Headstone Lane
This was built about 1870 by George Mold who had previously run The Alma at Harrow Weald. He also built the two rows of cottages on either side of the pub. The name probably refers to John Letchford, a physician who had owned the site more than two hundred years earlier.
The Moon and Sixpence, Uxbridge Road
This a branch of the Wetherspoon chain, opened in the 1990s in the former Barclays Bank.
Ned Hylands, Imperial Drive
Opened about 1998 in a former restaurant.
The Oddfellows Arms, Bridge Street
Builder Thomas Ellement, leading light of the Pinner Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, built this pub in 1853 with money borrowed from the lodge. The name is not surprising.
(The Orange Tree, Pinner Green) Now demolished and replaced by flats 2006.
Formerly The Bell. Earliest known date of business and use of name 1751. At first on the edge of the original Pinner Common. Second Bell built 1830 on site of present Bell Close. Third Bell at Pinner Green traffic lights built 1931. Renamed (1999)
The Queen's Head, High Street
This is a timber-framed building. The earliest known date of business is 1636 when it was run by Margery Bateman. Called The Crown 1692-4, and The Upper Queen's Head 1742-5, and finally The Queen's Head from 1766. The longest-running pub in Pinner.
(The Railway, Uxbridge Road) Demolished 2005
It was called The Railway Tavern when built in 1854. It was meant to serve the contemporary Woodridings estate (now gone) and so had the same architectural style, though it looks a little sleeker these days.
The Rayners, Village Way East
Another roadhouse of the 1930s, still with much of its original interior.
The Starling, Pinner Green
Began about 1830 in Cuckoo Hill as a beershop and moved some sixty yards to its present site in 1834. The present building dates from about 1888. It was the last pub in Pinner to have a beer and cider only licence.
The Victory, High Street
Originated in Victorian times on the site of what is now its back yard in Marsh Road. Name changed from The Ship in 1852. The old pub was demolished on removal to the present timber-framed building in 1958. Despite its recent arrival this is the oldest pub building in Pinner.
The Village Inn, Rayners Lane
This pub was opened in the 1990s, part of the Wetherspoon chain, and is unusual in not having the word 'moon' in its name.
Pinner Arms, Whittington Way.
Until 2002 called The Whittington and was opened 1939, its 'roadhouse' style was used to suit a Pinner bypass which was never completed.
The Winning Post, Alexandra Avenue
This was opened in the premises of the Rayners Lane post office, hence the allusion in the name.
Patricia A. Clarke