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Brimpton History: Brimpton Common & The Fuel Allotments

Brimpton History: Brimpton Common & The Fuel Allotments

While the modern parish of Brimpton is made up of three distinct areas (Brimpton Village, Hyde End and Brimpton Common) they don’t all share the same long history. Up until a couple of centuries ago, Brimpton Common was more well known as ‘The Waste’, and only played host to about a dozen dwellings – the majority of what is now Brimpton Common was (as the name might suggest) a Manorial common grazing area, mainly used by transient folk and the…

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Brimpton History: The Pineapple Inn

Brimpton History: The Pineapple Inn

Situated on the southern boundary of Brimpton Common, The Pineapple Inn was another of the village’s public houses for a time. Dating as far back as the seventeenth century (though possibly earlier) it remains today very much as it always has – though it is no longer in use as a pub. The name supposedly refers to the fruit of the pine tree – aka the pine cone (rather than the more tropical version), of which there are many in…

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