Known now as The Mariners Cottage; the Shoulder of Mutton was listed in Bulmer’s Directory of 1893 with George Lloyd as the licensee. Reputedly one of the oldest houses in Staithes and the image shows the ladies gathered in their ’Steers’ bonnets (I wonder whose reputation was being discussed?) outside the inn and adjacent shop. Terry Kent has advised: “My great great grandfather was killed in May 1870 when a he was a crewman on the “Earl of Elgin” which was in collision with the “Jesmond” off Staithes. The inquest was held in this Inn.”
Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson and Keith Bowers, thanks to Terry Kent for the update.
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