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 The Three Houses Inn at the junction of Chevet Lane and Barnsley Road. The original inn (formerly named the Magoie) was a much older building that stood very close by on the opposite side of Barnsley Turnpike (now Barnsley Road, A61) where Castle Road now joins it.
The pub's name comes from the union of three Sandal Magna ale houses or inns - the Raven, the Magpie and the Plough. After magistrates ordered the closure of the Raven and the Plough, all three of these inns were amalgamated to form the Three Houses Inn on the site of the Magpie. No trace of the old inns remain. Later the Three Houses Inn "hopped" across the Barnsley turnpike road to where it is still located today . (1)
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 The old Three Houses Inn at Sandal Magna. This was on the opposite side of Barnsley Road to the present pub. It was in this now demolished building that Nevison the Highwayman was apprehended. The earliest component building dates from the late 17th or early 18th century. Nevison was executed in 1684. |
 The plaque on the present Three Houses Inn commemorating the capture of Nevison.
The highwayman was captured at the Magpie, later the inn became the original Three Houses Inn. There are a number of dates suggested as the date of the execution (go to the Nevison page).
Photographed 13th November 2009.
© John S. Sargent. |
-s.jpg) The Three Houses viewed from Barnsley Road, Sandal.
Photographed 13th November 2009. © John S. Sargent. |
 The old Three Houses Inn was situated in this area between Castle Terrace and Manygates Lane, opposite the present inn.
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 The junction of Chevet Lane and Barnsley Road. The old Three Houses Inn was on the opposite side of the between Castle Terrace and Manygates Lane. Manygates Lane provides access to Sandal Castle. The large building in the centre of the picture is a care home.
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 Inside the Three Houses. There is much more to the pub than is visible here; other rooms include the bar, just visible, and a restaurant. |
The Three Houses web site (external link). |
References
1. Sandal Magna, A Yorkshire Parish and its People by Mary Ingham and Brenda
Andrassy (see Links Page). |
The Three Houses Inn
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Part of our English Heritage.
The 'new' Three Houses Inn. The various buildings range in date date from the late 17th or early 18th to the late 18th or early 19th century. It is a Grade II Listed Building and is included in Images of England.
IoE Number: 441435 Location: THE THREE HOUSES INN, BARNSLEY ROAD (east side), WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE Date listed: 01 February 1979. |
| The 'Sandal Magna' series by Mary Inghjam and Barbara Andrassy |
The Nevison Chair, Chap. 15.
The present 'Three Houses' circa 1900, page 106. The arrest of John Nevinson (Nevison) at the old 'Three Houses', page 146.
Sandal Magna, a Yorkshire Parish and its People. 2nd Edition, 1979.
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The Nevison Chair, Chap. 15. Sandal Magna, Another Look Back. 1st Edition, 1983.
The present 'Three Houses' (early 20th century?), page 155. |
Sandal Magna, Poverty and Prosperity in the 19th Century, 1st Edition, 1983. |
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