The Carpenters Arms was a village 'pub' in
Palterton for many years. It was located on what is now called Main
Street. The property has been a private house since ceasing to be the
Carpenters Arms.
1831. The earliest discovered mention of the pub, but it
could have been much older.
1831. John Spray - Pigots Trade Directory.
1835. John Spray - Pigots Trade Directory.
1842. John Spray - Pigots Trade Directory.
1846. John Beeley - Beer House - Samuel Bagshaw's Trade
Directory.
1850. John Edmund Beeley - Slaters Trade Directory.
This Trade Directory information must have been given in 1849,
because he died circa 1849/1850.
1849/1850. The Tythe Map/Award informs us that Edmund
Beeley, junior is dead. Plot number 164A is the site of the Carpenter's Arms.
It states: Exors. of Edmund Beeley,jnr. Described as - Houses, buildings
and gardens. I rood 26 perches. Occupied by William Turner and others.
This factual information from the Tithe Map provides confirmation
that the Carpenters Arms ceased to be a pub after the death of John
E. Beeley. I believe (see below) that it was at this time, there was
the name change to 'The Nags Head' Inn.
1851. On the census, William Turner is classed as an
Innkeeper and Butcher. No public house is mentioned.
1852. The Carpenters Arms is not mentioned in the
Trade Directory nor in any subsequent directories.
1852. Trade Directory locates William Turner at the Nags
Head.
There is evidence from a Conveyance document dated 3 December
1925, that "the fully licensed public house erected thereon, formerly
called or known as the Carpenters Arms but then by the sign of The
Nags Head and the outbuidings formerly leased by the Chesterfield
Brewery Company and then in the occupation of G.W.Smeaton."
