Hello Colin.... If you're interested in seeing what the Oak Inn looks like now, it's visible on Google Maps. As Paul says, it's on the south side of the green (the Cock Inn is on the west side of the green). It's now a private house called Oak House and still retains the wall bracket that once held it's pub sign. There are also a couple of pictures of the inn as it was (although viewed from a distance) to be found through the Oxfordshire County Council heritage search, www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/heritagesearch , as mentioned by Wendy Archer last month. Incidentally, a useful resource for searching for the location of buildings is www.old-maps.co.uk. I've used it extensively in the past for tracking down non-conformist chapels for my website and found it extremely useful. Hope that fills in a few more details for you.... Regards Brian -----Original Message----- From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Paul Betteridge Sent: 18 July 2011 21:52 To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OXF] oak inn coombe. Dear Colin, > Could anyone tell me whether there was an Oak Inn in Coombe at the > time of the 1871 census. In my earlier message, I suggested that the Oak Inn was not where Rachel Edgington was actually living in 1871. But if you do want to know about the Oak Inn, and the other public houses in Combe, one can find information in the Victoria County History, available online here: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=1893 The Royal Oak (which I imagine is the "Oak" of the 1871 census) was on the south side of the green and traded from 1847 to 1966. Best wishes Paul -- Paul Betteridge, Leafield, Oxfordshire pbetteridge@pobox.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OFHS "Wills Library" : Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message