| Unusually the pub has recently seen a surge in sales of mild. The pub is named after a famous British naval officer who would have held a much greater place in British history had he not been a contemporary of Horatio Nelson whose deeds tend to overshadow him. Interestingly in the centre of Macclesfield is evidence of their joint fame - two adjacent terraced streets built about two hundred years ago are called Nelson Street and Rodney Street. The pub is unusual in that it is in fact back to fron. What is now the front of the pub on the main road was originally the back whilst what is now the little lane at the back was at one time the road through the village with the |
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facing it. Source: September 1996 Edition of Opening Times |
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