"On the north side of the Market Place between what is now ‘Get a Head’ hairdressers, and St Heliers, stood the Rose and Crown. This large three-story building was described as a ‘Commercial Inn’, a stop-over for traders, market men and salesmen. On the 27th of April 1789 the Rose and Crown hosted a great public dinner in celebration of ‘the return of His Majesty King George III’s mental faculties’. A hogshead of ale was given to ‘the populace’, a sheep was roasted and there was much parading with music and singing around the village. The Rose and Crown closed its doors as a pub sometime during World War I and became a private house. Mr William Kilby lived there for many years and conducted his business as a miller and feed merchant on the site until his death in 1960. The old building was finally demolished in August 1963 and a new, smaller house built in its place."