Bugle, 17 Gosford Street
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1848 | 1851 | BUGLE | |
| 1854 | 1856 | CASTLE INN | |
| 1856 | 1863 | BUGLE | |
| 1863 | 1863 | WHITE BEAR | |
 Gosford Street 1912. (Photo courtesy of David Fry.)
A 'bugle' was a wild ox and until the sixteenth century its horn was used as a drinking vessel. Its other use was as a hunting horn, giving rise to the modern sense of 'bugle' as a musical instrument. In some cases the reference may be to a coach horn (or post horn) which was used by the guard on a coach.
In 1848 we have mention of the Bugle public house with large carpenter's shop, large garden and a bowling alley. By 1854 it is the CASTLE INN, formerly the Bugle and in 1856 back to the Bugle. In 1863 it has become the WHITE BEAR. | |||
LICENSEES:1848 - 1850 Joseph Laws (Low) 1850 Samuel Lawrence (and farmer) 1856 Mr Burbury | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
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