Ross was always packed with pubs

From the mid 19th until the early 20th century, nearly every third building in Ross was an alehouse. There were specially extended licensing hours on market days, and the pure spring water from the local hills meant there were countless breweries in the area. The pewter bar in the New Inn at St Owen's Cross was previously in the Hole in the Wall pub (now Wyenet's premises) for more than 100 years. After the landlord died in the 1930s his wife vowed never to change a thing and ran the cobweb-covered bar in her black funeral dress. When the pub finally closed in the '80s the bar was sent to London to be auctioned, only to be bought by the New Inn's owner and brought back to Herefordshire.