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Tattenhall

Tattenhall is a fine old village within sight of the twin castles of Beeston and Peckforton perched atop the Peckforton Hills. There are some attractive old houses and a Victorian church with a graveyard which gained notoriety during the 1800s because of the activities of a gang of grave-robbers. They lived in caves in the hills nearby and, once they had disposed of the bodies to medical gentlemen, used the empty coffins to store their booty from more conventional thieving. At that time Tattenhall was a busy little place. The Shropshire Union Canal passes close by and the village was served by two railway stations on different lines. Today, only one railway line survives (and no stations), the canal is used solely by pleasure craft, but the village is enjoying a new lease of life as a desirable community for people commuting to Chester, a short drive away.

Small though it is, Tattenhall has entertained some distinguished visitors. No less a personage than King James I once stayed at The Bear & Ragged Staff. This attractive hostelry was then a modest one-storey building with a thatched roof but later became an important coaching inn (the old mounting steps still stand outside). The pub’s unusual name suggests some connection with the Earls of Warwick whose crest it is. (The first Earl supposedly strangled a bear, while the second Earl clubbed a giant to death).