The Turks Head was purposely built as a public house, it is believed that in 1821 it was an ale house and at that time did not require a licence.

   The Turks Head was licensed in 1868 by Henry Raithby, presumably the same family which at that time occupied ‘The Crown’.

The licensee in 1872 was Joseph Tyson; in 1876 the publican was then John Cobb and his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Mary. In 1896 the  licensee was then a William Robinson who allowed the licence to lapse. The village pub closed its doors in 1928 when the property became a ‘temperance hotel’ until 1933. Over the later years it had developed into a substantial family home with extensions being added and it becoming a four bed roomed house.

In 1986 when John & Helen Elliott heard that the house was for sale with a justices licence to go with it, they jumped at the chance of bringing the pub back to life and the ‘Turks Head’ has been a public house ever since.