| The Plough at Eaves | |
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 The pub in 2019 | |
  The Plough at Eaves Location within the City of Preston district | |
 Interactive map of The Plough at Eaves | |
| Former names | The Plough at Cuddy Hill Cuddy Pub The Cheadle Plough Inn |
| General information | |
| Type | Public house |
| Location | Eaves Lane,Eaves, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°49′54″N2°46′13″W / 53.831692°N 2.770247°W /53.831692; -2.770247 |
| Completed | 1625 (400 years ago) (1625) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 2 |
| Website | |
| findapub | |
The Plough at Eaves is apublic house on Eaves Lane inEaves, Lancashire, a hamlet ofWoodplumpton. It is owned byThwaites Brewery.
Dating to 1625, when it was afree house, it is believed to be the oldest pub in Lancashire.
At one time the pub was named the Plough at Cuddy Hill, or the Cuddy Pub.[1] Cuddy Hill references an area rather than a village. There was a Battle of Cuddy Hill in 1546,[2] and the Plough is said to stand somewhere on the battlefield.[1] It was also used as a refuge by the opposing sides in the 1648Battle of Preston.
Another of its early names was the Cheadle Plough Inn.
The main bar is in the larger of the two sections of the pub. A smaller bar is in thefieldstone portion of the building.
The pub had a K6-stylered telephone box outside until around 2017.[3][4] A pedestal-stylepost box from around the 1960s remains.
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