The Punch Bowl has been a pub for over four centuries. It carries an historical connection with the Whig Party from the 17th Century. Punch was the preferred drink of the Whigs, or Liberals, whilst Tories preferred claret. Any inn displaying a punch bowl sign was therefore declaring its political allegiance.
The Punchbowl Stonegate Folklore:
This old pub is haunted by two ghosts. The first, dating from when the building was used as a brothel, is of a woman who was strangled to death by one of her clients. The second is of a landlord who died in a pub fire. Years later the cellar floor was lowered. A glowing orb seen to move around the bar area is though to be the landlord’s head.
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jo
there is a third ghost that of a 3 year old child i as a previous employer saw with own eyes as did my bosses daughter among many others