The Round of Gras
The Round of Gras has been a public house since at least 1841 when Richard Ingles was listed in the Census as Publican. At this time it was known as the Royal Oak. Subsequent landlords included Joseph Taylor (1871), John Poole (1881 & 1891), before it passed into the guardianship of the Mustoe family with William listed as Innkeeper in the 1901 Census, an association with the family that was to last nearly 90 years.. During the first 20 years of the 20th century the pub was run by William’s daughter Ellen and her husband William Hayward, followed by Ernest Edward Mustoe, William’s son. During the Second World War Ernest’s daughter Ellen Harwood took over until her brother Les (Ernest Leslie), better known as Buster, returned from active service to take over. It was during Buster’s tenure that the pub’s name was changed to the Round of Gras in 1968 in celebration of the asparagus suppers for which the pub became famous at that time.
The Mustoe family outside the Royal Oak Inn, late 1890s