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(click photos to enlarge) The ruins of this ancient Inn including one wall with the original low mullioned windows, now serve as outbuildings to the adjoining Dyke Bottom farm. The packhorse road from Harrogate to Skipton formerly passed the door of the old hostelry, which fell into decay when the new turnpike road was made in 1776, as the line of this new road was 150 yards north of the old one. The Nelson Inn was probably built around 1776 as a private house becoming an inn early in the 19th century. In 1822 there were three licensed victuallers in Hampsthwaite: John Goodall at the 'Nelson Inn’, William Haxby at the 'Lamb' and William Hodgson at the 'Joiners‘ Arms.The Nelson pre-1980 The Nelson passed into the hands of the Long family from those of John Goodall and perhaps received its name to commemorate Nelson‘s great victory at Trafalgar on 21st October 1805. "The Nelson was primitive, even by 1950s standards. The front door opened onto a narrow bare stone floored corridor which was so dark it was hard to see where it led, which was to a door into the living quarters at the back. The only lighting was through two small glass panels in the top of both six panelled pine doors to the sides of the corridor."
[Angela Sansam, 13 November 2022] The connection to Nelson The possible connection between the Long family and Nelson is reinforced by an article in the Harrogate Advertiser on 7th June 1980, which celebrated the improvements made to the old Inn by the new owners, Richard and Ann Wood, who took over the The Nelson Inn in 1978: "Trafalgar Built ten years too late to celebrate Trafalgar, the inn's name marks its first owner's relationship with Admiral Long, who served with Nelson." "Long, Rear-admiral Robert, is said to have been born at Winsley Hall, near Ripley. He erected and endowed the Burnt Yates School, near Ripley, in the year 1760" [The History & Topography of Harrogate (1882) by William Grainge] . . . and the primary school has recently been renamed 'The Admiral Long Primary School'.
Robert Long was Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1752. He was appointed:
[From Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy (1660-1815) - see http://kingsman.one-name.net/kingsman/england/indiI12450.html] Newspaper Cuttings:  The Leeds Mercury 27th June 1896
 Harrogate Advertiser June 7th 1980
 CAMRA Award July 13 1981
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Refurbishment and Re-Opening in 2022 The Nelson was acquired and re furbished by Brunning and Price in 2022 and now serves six local real ales. In 1989 Brunning and Price was born out of the friendship of Jerry Brunning and Graham Price. Since then it's grown from a small collection of pubs in the north west of England to a family of pubs spanning the country.
 Harrogate Advertiser, December 22, 2022
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