Description: The first landlord of the Butcher's Arms in 1840 was William Marshall; he was also a butcher. Peter Legatt, who followed, was a master blacksmith and John Hall was a gamekeeper. Two of John Hall's daughters became schoolteachers, one was headmistress at the Steetley School. Dan Bottom, who took over in 1893, is best remembered as a county cricketer; he later became landlord of the Greendale Oak, Cuckney. In 1908, Walter Bayliss left the Jug and Glass to take over the Butcher's Arms, when his successor forgot to apply for a transfer of the licence, he became the landlord of two public houses for one day. (information from www.wlhg.co.uk)