Remarkably the 1851 Census for the village records nine, although there were reputed to have been 15.
This Dorset village has just one pub remaining today.
There are about a dozen buildings in the village of 17th century origin, including the barn behind the church, and of the eighteenth century, the Mill and a few cottages. Cottages of the nineteenth century are commoner.
This pub was present by 1861 when the publican was Harry Hodges. It closed in the 1990s and is now in residential use.
As you can see from the writing on the building, this pub is the Castle Inn - but you may be surprised to hear it has nothing to do with a castles in spite of its name and its appearance.