ONE of Hampshire s oldest pubs has been given permission to raise the height of its chimneys to avoid the risk of a devastating fire. Civic chiefs have approved an application to safeguard the Sir John Barleycorn by increasing the distance between the top of the chimneys and the pub s thatched roof. The 12th century building at Southampton Road, Cadnam, was originally a row of cottages - one of which was owned by the Purkiss family. One of their ancestors found the body of King William Rufus after he died during a hunting expedition in the New Forest in 1100. The body was placed on a cart and taken to Winchester Cathedral, where it was quickly buried by the monks.
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