The Old Talbot is one of the village’s original pubs, a former coaching inn, dating from the 18th century. It was formerly a Hopcroft and Norris (Brackley) pub, taken over by the Northampton Brewery Company. 

 

It was expanded in the late 1960s, having a restaurant added. Maurice Coles was landlord for several years and built up a good restaurant trade. After his retirement the pub had a series of managers before being sold by Watney Mann to the Hungry Horse chain in the 1990s. It still serves as a popular ‘local’ for some villagers.