King William The Fourth; Formerly 'William IV'. [built c1800].
A miners' inn [from Ding Dong], all the worse on pay day, when no miner left anything other than drunk. King William was a popular prince, and became more popular when crowned - as he removed tax from beer in 1830; looking at the building, it appears to have been built around 1800, though under what name is not known, perhaps it was a dwelling at first; the kerbs and granite wheel stops are in their original positions; those three windows look very 'mining era'; a number of inns were named after the prince before he came to the throne, using names perhaps including 'Clarence', because of his direct interest in Cornwall. The first Innkeeper in that name of William IV was William Bone, who would have been 24 years at that time in 1830; he seems to have been well established, because he remained until his death in 1863. He married Betsey Eddy in 1839, they had two children, Betsey and William. Next was Charles Hooper and J Michell, then William Friggens, by WWI Frederick W. Burch was innkeeper and it was later re-named King William IV Inn.
