3 North Street
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On the left after crossing the bridge is the Globe, originally known under various other names. It existed in 1707 as the Crown and Sceptre, run by John Arthur and then his widow Catherine. The pub was owned by the related Arthur and Norway families until 1781 and was run by a series of licensees during this time: John and Thomas Rivers, Mary Hitchens, Robert Pape, and Jospeh Rowe. It was then empty for a period until it was re-opened by William Roberts under the name of the Crown. The pub was acquired by Lord Edgcumbe and was run by Francis Leavers for a time as a joint tenancy with the King’s Arms, but it again closed in 1797.
The construction of the railway system by Brunel from his carriage works in Lostwithiel gave the opportunity to reopen the pub to serve the growing number of railway workers, and when Lostwithiel railway station opened in 1859 the pub was renamed the Railway Inn. It was at this time run by John Jewells Crapp. There was further change in1866, when the pub was acquired by Mark Thomas and renamed the Globe, perhaps in an attempt to give railway passengers and other visitors a more up-market image.
The new name commemorates a naval battle in which local man Captain John Norway died on 23rd March 1813. His ship, the Montagu, was a part of the fleet engaged in the war with America from 1812 to 1814. The Montagu engaged an American privateer called the Globe and was boarded by its crew. In the ensuing skirmish, the Americans were successfully fought off, giving victory to the Montague. The renaming marked the local connection through the earlier owners of the pub, but it is, perhaps, odd that the pub was named after the Globe rather than Captain Norway’s Montagu.
HMS Montagu in action
Under its new name the pub was run from the 1870s to the 1890s by locally born Richard Quiller. In 1894 it was acquired by Hicks’ St Austell brewery, and its licensees included John Rogers and then, from 1910 to 1921, John Rogus Bellringer. From 1923 it was owned by William Carne; and after he was incapacitated it was run by his wife Mildred. From the 1950s until 1988 it was run by George and Gertude Pearce, and in that year the St Austell Brewery put it up for sale. Its new owners were Dave Mickelthwaite and then Ann Wright. The present owner, Will Erwin, purchased the Globe in 2003 and designed a new sign board for its entrance, depicting the engagement between the Montagu and the Globe.
The Globe has a lively bar area and attached restaurant, hosts live music events and a popular quiz night, and has three comfortable rooms for accommodation.
Walk along North Street to the junction with Monmouth Lane to