Repton - Boot Inn

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The Boot Inn is located 'down the hill' from the village square, where Boot Hill meets Brook End. It is claimed that the original Boot Inn was demolished around 1769 and a malthouse erected on the site, part of which forms the Boot Inn that has survived into the 21st century. By the early 1840's William Somers was the licensee. He was recorded as a bootmaker and innkeeper. It is possible that an earlier publican was also a boot manufacturer - hence the name of the building. However, it may simply commemorate the fact that Repton once had a thriving shoemaking industry. The son of William and Mary Somers, William was born in Repton in 1801. He married a Milton-born woman called Phoebe [Phebe] Brown in 1927 and the couple kept the Boot Inn whilst living on the premises with their six children.
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Date: 23rd June 2009  Source: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150