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We agree with The Good Food Guide and The Good Pub Guide look us up under Grosvenor Arms that our food s some of the best in Wiltshire. That s down to Head Chef Owner John Harrington whose style is probably best described as robust modern British. John's cooking based on his formidable technical skills has real substance as he lets the essential flavours of the first class ingredients we use come through in dishes put together with flair and imagination. The menu s extensive and much of it changes on a weekly basis so that we can take advantage of the best seasonal produce as far as possible locally sourced from organic producers although core favourites such as Calves Liver with Leek Mash and Mustard Sauce or Hot Crab Gallette with Green Beans and Sorrel Butter survive the seasons. Book online | Check Availability
Whatever you choose light snacks or a full meal everything s cooked to order having been freshly prepared at The Angel from stocks to delicious home baked bread. Click on the link below to see sample menus. Informality is reflected in the way we ve re decorated since we took over. The two Bars have cheerful red colour schemes which soften the flagstone floors with the beams and brickwork reflecting the flames from the central fireplace which is alight nearly all year. Some customers prefer to enjoy coffee or light meals in the cosy sitting room where soft furnishings Georgian fireplaces and the owner s impressive collection of cheese dishes create a relaxing atmosphere. Of course whilst the log fires and old world ambience make the Angel an inviting winter watering hole the Inn has an extra dimension in summer when our flower filled Courtyard Garden is often packed with visitors enjoying lunch under huge terracotta linen umbrellas. On balmy evenings they tell us they do happen we also serve dinner in the Garden where diners particularly appreciate the atmosphere created by the subtle lighting of the many trees and shrubs. Hindon is unlike other villages in the area in that it was established from scratch in the years around 1220 by the bishopric of Winchester which owned the manor of East Knoyle that included Hindon. Peter des Roches was a Frenchman who served King John and came to England with him when the king lost his Normandy possessions. John nominated him to the see of Winchester in 1204. Bishop Peter followed a contemporary trend in establishing new boroughs as commercial ventures with market fair and associated church. This weekly market was laid out along the line of the present wide High Street with market stalls in front of the cottages and burgage plots behind. Tracks led from the street to fields behind the town a pattern that largely survives. An annual fair later biannual was held on the site of the present crossroads in the village. Market and fair prospered artisans abounded and by the 17th century Hindon had one of the busiest fairs in South Wiltshire trading cattle sheep horses pigs and cheese. Both market and fair survived to the late 19th century. Despite rebuilding and infill the pattern of this compact medieval town can still be traced on the ground today. Hindon s Great Fire of 1754 which destroyed a considerable part of the High Street damaged this prosperity. Fortunately the turnpiking of the present B3089 soon after put Hindon on one of the London to Exeter coaching routes generating commerce and service trades not least for inns and alehouses. The only survivors are the Lamb Inn and the Angel Inn called the Grosvenor Inn between 1830 and recently but a walk down the High Street will reveal a number of archways that once led to inn buildings and stable yards. From 1448 Hindon was a parliamentary borough sending two MPs to Westminster. By the 17th century it was described as one of rottenest of rotten boroughs and in the 18th there were frequent tales of open bribery mob violence and general disturbance that were only ended by the loss of the town s franchise at the Reform Act of 1832. Some notable figures were members such as the Whig Henry Fox later Secretary at War and Secretary of State Edmund Ludlow regicide and William Beckford Jr the builder of Beckford Abbey. A chaplain later appointed by and supported by a charity of local citizens served the small chapel built by Peter des Roches in 1224 but it was only a chapel of ease to the church at East Knoyle. Hindon did not achieve independent parish status until 1869. By that time the chapel had been added to and altered for several centuries. William Milles was appointed vicar of the new parish. Within two years the old chapel had been demolished and rebuilt at the cost of Richard Grosvenor 2nd Marquess of Westminster who owned a considerable portion of the village. The church we see today dominates the village and almost certainly occupies the site of the first chapel. The routing of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway through Tisbury in 1859 was the death knell for the coach and carriage trade in Hindon. The population of the village slowly declined from 921 in 1831 to its present status of a medium sized village with 493 inhabitants in the 1991 census. Recent years have seen here as elsewhere a disappearance of nearly all the shops and trades and the influx of the retired and short distance commuters. There survive however a number of representatives of Hindon s old working families and the village partly due to its compact shape still preserves a close sense of community. The hotel is closed between 3pm and 5pm so unfortunately there is no check in between those times. We open for lunch and dinner every day except Sunday when we are closed in the evening. Lunch 12 2. 30 and Dinner from 7p. m. with last orders at 9. 30p. m. Choose a table in the Bar or Restaurant and eat from whichever menu you prefer. The heart of the operation is probably the gallery style Restaurant which was created out of the former stable building. . The Angel Inn Information
Address:
Angel Lane
Hindon
SP3 6DJ Directions: The Angel Inn is 1 mile from the A350 and just under 2 miles from the A303 London to South West. Follow the signs to Hindon we are in the centre of the village.The journey time from London by car is 2 hours.Nearest railway station is Tisbury 2 miles away with regular through trains from London Waterloo. Location Map:
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