History of The Hoops

The Hoops has been part of village life for at least four centuries (est 1650s) with a long line of tenants, community events, and memories that have shaped its identity.

With photographic evidence from 1851, it originally had an orchard, one acre of land, barn and smithy and featured in the first ever CAMRA Good Beer Guide in 1972: “the epitome of a thriving village pub".

"The lounge, in an elegant and restrained fashion, points to the age of the building. It dates from 1680 and its original centrepiece is a fine Jacobean fireplace, supported by a plethora of beams and a flagged floor. (Roger Protz, 1989)". Roger Protz was editor of the CAMRA Good Beer Guide from 2000-2018 and a columnist for What’s Brewing and BEER magazine: https://pintsandpubs.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/the-eversdens-closed-pub/

In 1905 it seemed to have a resident Tory-hating dog:
“Albert Clark told the court that in November a political meeting was held at Great Eversden and afterwards he went to the Hoops public house. A man in front of him clapped his hands and called out ‘Good old Tory’ at which the landlord’s dog flew at him and bit his thigh. He was laid up for 17 days” (Mike Petty, Looking Back)