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Date of photo: 2014	Picture source: Downley History
Mountjoys Retreat was situated on Plomer Green Lane.  In 1872 the building was recorded as an unnamed beer-house. By 1895 it carried the name of "Mountjoy’s Retreat". Kathleen Stevens (daughter of the landlord James Martin) was born in 1887 and recalls that a Mrs Mountjoy, a family friend, regularly visited the pub to stay with the family. She joked that it was her retreat, so James Martin gave it the name by which it became known. It closed for business in the 1940s.
Source: David Chapman
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