This is the third and final part of my attempt to identify all the pubs that Morse visited during the 33 episode series. This post includes episodes 21 (Dead on Time) to episode 33 (The Remorseful Day).
The following information will be included in each detail about the Morse episodes:
1) Time – This relates to the hour, minute and second that Morse is shown in the pub.
2) Pub – Name of pub and it’s address followed by a picture from the episode.
3) Pub today – This will be a photo of the pub as up-to-date as possible.
4) Location – This will be a map of pub’s location. Click on maps to get a larger view.
5) Info – This will be additional information relating to the pub, location or anything else of relevance.
Clicking on the pub names will take you to their website and will open in a new window.
DEAD ON TIME
Episode 1 of series 6. Chronologically episode 21.
At 56 minutes Lewis and Morse visit The Turf Tavern.
The Turf Tavern, 4-5 Bath Place, Oxford OX1 3SU. http://www.turftavern-oxford.co.uk/
HAPPY FAMILIES
Episode 2 of series 6. Chronologically episode 22.
NO PUBS
DEATH OF THE SELF
Episode 3 of series 6. Chronologically episode 23
NO PUBS
ABSOLUTE CONVICTION
Time – 33m27s
Pub – The Greyhound Inn, Stocks Rd, Aldbury, Hertfordshire HP23 5RT
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – This pub was also used as a location (see pic below) for the 1969 film Crossplot starring Roger Moore. (clicking on the film name will take you to Youtube page where you can watch the full film.
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Time – 42m55s
Pub – Unknown but I would hazard a guess at the White Horse, 52 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BB.
Pub Today – If it is the White Horse then below is a pic of its exterior.
Location –
Info – This pub has been used not only in the Morse series but also Lewis and Endeavour.
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Time – 50m10s
Pub – The Bear Inn, 6 Alfred St, Oxford OX1 4EH. Morse and Lewis never drank in this pub but was featured when a prisoner of Fernleigh prison is followed by Lewis. Thanks to Stan Trybulski’s blog for this info.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Said to be one of the oldest pubs in Oxford, with a history that can be traced back to around 1242.
CHERUBIM & SERAPHIM
Time – 1h00m37s
Pub – Ye Olde Greene Manne, Batchworth Heath, Farningham, Hertfordshire WD3 1QB.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Rural pub on the edge of a historic forest.
DEADLY SLUMBER
Time – 45m55s
Pub – The Black Swan, Old Ln, Ockham, Surrey KT11 1NG.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – This pub was used in the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London and in the film was called The Slaughtered Lamb.
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Time – 48m23s
Pub – Unknown.
DAY OF THE DEVIL
Episode 2 of series 7. Chronologically episode 27.
TWILIGHT OF THE GODS
Episode 3 of series 7. Chronologically episode 28.
THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS
Time – 37m40s
Pub – The White Hart, Wytham, Oxford OX2 8QA
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – This 15th century village pub “The White Hart” stands at the centre of the village, close to the
church and the village shop.
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Time – 1h05m15s
Pub – The Eagle and Child, 49 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3LU.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Famously known for being a watering hole for CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien.
THE DAUGHTERS OF CAIN
Time – 19m 30s
Pub – The Perch Inn, Binsey Lane, Binsey.
Pub Today –
A big thank you to Richard who wrote to identify this pub.
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Time – 37m02s
Pub – Unknown. Possibly the Victoria Armsin Old Marston. (see below for info)
Pub Today – Unknown.
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Time – 50m25s
Pub – Victoria Arms, Mill Lane, Old Marston, Oxford,
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Also used as a location in the Morse episodes, ‘Who Killed Harry Field’and ‘The Remorseful Day’.
DEATH IS NOW MY NEIGHBOUR
Time – 21m59s
Pub – The Crown Inn, High Street, Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 2AH.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Owned by Heston Blumenthal, (Well known British chef)
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Time – 1h37m44s
Pub – Crown Inn at Bray in Berkshire. (Thanks to a blog reader for identifying this pub).
Pub Today
Location
Info – This pub represents a pivotal moment in the Morse series; its here that Morse reveals his Christian name.
THE WENCH IS DEAD
Time – 1h08m44s
Pub – The Barge Inn, Honey Street, Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 5PS.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – The Barge Inn was built in 1810 to coincide with the opening of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Fire broke out on the 14th December, 1858 largely destroying the original building. However, due to its importance, the Barge Inn was rebuilt in just six months, an event commemorated by a plaque at the north gable end.
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Time – 1h19m54s
Pub – Randolph Hotel, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2LN.
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Opposite the Ashmolean Museum in central Oxford. The bar in the hotel is now called The Morse Bar. Also used as a location in the Lewis series.
THE REMORSEFUL DAY
Time – 23m35s
Pub – Victoria Arms, Mill Lane, Old Marston, Oxford,
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – Also used as a location in the Morse episodes, ‘Who Killed Harry Field’and ‘The Daughters of Cain’.
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Time – 1h09m29s
Pub – The Queen’s Head, Pound Lane, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 3SR
Pub Today –
Location –
Info – The last pub Morse will ever visit.
Well that is all for now regarding the pubs and locations featured in the Morse series. I am still attempting to identify the pubs who’s location I couldn’t determine. I will of course update my blog with any news regarding my endeavours. I hope you not only enjoyed my three posts on the pub theme but more importantly they will be helpful should you wish to follow in Morse’s footsteps.
The depth of your research is truly impressive. Never fails to amaze me.
Are you a pub connoisseur yourself?
Lisa
Thanks Lisa. I wish I had the time to be a pub connoisseur, 😉
I love your blog. It contains a great deal of interesting information for all of us British mystery aficionados. I’m planning a tour of Oxford to see all of the Morse, Lewis and Endeavor sites. I was wondering if you’ve ever mapped out a pub crawl within Oxford? I’d appreciate your expertise. Thank you, Linda
I haven’t as yet mapped out a pub crawl but it is certainly a great idea for a future post.
I’ll keep watching for that. In the meantime, I’ll try to do it myself with the help of your blogs. I’ll send you the route and you may want to offer some input. Thank you, Linda Lea
Mr. Sullivan, you are simply amazing! Thank you for your work.
Thank you Eunice, you’re making me blush. 🙂
This is amazing! Thank you! We have been to many of these and plan to use the rest as a guide the next time we travel to the UK. Quick favor: any chance you can place the location of the pub/restaurant/pedestrian bridge that Inspector Lewis goes to in the Lewis episode, “Old, Unhappy, Far Off Things”? It would be most appreciated if you could identify that location. It looks amazing!! Thanks!
Bonnie
Hi Bonnie. Thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you continue to enjoy the blog. Now, regarding the pub/restaurant/pedestrian, that is The Trout Inn, Godstow Road
Oxford OX2 8PN. This is their website address, https://www.thetroutoxford.co.uk/
Hope that helps.
Terrific! Thanks for your response. Can’t believe we didn’t go there yet. We made a special trip to the Victoria Arms on our last trip and it was magical. The Trout Inn (which has definitely been on other episodes now that I hear the name), is now on the top of our list! Please continue your blog and add all the Lewis episodes, too! You’re the best! Thanks again! 🙂
The daughters of Cain pub was the perch inn, binsey lane. I worked at the pub at the time. They closed it for the day.
Hi Richard and thanks for commenting. So, is that the first pub I mention that is shown at 19 minutes and 30 seconds into the episode? Thank you for this, great to fill another gap in the Morse pub location knowledge.
Yep 19:30, my sister and brother in law were the landlords at the time, I’ll send her this page as she may have a photo or two somewhere. If it helps from the front entrance take a left go to the end of the bar. The pub was pretty much burned down a couple of years ago so I am unsure if the internals at that end survived.
Thank you so much for this info Richard. As you may have noticed I have just written and published a post on this issue. I do hope your sister has some photos as that would be fantastic.
I keep thanking you but you really do the best work! I’m just watching Absolute Conviction and came here to see if the pub was mentioned. I love the fence – and wonder if that tarred area beyond it is a parking lot for the pub? Or is it a road that continues on to Lewis’ left (as we look at him)? I can’t imagine that cars drive so near that fence. It would make me nervous sitting where M and L are if so! The joy of this blog is that when I watch an episode I can come here to see if there’s anything you’ve written about it. I just love this blog.
I may have seen the answer to my question above. When Morse and Cheetham are in the car, they go by a place with a white fence and continue on past it. There are umbrella tables so I bet that is the same place. I still think it must be disconcerting to have cars come right up to where you are sitting!
Hi, relating to Bonnie’s comment about Lewis’s Old Unhappy Far Of Things – I don’t think that is The Trout. At 1:26 – (it’s currently on iTV3 player) the bridge is similar but the building is completely different to The Trout. Would love to know where it is though.
Would love to know the name of the pub in Lewis, old unhappy far of things, fairly certain it’s not the trout Inn though.
I’m assuming you don’t mean the pub at 18 minutes which is of course The White Horse. The pub at the end of the episode I’m afraid I don’t recognise.
hi just visited queens head at little marlow – one of the last pub locations we had to visit -90 mile round trip but well worth it – pub still just as it was when morse was filmed – bit disapointed no morse memorabilia on the walls- good guide keep up the good work – martin norris 17/ o9 /2016 —
Hi Martin. Shame about the lack of Morse memorabilia but I hope it was still worth the visit.
You might know now the 5th picture
Is out of absolute conviction and that’s inside the greyhound pub because I’ve been to the pub and recognise the steering wheel on the wall I hope that helps you
Hi John thanks for commenting. I have it down as the The Greyhound Inn, Stocks Rd, Aldbury, Hertfordshire. Is that correct?
Yes that is correct
Thank you very much for these works of yours. As a newcomer to these adaptations of Mr Dexters wonderful character this has been a welcome aside to actually visit the pubs used in the series. I am about to start on the Endeavour episodes and can hardly wait to begin. Thank you again. Xs.
Thank you Steven. I hope you enjoy the Endeavour series.
Not sure if you have found out the information yet but the pub at the end of Death is now my neighbour is the interior of the Crown Inn at Bray in Berkshire. If you look out the door behind the characters when they are coming in the door you can see the distinctive corner of the building opposite. Indeed, with the distinctive old wood dividers in this pub interior, I believe i have seen it in Lewis and Endeavour too. The pub interior at 21 minutes 59 seconds in the episode doesn’t appear to match the Crown and is a different location.
Cheers
Thank you for the info. This is great news as it identifies the pub which included an important moment in the Morse series; Morse reveals his Christian name.
No problem. Great blog.
Just noticed five minutes ago on the telly that the Crown at Bray interior also features in The Wench is Dead. The white and black detail on the bar gave it away
Cheers
The Royal Standard in Forty Green, Beaconsfield features in some episodes. Wooden barrel seating and a stained glass partition featuring a man with clay pipe and wig.
Hi Nigel. Which episodes?
Hi Chris, I am currently watching Deadly Slumber and it is the King’s Arms at the beginning. Forgive me if I have missed some rule about how the pubs are mentioned. I notice this wasn’t included but perhaps you only give them one mention throughout?
Cheers,
Patrick
Thank you Patrick. I mentioned the King’s Arms in my review of the episode. I need to do a follow up post about all the pubs used in the Morse series.
Thank you for all this. It brings back lovely memories of a wonderful series. Dare I say that they don’t make them like that anymore
You’re welcome Allison. I hope you find many things to enjoy on my website.