At one time there were around 20 pubs in Blandford including the Star , East Street - right next to Charlie Collier, the butcher's shop. Some of the town’s pubs, inns & hostelries were/are the: Badger – at the junction of Park Road and Salisbury Road, built in 1899. Bell – in the Market Place. In the early 1800s, horse drawn carriages left here regularly for London, Exeter & Bristol. Black Bear – in Salisbury Street. A local clergyman bought this pub and converted it into Coffee Rooms. Blue Boar – in East Street. This once belonged to Marston’s Dolphin Brewery in Poole. Castle - in Bryanston Street. Formerly the Black Dog , It was owned in turn by Durweston brewer, Godwins, then Hall & Woodhouse and finally by Blandford brewer, John Lewis Marsh. Crown & Anchor – in West Street. Previously known as the Cock & George when it was famous for its cockerel fighting. Name was changed in the 1840s when cockerel fighting became illegal. Crown – Has bee...