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Jennypeg
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 Heanor Pubs, clubs and beerhouses
replied on: 10/28/2005 6:04:50 PM
Hi Sue,
We will have to keep looking for "The Admiral Rodney" but I found this yesterday.

By P. Eggleshaw.
The tragedy, of which little is known, concerns one of the Tantum sons who was stabbed to death outside a public house in Heanor named the “Admiral Rodney.” I have never seen any record of an Inn of this name in Heanor, but it was the custom to name these places after the National heroes of the day.
Admiral Rodney defended the French in a naval battle in the West Indies in 1784. The name of Hanks was mentioned in connection with the murder and Richard Hanks was the landlord of the Crown Inn at Heanor in 1825. It is possible that the Crown was named the Admiral Rodney after 1784 and was the scene of the murder.”

Jenny
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